URSA
Calgary · T2H1C3
With URSA, Riverbend counts 19 schools for every grade within 3 km. Every school in and around Riverbend →
What stands out about URSA
- A large all grades school: 820 students, against a middle of 233 in Alberta.
- An independent school, outside the public boards.
How URSA does on Alberta’s tests
The Provincial Achievement Tests in Grades 6 and 9: each school against every school in Alberta.
Every measure for URSA is held back, as Alberta does where a group is small.
| Measure | Here | Middle, Alberta | Band |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAT: acceptable standard | suppressed | – | – |
| PAT: standard of excellence | suppressed | – | – |
Suppressed: Alberta hides results for small groups. Shares are of enrolled students in the core courses, Grades 6 and 9 pooled.
No published results for URSA
Each of URSA’s results is withheld for privacy, which leaves nothing to place it by in Alberta.
URSA feeds into Riverbend’s School Grade, together with the other schools nearby.
Getting a place at URSA
Admission to an independent school is by its own rules; fees apply, lowered by partial provincial funding.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
Side by side with the nearest schools for every grade
Its level’s nearest schools, measured as the crow flies.
Of the 6 schools for every grade nearest URSA, 2 are larger.
| School | System | Language | Students | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| URSA | Independent | English | 820 | – | |
| Fairview School | English public | English | 948 | Top fifth | 0.7 km |
| St. Matthew School | English Catholic | English | 559 | Second fifth | 0.9 km |
| David Thompson School | English public | English | 681 | Second fifth | 1.7 km |
| Vista Virtual School | English public | English | 2,011 | Bottom fifth | 1.9 km |
| St. Augustine Elementary Junior High School | English Catholic | English | 439 | Fourth fifth | 2.3 km |
| Akiva Academy | Independent | English | 41 | – | 2.3 km |
Schools for every grade near URSA
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about URSA
Who runs URSA?
URSA is outside the public boards (Independent).
What language does URSA teach in?
English.
How do pupils get a place at URSA?
Through the school, not a board; it decides who it admits and what it charges.
Which schools of the same kind are near URSA?
The nearest are Fairview School (0.7 km), St. Matthew School (0.9 km) and David Thompson School (1.7 km).
Sources: Alberta Education and Childcare, school enrolment 2025/26 (Open Government Licence – Alberta) · 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. · 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).