Photo: Kiyoteru Awaji · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of the schools around Allard score above the middle in Alberta: 6 of 8
They include Dr. Lila Fahlman School, Johnny Bright School and Monsignor Fee Otterson Catholic Elementary/Junior High School. The Catholic boards run 3 of its 9 schools, against 18% in Alberta. 9,667 students attend the 3 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 4 schools for every grade in or within 3 km of Allard.
What stands out about Allard’s schools
One big school
Dr. Anne Anderson School is the largest school here, with 1,989 students. Every school ↓
Big elementary schools
Elementary schools here average 909 students, against 274 in Alberta; St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Elementary/Junior High School and Monsignor Fee Otterson Catholic Elementary/Junior High School are the largest. Every school ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
How Allard’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 | 8 | 75% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 8 | 22% | 13% |
The widest gap is on the standard of excellence, where the area’s schools reach 22% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (8)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Lila Fahlman SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 78% · Excellence 25% | Second fifth |
| Johnny Bright SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 74% · Excellence 25% | Second fifth |
| Monsignor Fee Otterson Catholic Elementary/Junior High SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 | Acceptable 75% · Excellence 25% | Second fifth |
| St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Elementary/Junior High SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 | Acceptable 79% · Excellence 23% | Second fifth |
| Father Michael McCaffery Catholic High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 77% · Excellence 22% | Second fifth |
| Roberta MacAdams SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 75% · Excellence 18% | Second fifth |
| Donald R. Getty SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 65% · Excellence 14% | Middle fifth |
| Garth Worthington SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 64% · Excellence 12% | Middle 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.
Who runs Allard’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Who runs them, in numbers: English public 6 and English Catholic 3.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Where the 9 schools in and around Allard are
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
Points from the provincial lists; Alberta’s missing ones from OpenStreetMap’s Nominatim (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Schooling in English and French around Allard
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Alberta.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
Schooling in French isn’t on offer here.
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.
2 boards, school by school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
The Edmonton School Division runs the most, 6 of them, among 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Edmonton School DivisionDr. Anne Anderson, Donald R. Getty, Dr. Lila Fahlman, Johnny Bright, Garth Worthington, Roberta MacAdams | English public | 6 | 6,687 |
| The Edmonton Catholic Separate School DivisionSt. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Elementary/Junior, Father Michael McCaffery Catholic, Monsignor Fee Otterson Catholic Elementary/Junior | English Catholic | 3 | 2,980 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Allard
The neighbourhood school
Attendance zones do the sorting here. Inside the zone a child is in; outside it, the answer turns on how full the school is.
Catholic schools
Separate boards admit by their own policies, most giving priority to Catholic families.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 9 schools in and around Allard
High schools within reach of Allard
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
87 secondary schools are within 15 km: 57 English public, 18 English Catholic, 8 independent and 4 French public. Nearest: Dr. Lila Fahlman School, 0.1 km off.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Lila Fahlman SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Second fifth | 1,168 | 0.1 km |
| Dr. Anne Anderson SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | – | 1,989 | 0.5 km |
| Father Michael McCaffery Catholic High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Edmonton Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 876 | 1.1 km |
| Garth Worthington SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 814 | 1.7 km |
| Johnny Bright SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Second fifth | 915 | 2 km |
| Donald R. Getty SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 1,179 | 3.3 km |
| AlBaqir AcademyAll grades · Grades K–12 | – | Independent | Top fifth | 173 | 4.7 km |
| Nellie Carlson SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Top fifth | 764 | 4.8 km |
| Michael Strembitsky SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Second fifth | 855 | 5.1 km |
| Dr. Margaret-Ann Armour SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Second fifth | 1,126 | 5.2 km |
All 87 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Father Michael Mireau Catholic Elementary/Junior High SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Edmonton Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 1,072 | 5.4 km |
| Jan Reimer SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Second fifth | 1,127 | 5.5 km |
| Esther Starkman SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Top fifth | 883 | 5.6 km |
| Joan Carr Catholic Elementary/Junior High SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Edmonton Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 832 | 5.8 km |
| Edmonton AcademyAll grades · Grades 3–12 | – | Independent | Bottom fifth | 143 | 5.9 km |
| Learning Store at Blue QuillSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | – | 95 | 6.7 km |
| Joey Moss SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Top fifth | 1,026 | 6.7 km |
| Lillian Osborne High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | – | 1,961 | 6.8 km |
| Ellerslie CampusAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Second fifth | 1,016 | 6.9 km |
| Archbishop Joseph MacNeil Catholic Elementary/Junior High SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Edmonton Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Top fifth | 692 | 7.1 km |
| Mother Margaret Mary Catholic High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Edmonton Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 820 | 7.2 km |
| Shauna May Seneca SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Second fifth | 1,086 | 7.3 km |
| kisêwâtisiwin SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 446 | 7.4 km |
| Corpus Christi Catholic Elementary/Junior High SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Edmonton Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 904 | 7.6 km |
| St. ClementAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Edmonton Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 381 | 7.7 km |
| Ecole Dansereau Meadows SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Black Gold School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 646 | 8.2 km |
| J Percy Page SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | – | 1,264 | 8.5 km |
| D S MacKenzie SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 663 | 8.6 km |
| Holy Trinity Catholic High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Edmonton Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 1,256 | 8.8 km |
| Louis St. LaurentSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Edmonton Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 1,350 | 8.8 km |
| Harry Ainlay SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | – | 2,745 | 8.9 km |
| Black Gold Outreach - BeaumontSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Black Gold School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 186 | 9.4 km |
| Black Gold Home-Based SchoolAll grades · Grades K–10 | The Black Gold School Division | English public | – | 65 | 9.4 km |
