Photo: Tiado · CC BY-SA 3.03 boards run the schools in and around Cardston County
Beside The Westwind School Division, which has 19, sit The Lethbridge School Division and The Livingstone Range School Division. Catholic schools are fewer here, 0 of 23, where in Alberta they are 18%. 4,275 students attend the 10 elementary schools, 4 secondary schools and 9 schools for every grade in or within 3 km of Cardston County.
What stands out about Cardston County’s schools
Results on both sides
2 of the 7 tested schools sit above the middle in Alberta, 3 below it; Mountain View School, Magrath Elementary School and Cardston High School score best. Results ↓
One big school
With 1,203 students, Chinook High School is the area’s biggest. Every school ↓
The strongest results
The area’s best results are at Mountain View School (all grades), in the top fifth in Alberta. Results ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
3 boards, school by school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Westwind School DivisionCardston, Cardston, Magrath Junior Senior, Magrath, Cardston Junior, Mountain View, Spring Glen, Big Bend Colony … | English public | 19 | 2,547 |
| The Lethbridge School DivisionChinook, Coalbanks | English public | 2 | 1,593 |
| The Livingstone Range School DivisionEwelme Colony | English public | 1 | 17 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
Who runs Cardston County’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
By the system they belong to: English public 22 and independent or other 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How Cardston 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 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 | 7 | 71% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 7 | 12% | 13% |
The widest gap is on the standard of excellence, where the area’s schools reach 12% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (7)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain View SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 85% · Excellence 33% | Top fifth |
| Magrath Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 78% · Excellence 20% | Second fifth |
| Cardston High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 71% · Excellence 22% | Middle fifth |
| Magrath Junior Senior High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 69% · Excellence 12% | Middle fifth |
| Cardston Junior High SchoolElementary · Grades 6–8 | Acceptable 60% · Excellence 12% | Fourth fifth |
| Chinook High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 56% · Excellence 11% | Fourth fifth |
| Deerfield Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 78% · Excellence 0% | 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 23 schools in and around Cardston 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 Cardston 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.
How children get a place in Cardston County
The neighbourhood school
Boards set boundaries for each school; living inside one guarantees a place there, and moving across one usually means a request.
Independent schools
An independent school decides whom it takes and what it charges; provincial grants cover part of the cost.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 23 schools in and around Cardston County
High schools within reach of Cardston County
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Within 15 km, families can reach 2 high schools: 2 English public. 2.9 km away, East Cardston Colony School is the nearest.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Cardston Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–9 | The Westwind School Division | English public | – | 17 | 2.9 km |
| Cardston High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Westwind School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 473 | 8.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Perle | 7,889 | 51 | 21,228 | 2 | 1.7 km |
| … | |||||
| Webber Greens | 5,035 | 23 | 9,622 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Palliser | 4,987 | 47 | 22,203 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| Westmount | 4,961 | 52 | 22,952 | 2 | 0.7 km |
| Anthony Henday South East | 4,960 | 87 | 41,808 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| Cardston County | 4,938 | 23 | 4,275 | 0 | 2.9 km |
| Highland Park | 4,908 | 49 | 22,724 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Rosenthal | 4,873 | 10 | 7,753 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Glenwood | 4,842 | 54 | 20,037 | 2 | 0.2 km |
| Empire Park | 4,817 | 47 | 22,184 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| … | |||||
| Albany | 3,015 | 32 | 14,817 | 0 | 1.1 km |
187 of 268 similar towns count more schools. Teaching in French: 123 of the 269 have it.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Cardston County
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
Each of its 2 neighbours has fewer schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
- Bands, not ranks. A band is the fifth of Alberta’s schools a result falls in, averaged over the two PAT measures; suppressed groups would make places misleading.
- Boards and systems. A public school belongs to a board of one language; in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan a board is also public or Catholic. An independent school runs itself.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2025/26.
- The kinds of school. An all-grade school teaches from kindergarten through high school; elementary and secondary schools split those years.
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Cardston County and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
Questions about schools in Cardston County
How many schools are there in Cardston County?
The town holds 14 of them; 9 more are within 3 km of its outline.
Is there a French-language school in Cardston County?
Not within 3 km of Cardston County. The French-language board still serves families here.
Which boards run the schools in Cardston County?
By number of schools: The Westwind School Division (19), The Lethbridge School Division (2) and The Livingstone Range School Division (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Cardston County?
Enrolment goes through the board; schools outside your area take students when they have room.
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).