Photo: dave_7 from Lethbridge, Canada · CC BY 2.02 schools serve Coalhurst, 1 elementary school and 1 secondary school
The Palliser School Division runs every one of them. Of the 2 with published results, 0 land in the top two fifths in Alberta. They enrol 514 students in all (2025/26).
How Coalhurst’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 B: 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 | 66% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 2 | 11% | 13% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is the standard of excellence: 11% here, against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Coalhurst Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 74% · Excellence 14% | Middle fifth |
| Coalhurst High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 58% · Excellence 7% | 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 Coalhurst 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 Coalhurst
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Alberta.
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 Coalhurst’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
One system runs them: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Coalhurst
The neighbourhood school
Ask the board first. It holds the enrolment list and points each street to its own school; out-of-area requests go ahead only with space to spare.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Coalhurst
High schools within reach of Coalhurst
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Within 15 km, families can reach 16 high schools: 9 English public, 5 English Catholic, 1 independent and 1 French public. 0.8 km away, Coalhurst High School is the nearest.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coalhurst High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Palliser School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 212 | 0.8 km |
| Father Leonard Van Tighem SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 693 | 6.4 km |
| Stafford Ridge SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Lethbridge School Division | English public | – | 4 | 7.2 km |
| Immanuel Christian Secondary SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–12 | The Lethbridge School Division | English public | Second fifth | 356 | 7.4 km |
| Pitawani SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Lethbridge School Division | English public | – | 9 | 7.6 km |
| Chinook High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Lethbridge School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 1,203 | 7.7 km |
| Winston Churchill High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Lethbridge School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 974 | 8.5 km |
| Calvin Christian SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | – | Independent | Second fifth | 818 | 9.2 km |
| CARE (Centre for Adolescent Responsibility Education) OutreachSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 10 | 9.4 km |
| St. Francis Junior High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 712 | 9.4 km |
All 16 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lethbridge Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Lethbridge School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 1,526 | 9.4 km |
| Skylight Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Palliser School Division | English public | – | 16 | 10 km |
| École La VérendryeAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Southern Francophone Education Region | French public | Top fifth | 207 | 10 km |
| Trinity Learning CentreSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 52 | 11 km |
| Catholic Central High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 1,020 | 11 km |
| Victoria Park High SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–12 | The Lethbridge School Division | English public | – | 284 | 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bearspaw | 5,192 | 34 | 19,432 | 0 | 2 km |
| … | |||||
| Bulyea Heights | 3,264 | 32 | 18,939 | 0 | 1.7 km |
| Beverly Heights | 3,252 | 34 | 13,474 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Hazeldean | 3,247 | 61 | 26,179 | 5 | 0.9 km |
| Canossa | 3,246 | 23 | 10,895 | 0 | 1.5 km |
| Coalhurst | 3,244 | 2 | 514 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Weinlos | 3,243 | 46 | 21,244 | 0 | 0.2 km |
| Athlone | 3,242 | 36 | 15,066 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| Rosslyn | 3,242 | 56 | 25,488 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| Erlton | 3,221 | 66 | 28,053 | 0 | 1 km |
| … | |||||
| Rimbey | 2,502 | 4 | 823 | 0 | 12 km |
196 of the 206 others have more schools in reach. 85 towns of the 207 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 Coalhurst
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coalhurst | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Lethbridge 8.5 km | 52 | 1 | 16 | 2 km |
| Lethbridge County 15 km | 61 | 1 | 19 | 3.5 km |
| Nobleford 18 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 km |
| Picture Butte 18 km | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 km |
Of the neighbours, Lethbridge County counts the most schools: 61.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. The area is Coalhurst plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- 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.
- Bands, not ranks. A suppressed result gives no band; a school with both measures averages its fifths.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- The year. 2025/26, the latest open list.
- Boards and systems. The board is the public body that runs a school; this province has English and French boards, each public or Catholic.
Questions about schools in Coalhurst
Is there a French-language school in Coalhurst?
There is none in or near Coalhurst (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
How do I get a place at a school in Coalhurst?
Start with the board for the system you want; your address sets the school.
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).