Around Nolan Hill, 2 of 5 schools with results rank among the top fifth in Alberta
Among them: Bearspaw Christian School & College and Blessed Marie-Rose. The largest is BCS@Home, with 1,213 students. Taken together, Nolan Hill and its 3 km edge hold 5 elementary schools, 1 secondary school and 5 schools for every grade for 6,570 students.
What stands out about Nolan Hill’s schools
Big elementary schools
At 385 students on average, against 274 in Alberta, the elementary schools are large; Kenneth D. Taylor School and Citadel Park School lead. Every school ↓
The strongest results
Bearspaw Christian School & College (all grades) posts the area’s strongest results: the top fifth in Alberta. Results ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
How Nolan Hill’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 | 5 | 83% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 5 | 27% | 13% |
The widest gap is on the standard of excellence, where the area’s schools reach 27% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (5)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Bearspaw Christian School & CollegeAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 92% · Excellence 51% | Top fifth |
| Blessed Marie-RoseAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 87% · Excellence 29% | Top fifth |
| Our Lady of Grace SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 83% · Excellence 19% | Second fifth |
| St. BrigidAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 71% · Excellence 27% | Second fifth |
| BCS@HomeAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 33% · Excellence 8% | Bottom 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 11 schools in and around Nolan Hill
Where the 11 schools in and around Nolan Hill 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 Nolan Hill
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.
A French-language school would mean a trip out of the area.
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 Nolan Hill’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
By system, they split: English public 5, English Catholic 3 and independent or other 3.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Which of the 2 boards runs which school
The boards and their schools here.
The Calgary School Division has 5 of the area’s schools, the most of the 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Calgary School DivisionKenneth D. Taylor, Hidden Valley, Citadel Park, The Hamptons, West View | English public | 5 | 1,970 |
| The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School DivisionOur Lady of Grace, Blessed Marie-Rose, St. Brigid | English Catholic | 3 | 2,494 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Nolan Hill
The neighbourhood school
Each board draws attendance areas: a child’s home address gives a designated school in each system. Families register with the board, and a school outside the area takes a child only if it has room.
Independent schools
Admission to an independent school is by its own rules; fees apply, lowered by partial provincial funding.
Catholic schools
A separate (Catholic) board runs its own schools with public money and its own admission rules.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
High schools within reach of Nolan Hill
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
78 secondary schools are within 15 km: 43 English public, 22 English Catholic, 10 independent, 2 other and 1 French public. The nearest is BCS@Home, 1.6 km away.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BCS@HomeAll grades · Grades K–12 | – | Independent | Bottom fifth | 1,213 | 1.6 km |
| Bearspaw Christian School & CollegeAll grades · Grades K–12 | – | Independent | Top fifth | 887 | 1.6 km |
| Blessed Marie-RoseAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Top fifth | 903 | 2.2 km |
| Our Lady of Grace SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 1,001 | 3.2 km |
| West View SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Calgary School Division | English public | – | 50 | 3.3 km |
| St. BrigidAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 590 | 3.5 km |
| Renert SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | – | Independent | Top fifth | 618 | 3.7 km |
| Valley Creek SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 800 | 4.5 km |
| Tom Baines SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Top fifth | 807 | 4.7 km |
| St. Elizabeth SetonAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 611 | 4.7 km |
All 78 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William D. Pratt SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 886 | 4.9 km |
| Robert Thirsk High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Calgary School Division | English public | – | 1,437 | 5.2 km |
| Arbour Lake Middle SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Second fifth | 726 | 5.4 km |
| St. Ambrose SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 583 | 5.4 km |
| Captain Nichola Goddard SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Second fifth | 992 | 5.5 km |
| North Trail High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Calgary School Division | English public | – | 2,096 | 7.1 km |
| H. D. Cartwright SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 484 | 7.1 km |
| Notre Dame High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 2,095 | 7.2 km |
| Ecole Notre Dame HighSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Lakeland Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 392 | 7.3 km |
| Nose Creek SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 981 | 7.5 km |
| Twelve Mile Coulee SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Top fifth | 707 | 7.9 km |
| Ascension of Our LordAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 800 | 8.1 km |
| Sir Winston Churchill High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Calgary School Division | English public | – | 2,165 | 8.6 km |
| St. Basil Elementary/Junior High SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Top fifth | 602 | 8.6 km |
| Simon Fraser SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Second fifth | 661 | 8.7 km |
| St. Jean Brebeuf SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Top fifth | 292 | 8.9 km |
| F. E. Osborne SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 659 | 9.2 km |
| St. Vincent De Paul Elementary Junior High SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 452 | 9.2 km |
| Bowness High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Calgary School Division | English public | – | 1,459 | 9.5 km |
| John G. Diefenbaker High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Calgary School Division | English public | – | 1,437 | 9.7 km |
| Sir John A. Macdonald SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 638 | 9.8 km |
| Discovering Choices IISecondary · Grades 11–12 | The Calgary School Division | English public | – | 208 | 9.9 km |
| Start OutreachSecondary · Grades 11–12 | The Calgary School Division | English public | – | 142 | 9.9 km |
| Thomas B. Riley SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 478 | 9.9 km |
| St. Helena SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 404 | 10 km |
