Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainResults around Bonnyville lean low: 3 of 4 schools in the lower two fifths in Alberta
No single board runs them all: there are 3. Within 3 km of Bonnyville are 4 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 school for every grade, teaching 1,997 students.
How Bonnyville’s schools do on Alberta’s tests
The Provincial Achievement Tests in Grades 6 and 9: each school against every school in Alberta.
Its School Grade is C+: it compares these results with the other towns of the province.
The area’s schools by fifth of the province
Each school’s band is the average of its measures’ fifths. The mark shows an even fifth of the area’s schools.
| Measure | Schools | Middle here | Alberta |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAT: acceptable standard | 4 | 61% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 4 | 10% | 13% |
On the standard of excellence the area trails, 10% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (4)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| École des Beaux-LacsAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 73% · Excellence 11% | Middle fifth |
| Bonnyville Centralized High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 57% · Excellence 11% | Fourth fifth |
| Ecole Dr Bernard Brosseau SchoolElementary · Grades 5–8 | Acceptable 65% · Excellence 10% | Fourth fifth |
| H E Bourgoin Middle SchoolElementary · Grades 5–8 | Acceptable 53% · Excellence 8% | Fourth fifth |
Alberta Education and Childcare, PAT multiyear school results (core courses pooled). Alberta’s own notes: breaches in 2021–22, wildfires in 2022–24, the January 2026 sitting cancelled, pilot-curriculum students excused. Open Government Licence – Alberta.
3 boards, school by school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Northern Lights School DivisionDuclos, Bonnyville Centralized, H E Bourgoin, Bonnyville Outreach | English public | 4 | 1,009 |
| The Lakeland Roman Catholic Separate School DivisionEcole Dr Bernard Brosseau, Notre Dame | English Catholic | 2 | 720 |
| The East Central Francophone Education Regiondes Beaux-Lacs | French public | 1 | 268 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
Where the 7 schools in and around Bonnyville are
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
1 more have no point in the source and are listed below the map.
Points from the provincial lists; Alberta’s missing ones from OpenStreetMap’s Nominatim (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Schooling in English and French around Bonnyville
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Alberta.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
Schooling in French, 1 schools: École des Beaux-Lacs, with The East Central Francophone Education Region running the public ones.
Section 23 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms gives French-speaking parents the right to French-language schooling for their children, through the French-language boards.
Who runs Bonnyville’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
The split by system: English public 4, English Catholic 2 and French-language 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Bonnyville
The neighbourhood school
Ask the board first. It holds the enrolment list and points each street to its own school; out-of-area requests go ahead only with space to spare.
Catholic schools
Here the Catholic schools form a funded separate system; non-Catholic families may apply where a board allows it.
French-language schools
Eligibility comes from the parents: French as a first language, or French schooling in Canada; otherwise, the board’s admissions committee decides.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 7 schools in and around Bonnyville
High schools within reach of Bonnyville
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 2: 1 English public and 1 French public. Nearest: Bonnyville Centralized High School, 0.7 km off.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnyville Centralized High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Northern Lights School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 311 | 0.7 km |
| École des Beaux-LacsAll grades · Grades K–12 | The East Central Francophone Education Region | French public | Middle fifth | 268 | 1.4 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Alberta
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cityscape | 11,782 | 134 | 75,012 | 2 | 1.4 km |
| … | |||||
| Forest Lawn | 7,513 | 46 | 18,108 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Ermineskin | 7,483 | 40 | 19,498 | 0 | 1.5 km |
| Ranchlands | 7,376 | 45 | 20,483 | 1 | 1.4 km |
| Brentwood | 7,369 | 59 | 26,958 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Bonnyville | 7,366 | 7 | 1,997 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| Currie Barracks | 7,342 | 72 | 25,739 | 1 | 0.8 km |
| Hamptons | 7,342 | 26 | 13,353 | 0 | 1.5 km |
| Slave Lake | 7,334 | 8 | 2,155 | 0 | 0.1 km |
| Cavanagh | 7,300 | 34 | 22,567 | 0 | 1.6 km |
| … | |||||
| Ormsby Place | 4,412 | 28 | 14,815 | 0 | 1 km |
209 of 235 similar towns count more schools. Schooling in French is on hand in 107 of the 236.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Bonnyville
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnyville | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0.7 km |
| Bonnyville No. 87 7.8 km | 19 | 2 | 5 | 7 km |
Bonnyville No. 87 leads the neighbours with 19 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Boards and systems. The board is the public body that runs a school; this province has English and French boards, each public or Catholic.
- The year. The 2025/26 list.
- What isn’t here. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, and Ontario’s private schools.
- Bands, not ranks. Bands compare within Alberta only: never a place in a league table.
- The kinds of school. Middle and junior high schools count as secondary when they start at Grade 7 or later, elementary otherwise.
- Which schools count. The area is Bonnyville plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
Questions about schools in Bonnyville
Which boards run the schools in Bonnyville?
The Northern Lights School Division (4), The Lakeland Roman Catholic Separate School Division (2) and The East Central Francophone Education Region (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Bonnyville?
Enrolment goes through the board; schools outside your area take students when they have room.
How many schools are there in Bonnyville?
The town holds all 7; none is outside it.
Is there a French-language school in Bonnyville?
Yes: École des Beaux-Lacs, the French-language schools here.
Sources: Alberta Education and Childcare, school enrolment 2025/26 (Open Government Licence – Alberta) · map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).