Photo: Wilson Hui from Calgary, Canada · CC BY 2.0Around Falher, 1 elementary school and 1 school for every grade: 2 schools in all
The town holds all of them; none is in the margin around it. Of the 2 with published results, 0 land in the top two fifths in Alberta. 363 students attend them (2025/26).
How Falher’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 | 2 | 64% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 2 | 7% | 13% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is the standard of excellence: 7% here, against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Routhier SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 61% · Excellence 10% | Fourth fifth |
| École HéritageAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 67% · Excellence 3% | 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 Falher 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 Falher
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.
École Héritage teach in French; The Northwest Francophone Education Region runs the public ones among the 1.
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 Falher’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
By the system they belong to: English public 1 and French-language 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
The boards and their schools here.
The biggest of the 2 is The High Prairie School Division: 1 schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The High Prairie School DivisionRouthier | English public | 1 | 184 |
| The Northwest Francophone Education RegionHéritage | French public | 1 | 179 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Falher
French-language schools
The French boards take rights-holders’ children by right and others by committee.
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.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Falher
High schools within reach of Falher
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Within 15 km, families can reach 2 high schools: 1 French public and 1 English public. École Héritage lies closest, 0.4 km from the centre.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| École HéritageAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Northwest Francophone Education Region | French public | Fourth fifth | 179 | 0.4 km |
| Georges P Vanier SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The High Prairie School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 217 | 5.7 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Schools in the towns around Falher
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falher | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Smoky River No. 130 7.6 km | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7.8 km |
Top among the neighbours: Smoky River No. 130, 5 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Inside Falher’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- The kinds of school. Schools are grouped by what they teach: elementary, secondary, every grade, and the alternative, adult and online programs.
- Bands, not ranks. Top fifth means a result among the best fifth of Alberta’s schools; the card shows a school’s average fifth.
- What isn’t here. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
- The year. The 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.
Questions about schools in Falher
Which boards run the schools in Falher?
By number of schools: The High Prairie School Division (1) and The Northwest Francophone Education Region (1).
Is there a French-language school in Falher?
Yes, schooling in French is at École Héritage.
How do I get a place at a school in Falher?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides 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).