Photo: Ken Eckert · CC BY-SA 4.0Most schools around Drumheller score below the middle in Alberta: 2 of 3
In or within 3 km of Drumheller: 1 elementary school, 2 secondary schools and 1 school for every grade, with 1,234 students.
How Drumheller’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 | 10% | 13% |
On the standard of excellence the area trails, 10% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (3)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| St. Anthony's SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 70% · Excellence 19% | Middle fifth |
| Greentree SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 67% · Excellence 10% | Fourth fifth |
| Drumheller Valley Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 47% · Excellence 8% | 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 4 schools in and around Drumheller 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 Drumheller
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Alberta.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
None of them 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 Drumheller’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Grouped by system: English public 3 and English Catholic 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
Among 2 boards, The Golden Hills School Division leads with 3.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Golden Hills School DivisionDrumheller Valley, Greentree, Drumheller Outreach | English public | 3 | 781 |
| The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School DivisionSt. Anthony's | English Catholic | 1 | 453 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Drumheller
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives settles it: the board’s map ties every address to one school, and a seat anywhere else waits on spare room.
Catholic schools
Catholic separate schools are publicly funded here; each separate board decides whom it admits, Catholic families first.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 4 schools in and around Drumheller
High schools within reach of Drumheller
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 3: 2 English public and 1 English Catholic. Drumheller Outreach is closest, at 1.3 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drumheller OutreachSecondary · Grades 8–12 | The Golden Hills School Division | English public | – | 31 | 1.3 km |
| Drumheller Valley Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Golden Hills School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 408 | 1.5 km |
| St. Anthony's SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 453 | 2.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walker | 13,388 | 21 | 11,855 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| … | |||||
| Lac la Biche County | 8,580 | 7 | 1,435 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| Wild Rose | 8,534 | 27 | 12,879 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Garneau | 8,492 | 76 | 33,074 | 7 | 0.9 km |
| Ogden | 8,484 | 53 | 29,781 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Drumheller | 8,439 | 4 | 1,234 | 0 | 1.3 km |
| Hillhurst | 8,435 | 84 | 34,461 | 1 | 0.5 km |
| Albert Park/Radisson Heights | 8,433 | 74 | 35,718 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Rocky Ridge | 8,419 | 18 | 8,159 | 1 | 1.7 km |
| Somerset | 8,416 | 30 | 16,305 | 0 | 1.2 km |
| … | |||||
| Twin Brooks | 5,102 | 28 | 19,751 | 0 | 1.6 km |
Of the 221 others, 215 count more schools. A French-language school is within reach in 93 of the 222.
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
- The year. The provincial list for 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.
- Bands, not ranks. Bands compare within Alberta only: never a place in a league table.
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- Which schools count. Schools inside Drumheller and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
- The kinds of school. Kindergarten to Grade 8 is elementary, Grade 9 to 12 secondary, though the split varies by province and board.
Questions about schools in Drumheller
How do I get a place at a school in Drumheller?
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 Drumheller?
The Golden Hills School Division (3) and The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How many schools are there in Drumheller?
All 4 sit within the town’s own boundary.
Is there a French-language school in Drumheller?
There is none in or near Drumheller (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
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).