| Christine Meikle SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–12 | The Calgary School Division | English public | – | 117 | 10 km |
| Our Lady of the Assumption SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 314 | 10 km |
| Senator Patrick Burns SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 552 | 10 km |
| National Sport SchoolSecondary · Grades 8–12 | The Palliser School Division | English public | Second fifth | 513 | 11 km |
| Colonel Irvine SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Second fifth | 791 | 11 km |
| St. Francis High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 2,210 | 11 km |
| Dr. Gordon Townsend SchoolAll grades · Grades 2–12 | The Calgary School Division | English public | – | 9 | 11 km |
| William Aberhart High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Calgary School Division | English public | – | 1,317 | 11 km |
| St. Margaret SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 537 | 11 km |
| FFCA High School CampusSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Foundations for the Future Charter Academy Charter School Society | Other | Top fifth | 808 | 12 km |
| Westmount Mid/High SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–12 | Westmount Charter School Society | Other | Top fifth | 900 | 12 km |
| James Fowler High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Calgary School Division | English public | – | 1,642 | 12 km |
| Calgary Waldorf SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | – | Independent | Top fifth | 238 | 12 km |
| Calgary French & International SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | – | Independent | Top fifth | 794 | 12 km |
| Branton SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Top fifth | 746 | 12 km |
| Wood's Homes SchoolAll grades · Grades 4–12 | The Calgary School Division | English public | – | 62 | 12 km |
| Foothills AcademyAll grades · Grades 3–12 | – | Independent | Bottom fifth | 314 | 13 km |
| Maria Montessori SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | – | Independent | Top fifth | 177 | 13 km |
| St. Joseph Elementary Junior High SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 531 | 13 km |
| École de la Rose sauvageSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Southern Francophone Education Region | French public | Middle fifth | 402 | 13 km |
| Georges P. Vanier SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 593 | 13 km |
| West Ridge SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Second fifth | 848 | 13 km |
| Windsong Heights SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Rocky View School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 921 | 13 km |
| St. Joan of Arc Elementary/Junior High SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Top fifth | 695 | 14 km |
| Northcott Prairie SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Rocky View School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 998 | 14 km |
| Rosedale SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Top fifth | 248 | 14 km |
| Balmoral SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Top fifth | 556 | 14 km |
| Queen Elizabeth High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Second fifth | 938 | 14 km |
| W.H. Croxford High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Rocky View School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 1,316 | 14 km |
| Aurora Learning CalgaryAll grades · Grades 3–12 | – | Independent | – | 18 | 14 km |
| Louise Dean SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Calgary School Division | English public | – | 28 | 14 km |
| Madeleine D' Houet Bilingual SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Top fifth | 417 | 14 km |
| Calgary Quest SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–12 | – | Independent | – | 180 | 14 km |
| St. Veronica SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 942 | 14 km |
| The Chinese AcademySecondary · Grades 10–12 | – | Independent | – | 3 | 14 km |
| Heritage Christian AcademyAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Palliser School Division | English public | Top fifth | 716 | 14 km |
| St. Michael SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 258 | 15 km |
| Crescent Heights High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Calgary School Division | English public | – | 1,621 | 15 km |
| Vincent Massey SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Second fifth | 797 | 15 km |
| Westbrook OutreachSecondary · Grades 11–12 | The Calgary School Division | English public | – | 131 | 15 km |
| Colonel Macleod SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 667 | 15 km |
| Apostles of JesusAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 872 | 15 km |
| St. Martin De Porres High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 537 | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Alberta
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walker | 13,388 | 21 | 11,855 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| … | |||||
| Innisfail | 8,736 | 5 | 1,421 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Edson | 8,692 | 8 | 2,449 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Strathcona Park | 8,680 | 48 | 20,472 | 0 | 1.5 km |
| Dalhousie | 8,617 | 51 | 21,586 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| Nolan Hill | 8,581 | 11 | 6,570 | 0 | 1.6 km |
| Lac la Biche County | 8,580 | 7 | 1,435 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| Wild Rose | 8,534 | 27 | 12,879 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Garneau | 8,492 | 76 | 33,074 | 7 | 0.9 km |
| Ogden | 8,484 | 53 | 29,781 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| … | |||||
| Twin Brooks | 5,102 | 28 | 19,751 | 0 | 1.6 km |
Of the 221 others, 178 count more schools. Schooling in French is on hand in 93 of the 222.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Nolan Hill
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
29 schools make Citadel the best supplied neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Bands, not ranks. Bands compare within Alberta only: never a place in a league table.
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- The year. The open list of 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. Every public school has a board: English or French, and in this province public or Catholic too. Independent schools have none.
- Which schools count. Every school inside Nolan Hill’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
- The kinds of school. Each school is elementary, secondary or all-grade by the grades it teaches; alternative, adult and online programs sit in a group of their own.
Questions about schools in Nolan Hill
Is there a French-language school in Nolan Hill?
No, none within 3 km of Nolan Hill; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
How many schools are there in Nolan Hill?
The town holds 0 of them; 11 more are within 3 km of its outline.
How do I get a place at a school in Nolan Hill?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
Which boards run the schools in Nolan Hill?
By number of schools: The Calgary School Division (5) and The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division (3).
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).