Photo: Qyd · CC BY 2.5In the lower two fifths in Alberta: 4 of the 5 schools around Drayton Valley with results
The highest results belong to St. Anthony School. No single board runs them all: there are 3. Within 3 km of Drayton Valley are 5 elementary schools and 4 secondary schools, teaching 3,504 students.
What stands out about Drayton Valley’s schools
More Catholic schools
Catholic schools are 3 of 9 here, above the 18% in Alberta, under The St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Separate School Division and The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division. Who runs them ↓
Each finding compares the town’s schools with every school in its province.
How Drayton Valley’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 | 5 | 60% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 5 | 10% | 13% |
On the standard of excellence the area trails, 10% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (5)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| St. Anthony SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 | Acceptable 78% · Excellence 19% | Second fifth |
| H W Pickup Junior High SchoolElementary · Grades 5–8 | Acceptable 60% · Excellence 12% | Fourth fifth |
| Holy Trinity AcademySecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 65% · Excellence 8% | Fourth fifth |
| Drayton Christian SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 | Acceptable 40% · Excellence 10% | Fourth fifth |
| Frank Maddock High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 51% · 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.
The 3 boards that run schools here
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wild Rose School DivisionFrank Maddock, H W Pickup Junior, Aurora, Evergreen, Drayton Christian, Drayton Valley Community Outreach | English public | 6 | 1,708 |
| The St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Separate School DivisionSt. Anthony, Holy Trinity Academy | English Catholic | 2 | 718 |
| The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School DivisionHoly Trinity Academy | English Catholic | 1 | 1,078 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
Where the 9 schools in and around Drayton Valley 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).
Schooling in English and French around Drayton Valley
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 Drayton Valley’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Counted by who runs them: English public 6 and English Catholic 3.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Drayton Valley
Catholic schools
Catholic separate schools are publicly funded here; each separate board decides whom it admits, Catholic families first.
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 9 schools in and around Drayton Valley
High schools within reach of Drayton Valley
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Within 15 km, families can reach 4 high schools: 2 English public and 2 English Catholic. Nearest: Drayton Valley Community Outreach School, 0.6 km off.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drayton Valley Community Outreach SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Wild Rose School Division | English public | – | 92 | 0.6 km |
| Frank Maddock High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Wild Rose School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 458 | 0.7 km |
| Holy Trinity AcademySecondary · Grades 9–12 | The St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 303 | 1.5 km |
| Holy Trinity AcademySecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 1,078 | 1.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown | 12,880 | 62 | 26,290 | 6 | 0.4 km |
| … | |||||
| Allard | 8,148 | 9 | 9,667 | 0 | 0.1 km |
| Rocky Mountain House | 8,144 | 8 | 2,125 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Charlesworth | 8,135 | 45 | 26,198 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Woodbine | 8,075 | 27 | 11,199 | 0 | 1.2 km |
| Drayton Valley | 8,047 | 9 | 3,504 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Ottewell | 8,040 | 40 | 18,922 | 6 | 0.2 km |
| Scenic Acres | 8,026 | 37 | 16,443 | 1 | 1.6 km |
| Taber | 8,009 | 33 | 3,024 | 0 | 12 km |
| Legacy | 7,975 | 9 | 6,059 | 0 | 1 km |
| … | |||||
| Central McDougall | 4,802 | 41 | 17,910 | 4 | 0.5 km |
More schools are within reach in 188 of the 227 other towns. Schooling in French is on hand in 99 of the 228.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Drayton Valley
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drayton Valley | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0.6 km |
| Brazeau County 2 km | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1.4 km |
None of its 1 neighbours has more schools in reach.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Drayton Valley or within 3 km of it are here.
- The kinds of school. Elementary means kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary up to Grade 12 (Secondary V in Quebec); a few schools take every grade.
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- Bands, not ranks. Bands compare within Alberta only: never a place in a league table.
- The year. 2025/26, the latest open list.
- Boards and systems. Every public school has a board: English or French, and in this province public or Catholic too. Independent schools have none.
Questions about schools in Drayton Valley
How many schools are there in Drayton Valley?
All 9 sit within the town’s own boundary.
Is there a French-language school in Drayton Valley?
There is none in or near Drayton Valley (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
How do I get a place at a school in Drayton Valley?
Each board registers its own students; its website gives the school for an address.
Which boards run the schools in Drayton Valley?
The Wild Rose School Division (6), The St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Separate School Division (2) and The Christ the Redeemer 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).