Photo: Qyd · CC BY-SA 3.0In the lower two fifths in Alberta: 4 of the 5 schools around Brazeau County with results
The strongest results are at St. Anthony School. Its schools answer to 3 boards. 3,504 students attend the 5 elementary schools and 4 secondary schools in or within 3 km of Brazeau County.
What stands out about Brazeau County’s schools
More Catholic schools
Catholic schools are 3 of 9 here, above the 18% in Alberta, under The St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Separate School Division and The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division. Who runs them ↓
Each finding compares the town’s schools with every school in its province.
How Brazeau County’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 | 5 | 60% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 5 | 10% | 13% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is the standard of excellence: 10% here, against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (5)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| St. Anthony SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 | Acceptable 78% · Excellence 19% | Second fifth |
| H W Pickup Junior High SchoolElementary · Grades 5–8 | Acceptable 60% · Excellence 12% | Fourth fifth |
| Holy Trinity AcademySecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 65% · Excellence 8% | Fourth fifth |
| Drayton Christian SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 | Acceptable 40% · Excellence 10% | Fourth fifth |
| Frank Maddock High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 51% · Excellence 7% | 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.
The 3 boards that run schools here
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wild Rose School DivisionFrank Maddock, H W Pickup Junior, Aurora, Evergreen, Drayton Christian, Drayton Valley Community Outreach | English public | 6 | 1,708 |
| The St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Separate School DivisionSt. Anthony, Holy Trinity Academy | English Catholic | 2 | 718 |
| The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School DivisionHoly Trinity Academy | English Catholic | 1 | 1,078 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
Where the 9 schools in and around Brazeau County are
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
Points from the provincial lists; Alberta’s missing ones from OpenStreetMap’s Nominatim (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Schooling in English and French around Brazeau County
Each school by its language of instruction, with the share in Alberta marked.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
Schooling in French isn’t on offer here.
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 Brazeau County’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Their systems: English public 6 and English Catholic 3.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Brazeau County
Catholic schools
Separate boards admit by their own policies, most giving priority to Catholic families.
The neighbourhood school
Children go to the board’s designated school for their address, unless another school agrees to take them.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 9 schools in and around Brazeau County
High schools within reach of Brazeau County
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 4: 2 English public and 2 English Catholic. For the shortest journey, Frank Maddock High School: 1.4 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Maddock High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Wild Rose School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 458 | 1.4 km |
| Drayton Valley Community Outreach SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Wild Rose School Division | English public | – | 92 | 2.5 km |
| Holy Trinity AcademySecondary · Grades 9–12 | The St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 303 | 3.2 km |
| Holy Trinity AcademySecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 1,078 | 3.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackfalds | 12,258 | 5 | 1,551 | 0 | 2 km |
| … | |||||
| Newell County | 7,846 | 20 | 4,078 | 1 | 3.6 km |
| Callingwood South | 7,844 | 41 | 19,485 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| Valley Ridge | 7,782 | 22 | 10,076 | 1 | 2.9 km |
| Ambleside | 7,733 | 21 | 17,796 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Brazeau County | 7,685 | 9 | 3,504 | 0 | 1.4 km |
| Altadore | 7,675 | 72 | 28,068 | 1 | 0.3 km |
| Westlock County | 7,556 | 9 | 1,895 | 0 | 8.7 km |
| Forest Lawn | 7,513 | 46 | 18,108 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Ermineskin | 7,483 | 40 | 19,498 | 0 | 1.5 km |
| … | |||||
| Carlisle | 4,609 | 50 | 22,796 | 1 | 0.7 km |
Among 229 towns its size, 189 have more schools nearby. 102 of the 230 have a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Brazeau County
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazeau County | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1.4 km |
| Drayton Valley 2 km | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0.6 km |
It outnumbers its 1 neighbours on schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Elementary schools run from kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary ones to Grade 12; some cover every grade, and alternative, adult and online schools are listed apart.
- Which schools count. Counted: Brazeau County’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- Boards and systems. English and French, public and Catholic: the board decides the system, and the address decides the school.
- The year. The open list of 2025/26.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- Bands, not ranks. Top fifth means a result among the best fifth of Alberta’s schools; the card shows a school’s average fifth.
Questions about schools in Brazeau County
Which boards run the schools in Brazeau County?
By number of schools: The Wild Rose School Division (6), The St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Separate School Division (2) and The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Brazeau County?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
How many schools are there in Brazeau County?
0 in the town, 9 just beyond it, within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Brazeau County?
There is none in or near Brazeau County (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
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).