Most of the schools around Chaparral score above the middle in Alberta: 9 of 15
St. Gianna School, Trinity Christian School and Fish Creek School are among them. They come under 4 school boards. In or within 3 km of Chaparral: 20 elementary schools, 4 secondary schools and 6 schools for every grade, with 17,770 students.
What stands out about Chaparral’s schools
More Catholic schools
10 of 30 schools here are Catholic, against 18% in Alberta; The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division and The Red Deer Catholic Separate School Division run them. Who runs them ↓
One big school
All Saints School is the largest school here, with 1,845 students. Every school ↓
The strongest results
St. Gianna School (elementary) posts the area’s strongest results: the top fifth in Alberta. Results ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
How Chaparral’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 A: 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 | 15 | 74% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 15 | 16% | 13% |
The widest gap is on the standard of excellence, where the area’s schools reach 16% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (15)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| St. Gianna SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 81% · Excellence 23% | Top fifth |
| Trinity Christian SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 91% · Excellence 33% | Top fifth |
| Fish Creek SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 80% · Excellence 21% | Second fifth |
| Christ the King Catholic SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 73% · Excellence 20% | Second fifth |
| Father James WhelihanAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 74% · Excellence 16% | Second fifth |
| Holy Child SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 75% · Excellence 21% | Second fifth |
| Our Lady of the Rosary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 76% · Excellence 16% | Second fifth |
| St. John Henry Newman SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 72% · Excellence 21% | Second fifth |
| Sundance SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 85% · Excellence 14% | Second fifth |
| Chaparral SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 72% · Excellence 13% | Middle fifth |
| Dr. George Stanley SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–9 | Acceptable 70% · Excellence 15% | Middle fifth |
| Midnapore SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 64% · Excellence 14% | Middle fifth |
| Ron Southern SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 63% · Excellence 13% | Middle fifth |
| St. Teresa of Calcutta SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 74% · Excellence 8% | Middle fifth |
| Midsun SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Acceptable 57% · Excellence 11% | 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.
4 boards, school by school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Calgary School DivisionCentennial, Dr. George Stanley, Midsun, McKenzie Lake, Cranston, Fish Creek, Sibylla Kiddle, Sundance … | English public | 14 | 9,068 |
| The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School DivisionAll Saints, Bishop O'Byrne, Holy Child, St. John Henry Newman, Christ the King, Father James Whelihan, Our Lady of the Rosary, St. Gianna … | English Catholic | 9 | 7,609 |
| The Red Deer Catholic Separate School DivisionOur Lady of the Rosary | English Catholic | 1 | 369 |
| The Palliser School DivisionTrinity Christian | English public | 1 | 478 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
Where the 30 schools in and around Chaparral are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists; Alberta’s missing ones from OpenStreetMap’s Nominatim (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Schooling in English and French around Chaparral
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Alberta.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
No school here teaches in French.
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 Chaparral’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
System by system: English public 15, English Catholic 10 and independent or other 5.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Chaparral
The neighbourhood school
Attendance zones do the sorting here. Inside the zone a child is in; outside it, the answer turns on how full the school is.
Independent schools
Independent schools set their own admissions and fees; the province funds part of their costs where they meet its conditions.
Catholic schools
Catholic separate schools are publicly funded here; each separate board decides whom it admits, Catholic families first.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 30 schools in and around Chaparral
High schools within reach of Chaparral
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
67 secondary schools are within 15 km: 35 English public, 22 English Catholic, 9 independent and 1 other. The closest high school is Midsun School, 2.1 km out.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midsun SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 633 | 2.1 km |
| All Saints SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 1,845 | 2.6 km |
| Father James WhelihanAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 583 | 2.8 km |
| Bishop O'Byrne High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 1,524 | 3 km |
| Centennial High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Calgary School Division | English public | – | 1,793 | 3.2 km |
| Dr. George Stanley SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 966 | 3.5 km |
| Christ the King Catholic SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 699 | 3.6 km |
| St. John Henry Newman SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 839 | 3.9 km |
| Trinity Christian SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Palliser School Division | English public | Top fifth | 478 | 3.9 km |
| Holy Child SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 961 | 3.9 km |
All 67 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKenzie Highlands SchoolAll grades · Grades 4–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 742 | 5.1 km |
| Samuel W. Shaw SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 847 | 5.1 km |
| Lakeshore SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Second fifth | 980 | 5.4 km |
| Don Bosco SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 348 | 5.4 km |
| Mountain Park SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 587 | 5.5 km |
| Wilma Hansen SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 373 | 5.6 km |
| St. Bonaventure SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 259 | 5.6 km |
| Prince of Peace SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 977 | 5.6 km |
| Monsignor J. J. O'BrienAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 735 | 5.7 km |
| Joane Cardinal-Schubert High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Calgary School Division | English public | – | 1,843 | 5.7 km |
| Our Lady of Peace Elementary Junior High SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 779 | 5.9 km |
