Photo: Kay Röllig · CC BY 3.0Schools in Foothills County: 8 boards, side by side
The Foothills School Division has 23 of them, and The Calgary School Division, The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division and The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division share the others. On results, 21 of its 38 tested schools sit in the top two fifths in Alberta. Counting a 3 km margin, Foothills County has 33 elementary schools, 13 secondary schools and 16 schools for every grade, for 27,964 students.
What stands out about Foothills County’s schools
One big school
All Saints School is the largest school here, with 1,845 students. Every school ↓
The strongest results
Banded Peak School (elementary) posts the area’s strongest results: the top fifth in Alberta. Results ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
8 boards, school by school
The boards and their schools here.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Foothills School DivisionFoothills, Meadow Ridge, Ecole Secondaire Highwood, Red Deer Lake, Percy Pegler, Westmount, Okotoks Junior, Oilfields … | English public | 23 | 7,117 |
| The Calgary School DivisionJoane Cardinal-Schubert, Samuel W. Shaw, Marshall Springs, Sibylla Kiddle, Ron Southern, Evergreen, Bridlewood, Janet Johnstone … | English public | 9 | 6,236 |
| The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School DivisionSt. John Paul II Collegiate, St. Mary's, Good Shepherd, St. Francis of Assisi Academy, Holy Spirit Academy, Notre Dame Collegiate, St. Luke's Outreach Centre Okotoks, St. Luke's Outreach Centre High River | English Catholic | 8 | 3,961 |
| The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School DivisionAll Saints, Bishop O'Byrne, Holy Child, Monsignor J. J. O'Brien, Our Lady of the Evergreens, Our Lady of the Rosary, Father Doucet | English Catholic | 7 | 6,307 |
| The Rocky View School DivisionBanded Peak | English public | 1 | 288 |
| The Southern Francophone Education RegionBeausoleil | French public | 1 | 138 |
| The Red Deer Catholic Separate School DivisionOur Lady of the Rosary | English Catholic | 1 | 369 |
| The Palliser School DivisionBrant Colony | English public | 1 | 21 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How Foothills County’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 | 38 | 75% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 38 | 17% | 13% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is the standard of excellence: 17% here, against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (38)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Banded Peak SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 | Acceptable 84% · Excellence 29% | Top fifth |
| Edison SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 95% · Excellence 59% | Top fifth |
| Glenmore Christian Academy Junior HighAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Acceptable 95% · Excellence 48% | Top fifth |
| Red Deer Lake SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 86% · Excellence 25% | Top fifth |
| St. John Paul II CollegiateSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Acceptable 86% · Excellence 24% | Top fifth |
| St. Mary's SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 84% · Excellence 28% | Top fifth |
| Strathcona-Tweedsmuir SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 95% · Excellence 52% | Top fifth |
| École BeausoleilAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 90% · Excellence 23% | Top fifth |
| Dr Morris Gibson SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 81% · Excellence 16% | Second fifth |
| Father Doucet SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 78% · Excellence 26% | Second fifth |
| Heritage Heights SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 79% · Excellence 23% | Second fifth |
| Okotoks Junior High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Acceptable 83% · Excellence 20% | Second fifth |
| Our Lady of the Evergreens Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 79% · Excellence 25% | Second fifth |
| St. Francis of Assisi AcademyAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 83% · Excellence 21% | Second fifth |
| Tanbridge AcademyAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 79% · Excellence 20% | Second fifth |
| École Good Shepherd SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 81% · Excellence 18% | Second fifth |
| Bridlewood SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 73% · Excellence 17% | Second fifth |
| Holy Child SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 75% · Excellence 21% | Second fifth |
| Holy Spirit AcademyElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 78% · Excellence 21% | Second fifth |
| Monsignor J. J. O'BrienAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 73% · Excellence 19% | Second fifth |
| Our Lady of the Rosary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 76% · Excellence 16% | Second fifth |
| Big Rock SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 74% · Excellence 15% | Middle fifth |
| Marshall Springs SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Acceptable 69% · Excellence 18% | Middle fifth |
| Samuel W. Shaw SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–9 | Acceptable 67% · Excellence 17% | Middle fifth |
| Blackie SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 | Acceptable 74% · Excellence 7% | Middle fifth |
| Brant Colony SchoolElementary · Grades 1–8 | Acceptable 100% · Excellence 0% | Middle fifth |
| Ecole Secondaire Highwood High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 65% · Excellence 12% | Middle fifth |
| Meadow Ridge SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 67% · Excellence 14% | Middle fifth |
| Ron Southern SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 63% · Excellence 13% | Middle fifth |
| Westmount SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 67% · Excellence 12% | Middle fifth |
| Notre Dame CollegiateSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 60% · Excellence 13% | Fourth fifth |
| Summit West Independent SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 70% · Excellence 7% | Fourth fifth |
| Cayley SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 | Acceptable 50% · Excellence 6% | Fourth fifth |
| C Ian McLaren SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 52% · Excellence 5% | Bottom fifth |
| Oilfields High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 44% · Excellence 9% | Bottom fifth |
| Percy Pegler Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 52% · Excellence 4% | Bottom fifth |
| Longview SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 27% · Excellence 0% | Bottom fifth |
| Senator Riley SchoolElementary · Grades 6–8 | Acceptable 49% · Excellence 3% | 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 62 schools in and around Foothills County are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists; Alberta’s missing ones from OpenStreetMap’s Nominatim (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Schooling in English and French around Foothills County
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Alberta.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
École Beausoleil teach in French; The Southern 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 Foothills County’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Grouped by system: English public 34, English Catholic 16, French-language 1 and independent or other 11.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Foothills County
The neighbourhood school
Registration happens with the board, not the school; the board names the school for the address.
