The 2 schools of Calmar: 1 elementary school and 1 secondary school
The Black Gold School Division runs every one of them. 0 of its 2 schools with results sit in the top two fifths in Alberta. Their rolls add up to 519 students (2025/26).
How Calmar’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 | 2 | 64% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 2 | 9% | 13% |
On the standard of excellence the area trails, 9% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Calmar Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 69% · Excellence 9% | Fourth fifth |
| Calmar Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 58% · 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.
Where the 2 schools in and around Calmar are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists; Alberta’s missing ones from OpenStreetMap’s Nominatim (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Schooling in English and French around Calmar
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 Calmar’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
A single system: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Calmar
The neighbourhood school
Boards set boundaries for each school; living inside one guarantees a place there, and moving across one usually means a request.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Calmar
High schools within reach of Calmar
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
7 secondary schools are within 15 km: 5 English public, 1 independent and 1 English Catholic. First by distance comes Calmar Secondary School, at 0.4 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calmar Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Black Gold School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 263 | 0.4 km |
| Devon Christian SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | – | Independent | Top fifth | 109 | 11 km |
| Holy Spirit Catholic SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Evergreen Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 283 | 12 km |
| Riverview Middle SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–9 | The Black Gold School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 339 | 13 km |
| John Maland High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Black Gold School Division | English public | – | 371 | 13 km |
| Graminia SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Parkland School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 519 | 14 km |
| Ohpaho Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 8–12 | The Black Gold School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 919 | 14 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Schools in the towns around Calmar
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calmar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Devon 11 km | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0.3 km |
| Leduc County 11 km | 54 | 1 | 14 | 5.8 km |
| Leduc 16 km | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0.7 km |
Of the neighbours, Leduc County counts the most schools: 54.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Calmar and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
- The kinds of school. Kindergarten to Grade 8 is elementary, Grade 9 to 12 secondary, though the split varies by province and board.
- The year. Listed for 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. A school’s system is its board’s: the language it teaches in, and whether the board is public or Catholic.
- Bands, not ranks. Alberta publishes the share at each PAT standard and suppresses small groups, so the page gives fifths, not ranks.
- What isn’t here. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
Questions about schools in Calmar
How do I get a place at a school in Calmar?
Enrolment goes through the board; schools outside your area take students when they have room.
Is there a French-language school in Calmar?
Not in or within 3 km of Calmar; the French-language board can name the nearest.
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).