Photo: dave_7 from Lethbridge, Canada · CC BY 2.0Coaldale’s schools mostly beat the middle in Alberta, 3 of the 5 with results
The strongest include Coaldale Christian School, R. I. Baker Middle School and St. Joseph's School. 1,978 students attend the 2 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 3 schools for every grade in or within 3 km of Coaldale.
What stands out about Coaldale’s schools
The strongest results
Top of the area: Coaldale Christian School (all grades), its results in the top fifth in Alberta. Results ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
How Coaldale’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 | 71% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 5 | 15% | 13% |
On the standard of excellence the area runs ahead, 15% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (5)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Coaldale Christian SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 94% · Excellence 31% | Top fifth |
| R. I. Baker Middle SchoolElementary · Grades 4–8 | Acceptable 71% · Excellence 19% | Second fifth |
| St. Joseph's SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 75% · Excellence 15% | Second fifth |
| Coaldale Prairie Winds SecondarySecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 71% · Excellence 10% | Middle fifth |
| John Davidson School ProgramAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 46% · Excellence 3% | 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.
Where the 7 schools in and around Coaldale 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 Coaldale
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Alberta.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
There is no French-language school among them.
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 Coaldale’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 5, English Catholic 1 and independent or other 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Among 2 boards, The Palliser School Division leads with 5.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Palliser School DivisionCoaldale Prairie Winds Secondary, Jennie Emery, R. I. Baker, John Davidson School Program, Palliser Beyond Borders at Coaldale | English public | 5 | 1,430 |
| The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School DivisionSt. Joseph's | English Catholic | 1 | 307 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Coaldale
The neighbourhood school
A home address sets the designated school in each board’s attendance area. Registration is with the board; a school outside the area admits only where there is space.
Catholic schools
The province funds Catholic separate schools beside the public ones. Each separate board sets its own admission rules, usually giving Catholic families first place.
Independent schools
Fees and admissions are each independent school’s own; the province covers a share of costs for those that meet its rules.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 7 schools in and around Coaldale
High schools within reach of Coaldale
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
14 secondary schools are within 15 km: 7 English public, 5 English Catholic, 1 independent and 1 French public. Nearest: John Davidson School Program, 0.3 km off.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Davidson School ProgramAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Palliser School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 216 | 0.3 km |
| Palliser Beyond Borders at CoaldaleSecondary · Grades 7–11 | The Palliser School Division | English public | – | 13 | 0.6 km |
| St. Joseph's SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 307 | 0.6 km |
| Coaldale Prairie Winds SecondarySecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Palliser School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 637 | 1.6 km |
| Coaldale Christian SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | – | Independent | Top fifth | 241 | 1.6 km |
| Skylight Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Palliser School Division | English public | – | 16 | 12 km |
| Winston Churchill High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Lethbridge School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 974 | 14 km |
| Victoria Park High SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–12 | The Lethbridge School Division | English public | – | 284 | 14 km |
| École La VérendryeAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Southern Francophone Education Region | French public | Top fifth | 207 | 14 km |
| CARE (Centre for Adolescent Responsibility Education) OutreachSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 10 | 14 km |
All 14 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Francis Junior High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 712 | 14 km |
| Lethbridge Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Lethbridge School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 1,526 | 14 km |
| Trinity Learning CentreSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 52 | 15 km |
| Catholic Central High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 1,020 | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Alberta
Towns of a similar population, with their schools in or within 3 km; described, not ranked.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgemont | 15,359 | 47 | 23,280 | 1 | 1.2 km |
| … | |||||
| Glastonbury | 9,745 | 29 | 14,742 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Shawnessy | 9,696 | 36 | 19,540 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Silverado | 9,663 | 29 | 17,234 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Olds | 9,653 | 7 | 1,722 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Coaldale | 9,644 | 7 | 1,978 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Aspen Woods | 9,606 | 32 | 15,742 | 0 | 1.2 km |
| Silver Berry | 9,439 | 31 | 14,846 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Downtown Commercial Core | 9,286 | 64 | 28,305 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| Mount Pleasant | 9,224 | 72 | 30,636 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| … | |||||
| Sandstone Valley | 5,816 | 27 | 15,614 | 0 | 1.8 km |
173 of 195 similar towns count more schools. 81 of the 196 have a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Coaldale
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coaldale | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0.3 km |
| Lethbridge 16 km | 52 | 1 | 16 | 2 km |
| Lethbridge County 18 km | 61 | 1 | 19 | 3.5 km |
The busiest neighbour is Lethbridge County, with 61 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- 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.
- The year. The open list of 2025/26.
- 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.
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Coaldale or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
Questions about schools in Coaldale
Is there a French-language school in Coaldale?
None within 3 km of Coaldale. The French-language board serves it from schools further off.
How many schools are there in Coaldale?
The town holds all 7; none is outside it.
How do I get a place at a school in Coaldale?
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 Coaldale?
The Palliser School Division (5) and The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Division (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
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).