Catholic schools
Here the Catholic schools form a funded separate system; non-Catholic families may apply where a board allows it.
Independent schools
Independent schools set their own admissions and fees; the province funds part of their costs where they meet its conditions.
French-language schools
Section 23 rights-holders, francophone parents or those schooled in French in Canada, have a place; others apply to the board’s committee.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 62 schools in and around Foothills County
Show all 33 elementary schools
High schools within reach of Foothills County
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Within 15 km, families can reach 20 high schools: 10 English public, 7 English Catholic, 2 independent and 1 French public. Closest of all: Edison School (2.4 km).
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edison SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | – | Independent | Top fifth | 290 | 2.4 km |
| Meadow Ridge SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Foothills School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 667 | 4.3 km |
| Strathcona-Tweedsmuir SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | – | Independent | Top fifth | 782 | 4.8 km |
| École BeausoleilAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Southern Francophone Education Region | French public | Top fifth | 138 | 4.8 km |
| St. Luke's Outreach Centre OkotoksSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 159 | 5 km |
| Okotoks Junior High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Foothills School Division | English public | Second fifth | 421 | 5.1 km |
| Cameron Crossing SchoolSecondary · Grades 8–12 | The Foothills School Division | English public | – | 86 | 5.5 km |
| St. Francis of Assisi AcademyAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 593 | 5.9 km |
| Heritage Heights SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Foothills School Division | English public | Second fifth | 412 | 6.1 km |
| Foothills Composite High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Foothills School Division | English public | – | 1,071 | 6.3 km |
All 20 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta High School of Fine ArtsSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Foothills School Division | English public | – | 114 | 6.3 km |
| St. John Paul II CollegiateSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Top fifth | 805 | 6.6 km |
| Westmount SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Foothills School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 477 | 6.9 km |
| All Saints SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 1,845 | 10 km |
| Joane Cardinal-Schubert High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Calgary School Division | English public | – | 1,843 | 13 km |
| Dr. George Stanley SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 966 | 13 km |
| Christ the King Catholic SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 699 | 13 km |
| Holy Child SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 961 | 14 km |
| Prince of Peace SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 977 | 14 km |
| Lakeshore SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Second fifth | 980 | 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leduc | 39,966 | 17 | 7,735 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| … | |||||
| Fort Saskatchewan | 30,575 | 14 | 5,407 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Beaumont | 26,305 | 14 | 7,943 | 1 | 0.2 km |
| Beltline | 26,171 | 86 | 33,268 | 1 | 0.3 km |
| Grande Prairie County No. 1 | 25,883 | 39 | 16,110 | 1 | 1.7 km |
| Foothills County | 25,789 | 62 | 27,964 | 1 | 2.4 km |
| Panorama Hills | 25,494 | 24 | 18,188 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Red Deer County | 22,076 | 57 | 20,163 | 1 | 3.8 km |
| Evanston | 21,483 | 20 | 15,319 | 0 | 1 km |
| Saddle Ridge | 21,479 | 24 | 17,535 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| … | |||||
| High River | 15,508 | 7 | 2,453 | 0 | 0.5 km |
Set against 35 others, 3 have more schools in reach. Schooling in French is on hand in 21 of the 36.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Foothills County
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
It outnumbers its 6 neighbours on schools.
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. 2025/26, the latest open list.
- Bands, not ranks. A suppressed result gives no band; a school with both measures averages its fifths.
- What isn’t here. No province rates its schools by inspection, and enrolment covers one year (Ontario and Alberta only), so there is no trend.
- The kinds of school. The kind of school is what its province lists: elementary, secondary or both.
- Which schools count. Every school inside Foothills County’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
Questions about schools in Foothills County
Which boards run the schools in Foothills County?
The Foothills School Division (23), The Calgary School Division (9), The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division (8), The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division (7) and The Rocky View School Division (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Foothills County?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
Is there a French-language school in Foothills County?
Yes, schooling in French is at École Beausoleil.
How many schools are there in Foothills County?
The town holds 12 of them; 50 more are within 3 km of its outline.
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).