Photo: Joseph Fred Spalding · Public domainOne of the 4 schools around Crowsnest Pass teaches in French
The Southern Francophone Education Region runs them: École des Grands-Vents. Of its 3 tested schools, 1 sit in the top two fifths in Alberta and 1 in the bottom two. Counting a 3 km margin, Crowsnest Pass has 3 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, for 687 students.
What stands out about Crowsnest Pass’s schools
Small elementary schools
At 116 students on average, against 274 in Alberta, the elementary schools are small. Every school ↓
Each finding compares the town’s schools with every school in its province.
Schooling in English and French around Crowsnest Pass
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.
The French-language schools are École des Grands-Vents, run by The Southern Francophone Education Region.
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 Crowsnest Pass’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 | 3 | 67% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 3 | 16% | 13% |
On the standard of excellence the area runs ahead, 16% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (3)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Isabelle Sellon SchoolElementary · Grades 4–6 | Acceptable 75% · Excellence 20% | Second fifth |
| Crowsnest Consolidated High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 62% · Excellence 16% | Middle fifth |
| École des Grands-VentsElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 67% · 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 4 schools in and around Crowsnest Pass are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists; Alberta’s missing ones from OpenStreetMap’s Nominatim (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Who runs Crowsnest Pass’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Their systems: English public 3 and French-language 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
2 boards, school by school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
The biggest of the 2 is The Livingstone Range School Division: 3 schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Livingstone Range School DivisionCrowsnest Consolidated, Horace Allen, Isabelle Sellon | English public | 3 | 659 |
| The Southern Francophone Education Regiondes Grands-Vents | French public | 1 | 28 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Crowsnest Pass
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.
French-language schools
A child qualifies for a French-language school when a parent’s first language is French or a parent went to French school in Canada; an admissions committee can admit others.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 4 schools in and around Crowsnest Pass
High schools within reach of Crowsnest Pass
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Families have one high school within 15 km: Crowsnest Consolidated High School, 3.3 km off.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crowsnest Consolidated High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Livingstone Range School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 340 | 3.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Berry | 9,439 | 31 | 14,846 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| … | |||||
| Southwood | 6,092 | 58 | 26,075 | 2 | 0.1 km |
| Dunluce | 6,079 | 43 | 18,116 | 1 | 1 km |
| Homesteader | 6,059 | 45 | 19,799 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Stettler | 6,035 | 5 | 1,548 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Crowsnest Pass | 6,011 | 4 | 687 | 1 | 3.3 km |
| Caernarvon | 5,972 | 44 | 18,975 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Stettler County No. 6 | 5,966 | 16 | 2,021 | 0 | 3.8 km |
| Ellerslie | 5,963 | 28 | 16,224 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Cedarbrae | 5,943 | 24 | 9,057 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Ramsay | 3,601 | 108 | 47,230 | 1 | 0.1 km |
252 of 267 similar towns count more schools. 123 towns of the 268 have a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Bands, not ranks. Fifths are worked out among every Alberta school with a PAT result, then averaged per school.
- What isn’t here. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, and Ontario’s private schools.
- The year. The province’s 2025/26 list.
- 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. Schools inside Crowsnest Pass and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
- The kinds of school. Elementary and secondary come from the grades each school offers; a school offering both counts as all-grade.
Questions about schools in Crowsnest Pass
How many schools are there in Crowsnest Pass?
All 4 are inside the town itself.
Is there a French-language school in Crowsnest Pass?
Yes, there are French-language schools: École des Grands-Vents.
How do I get a place at a school in Crowsnest Pass?
Enrolment goes through the board; schools outside your area take students when they have room.
Which boards run the schools in Crowsnest Pass?
By number of schools: The Livingstone Range School Division (3) and The Southern Francophone Education Region (1).
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).