| St. Albert the GreatAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 620 | 6.4 km |
| Glenmore Christian Academy Junior HighAll grades · Grades 6–9 | – | Independent | Top fifth | 387 | 6.7 km |
| Marshall Springs SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 707 | 6.7 km |
| Nickle SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 478 | 6.9 km |
| Dr. Martha Cohen SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Second fifth | 907 | 6.9 km |
| Monsignor J. S. Smith SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 808 | 6.9 km |
| St. Isabella SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 972 | 7 km |
| Robert Warren SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Second fifth | 316 | 7.8 km |
| Dr. E. P. Scarlett High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Calgary School Division | English public | – | 1,833 | 8.4 km |
| Willow Park SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 592 | 8.7 km |
| R. T. Alderman SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Top fifth | 700 | 8.8 km |
| St. Stephen SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 318 | 9 km |
| Harold Panabaker SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Second fifth | 399 | 9.3 km |
| William Roper Hull SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–12 | The Calgary School Division | English public | – | 101 | 9.4 km |
| Tanbridge AcademyAll grades · Grades K–9 | – | Independent | Second fifth | 298 | 9.6 km |
| Summit West Independent SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | – | Independent | Fourth fifth | 935 | 9.6 km |
| Red Deer Lake SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Foothills School Division | English public | Top fifth | 499 | 9.7 km |
| David Thompson SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Second fifth | 681 | 9.8 km |
| Lord Beaverbrook High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Calgary School Division | English public | – | 2,059 | 10 km |
| St. Francis of Assisi AcademyAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 593 | 10 km |
| John Ware SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 381 | 11 km |
| Akiva AcademyAll grades · Grades K–9 | – | Independent | – | 41 | 11 km |
| Heritage Heights SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Foothills School Division | English public | Second fifth | 412 | 11 km |
| St. Matthew SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 559 | 11 km |
| Our Lady of the Rockies High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 1,338 | 11 km |
| St. Cyril SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Bottom fifth | 287 | 11 km |
| Woodman SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Second fifth | 546 | 11 km |
| Third Academy Calgary SouthSecondary · Grades 7–12 | – | Independent | Bottom fifth | 104 | 11 km |
| URSAAll grades · Grades K–12 | – | Independent | – | 820 | 11 km |
| Fairview SchoolAll grades · Grades 4–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Top fifth | 948 | 11 km |
| West Island CollegeSecondary · Grades 7–12 | – | Independent | Top fifth | 683 | 12 km |
| Louis Riel SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Top fifth | 906 | 12 km |
| Henry Wise Wood High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Calgary School Division | English public | – | 1,862 | 12 km |
| Sherwood SchoolAll grades · Grades 4–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 335 | 12 km |
| St. Augustine Elementary Junior High SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 439 | 13 km |
| Calgary Jewish AcademyAll grades · Grades K–9 | – | Independent | Top fifth | 156 | 13 km |
| Vista Virtual SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–12 | The Pembina Hills School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 2,011 | 13 km |
| Calgary Home EducationAll grades · Grades 1–12 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 382 | 14 km |
| Calgary Girls Charter SchoolAll grades · Grades 4–9 | Calgary Girls' School Society | Other | Second fifth | 571 | 14 km |
| St. James Elementary Junior High SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 240 | 14 km |
| Bishop Pinkham SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 631 | 15 km |
| St. AnthonyAll grades · Grades 3–12 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 38 | 15 km |
| Elboya SchoolAll grades · Grades 4–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Second fifth | 560 | 15 km |
| Edison SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | – | Independent | Top fifth | 290 | 15 km |
| CBe-learnAll grades · Grades 1–12 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 1,304 | 15 km |
| Chinook Learning ServicesSecondary · Grades 11–12 | The Calgary School Division | English public | – | 763 | 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen | 19,988 | 41 | 18,701 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| … | |||||
| Lakeview | 12,799 | 103 | 42,810 | 2 | 0.2 km |
| Lac Ste. Anne County | 12,639 | 8 | 1,925 | 0 | 17 km |
| Varsity | 12,605 | 72 | 32,635 | 2 | 0.3 km |
| Bridlewood | 12,547 | 26 | 14,372 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Chaparral | 12,522 | 30 | 17,770 | 0 | 2.1 km |
| Royal Oak | 12,343 | 30 | 14,426 | 1 | 0.3 km |
| Blackfalds | 12,258 | 5 | 1,551 | 0 | 2 km |
| Wetaskiwin County No. 10 | 12,117 | 20 | 3,807 | 0 | 4.7 km |
| The Hamptons | 12,008 | 16 | 8,431 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Forest Lawn | 7,513 | 46 | 18,108 | 0 | 0.6 km |
More schools are within reach in 68 of the 143 other towns. Schooling in French is on hand in 56 of the 144.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Chaparral
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
Next door, Sundance counts 38 schools, more than any other neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. The provincial list for 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. Each board covers a territory in one language and one system, public or Catholic; boards of different systems overlap.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- Bands, not ranks. Alberta publishes the share at each PAT standard and suppresses small groups, so the page gives fifths, not ranks.
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Chaparral or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- The kinds of school. Kindergarten to Grade 8 is elementary, Grade 9 to 12 secondary, though the split varies by province and board.
Questions about schools in Chaparral
How do I get a place at a school in Chaparral?
Register with the board that runs the school: the address decides the designated school in each system, and the board can say which one it is.
Which boards run the schools in Chaparral?
By number of schools: The Calgary School Division (14), The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division (9), The Red Deer Catholic Separate School Division (1) and The Palliser School Division (1).
Is there a French-language school in Chaparral?
No, none within 3 km of Chaparral; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
How many schools are there in Chaparral?
1 in the town, 29 just beyond it, within 3 km.
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).