| Millwoods Christian SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Top fifth | 962 | 9.5 km |
| Ecole Secondaire Beaumont Composite High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Black Gold School Division | English public | – | 1,267 | 9.5 km |
| J. H. Picard Catholic Elementary/Junior/Senior High SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Edmonton Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 667 | 9.5 km |
| L Y Cairns SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | – | 406 | 9.5 km |
| Ecole J E Lapointe SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Black Gold School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 596 | 9.6 km |
| Edith Rogers SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 542 | 9.7 km |
| École Champs Vallée SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Black Gold School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 858 | 9.7 km |
| St. HildaSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Edmonton Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 207 | 9.9 km |
| École Mother d'Youville SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–9 | The St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 385 | 10 km |
| Avalon Junior SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Top fifth | 552 | 10 km |
| T D Baker SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 599 | 10 km |
| Holy Family Catholic Elementary/Junior High SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Edmonton Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 542 | 10 km |
| École Quatre-SaisonsAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Greater North Central Francophone Education Region | French public | Fourth fifth | 353 | 10 km |
| Riverbend SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Top fifth | 848 | 10 km |
| Kate Chegwin SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 602 | 11 km |
| Tempo SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | – | Independent | Top fifth | 481 | 11 km |
| Alberta School for the DeafAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | – | 122 | 11 km |
| Grandview Heights SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Top fifth | 338 | 11 km |
| Allendale SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Second fifth | 551 | 11 km |
| Canadian Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 11–11 | – | Independent | – | 1 | 12 km |
| Svend Hansen SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Second fifth | 1,245 | 12 km |
| S Bruce Smith SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 615 | 12 km |
| W P Wagner SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | – | 1,458 | 12 km |
| Parkland Immanuel Christian SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | – | Independent | Top fifth | 443 | 12 km |
| Strathcona SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | – | 1,757 | 12 km |
| German Language School Society of EdmontonSecondary · Grades 11–11 | – | Independent | – | 1 | 12 km |
| McKernan SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Second fifth | 722 | 13 km |
| Riverview Middle SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–9 | The Black Gold School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 339 | 13 km |
| Elder Dr. Francis Whiskeyjack SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | – | 1,394 | 13 km |
| École Joseph-MoreauSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Greater North Central Francophone Education Region | French public | Top fifth | 313 | 13 km |
| John Maland High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Black Gold School Division | English public | – | 371 | 13 km |
| St. Oscar Romero Catholic High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Edmonton Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 968 | 13 km |
| Laurier Heights SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Top fifth | 623 | 13 km |
| Father Michael Troy Catholic Junior High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Edmonton Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Top fifth | 351 | 13 km |
| Bessie Nichols SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Second fifth | 913 | 13 km |
| Thelma Chalifoux SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 846 | 13 km |
| Hillcrest SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 469 | 13 km |
| Learning Store on WhyteSecondary · Grades 11–12 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | – | 31 | 13 km |
| Holy Spirit Catholic SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Evergreen Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 283 | 13 km |
| Old Scona SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | – | 375 | 13 km |
| H. E. Beriault Catholic Junior High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Edmonton Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 534 | 14 km |
| Stratford Elementary/Junior High SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Top fifth | 760 | 14 km |
| Al-Mustafa AcademyAll grades · Grades K–12 | – | Independent | Middle fifth | 487 | 14 km |
| The Academy at King EdwardAll grades · Grades 3–12 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 317 | 14 km |
| A. Blair McPherson SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Second fifth | 1,056 | 14 km |
| Sister Annata Brockman Catholic Elementary/Junior High SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Edmonton Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Top fifth | 842 | 14 km |
| Parkview SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Second fifth | 613 | 14 km |
| Devon Christian SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | – | Independent | Top fifth | 109 | 14 km |
| Centre francophone d'éducation à distanceSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The East Central Francophone Education Region | French public | – | 30 | 14 km |
| École Maurice-LavalléeSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Greater North Central Francophone Education Region | French public | – | 248 | 14 km |
| Jasper Place SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | – | 3,123 | 15 km |
| Vimy RidgeSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Second fifth | 1,380 | 15 km |
| Metro Continuing EducationSecondary · Grades 12–12 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | – | 814 | 15 km |
| Kim Hung SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Edmonton School Division | English public | Second fifth | 850 | 15 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 |
| … | |||||
| Ponoka | 8,212 | 4 | 1,953 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Secord | 8,205 | 8 | 5,605 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Walden | 8,190 | 15 | 10,704 | 0 | 1.3 km |
| South Terwillegar | 8,183 | 15 | 10,446 | 0 | 1 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 |
| … | |||||
| Highland Park | 4,908 | 49 | 22,724 | 1 | 0.6 km |
More schools are within reach in 183 of the 222 other towns. A school in French is nearby in 95 towns of 223.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Allard
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
Next door, Cavanagh counts 34 schools, more than any other neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Boards and systems. English and French, public and Catholic: the board decides the system, and the address decides the school.
- The year. As the province lists them in 2025/26.
- Bands, not ranks. A suppressed result gives no band; a school with both measures averages its fifths.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- 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.
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Allard or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
Questions about schools in Allard
Which boards run the schools in Allard?
The Edmonton School Division (6) and The Edmonton Catholic Separate School Division (3), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Allard?
Contact the board: it names the school for your address and takes the registration.
How many schools are there in Allard?
Inside the town there are 1; another 8 sit within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Allard?
No, none within 3 km of Allard; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
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).