Photo: Qyd · CC BY 2.55 of Grande Cache’s 6 tested schools score in the lower two fifths in Alberta
Its schools answer to 4 boards. 1,597 students attend the 4 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade in or within 3 km of Grande Cache.
What stands out about Grande Cache’s schools
Small elementary schools
Elementary schools here average 121 students, against 274 in Alberta. Every school ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
How Grande Cache’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 | 6 | 62% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 6 | 7% | 13% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is the standard of excellence: 7% here, against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (6)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Summitview SchoolElementary · Grades 4–8 | Acceptable 71% · Excellence 13% | Middle fifth |
| Grande Cache Community High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 62% · Excellence 11% | Fourth fifth |
| Hillside Junior Senior High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 69% · Excellence 8% | Fourth fifth |
| St. Stephens Catholic SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 59% · Excellence 5% | Fourth fifth |
| Fox Creek SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 62% · Excellence 5% | Bottom fifth |
| Twilight Colony SchoolElementary · Grades 1–8 | Acceptable 56% · Excellence 0% | 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.
Which of the 4 boards runs which school
The boards and their schools here.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Grande Yellowhead School DivisionSummitview, Sheldon Coates, Grande Cache Community, The Learning Connection - Grande Cache | English public | 4 | 614 |
| The Northern Gateway School DivisionHillside Junior Senior, Fox Creek, Twilight Colony | English public | 3 | 713 |
| The Northland School DivisionSusa Creek | English public | 1 | 30 |
| The Holy Family Catholic Separate School DivisionSt. Stephens | English Catholic | 1 | 240 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
Where the 9 schools in and around Grande Cache are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
3 more have no point in the source and are listed below the map.
Points from the provincial lists; Alberta’s missing ones from OpenStreetMap’s Nominatim (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Schooling in English and French around Grande Cache
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Alberta.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
Not one 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 Grande Cache’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 8 and English Catholic 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Grande Cache
Catholic schools
Separate boards admit by their own policies, most giving priority to Catholic families.
The neighbourhood school
Children go to the board’s designated school for their address, unless another school agrees to take them.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 9 schools in and around Grande Cache
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skyview Ranch | 14,061 | 5 | 3,802 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| … | |||||
| Hawkwood | 9,188 | 34 | 15,192 | 1 | 1.1 km |
| Fish Creek Park | 9,045 | 101 | 43,741 | 2 | 0.7 km |
| Sundance | 9,043 | 38 | 20,155 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Silver Springs | 9,042 | 58 | 25,531 | 2 | 1.6 km |
| Grande Cache | 8,984 | 9 | 1,597 | 0 | 40 km |
| Camrose County | 8,951 | 26 | 4,269 | 1 | 12 km |
| Marlborough | 8,932 | 65 | 27,326 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Innisfail | 8,736 | 5 | 1,421 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Edson | 8,692 | 8 | 2,449 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| … | |||||
| Larkspur | 5,472 | 24 | 10,709 | 0 | 0.3 km |
In 167 of the 203 others the count is higher. Schooling in French is on hand in 88 of the 204.
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
- Which schools count. The area is Grande Cache plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- The kinds of school. Each school is elementary, secondary or all-grade by the grades it teaches; alternative, adult and online programs sit in a group of their own.
- What isn’t here. Enrolment is a single year, where published at all, and no inspectorate rates schools.
- Bands, not ranks. The PAT shares at the acceptable standard and at excellence are each placed by fifths among Alberta’s schools.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. A school’s system is its board’s: the language it teaches in, and whether the board is public or Catholic.
Questions about schools in Grande Cache
How many schools are there in Grande Cache?
The town holds 5 of them; 4 more are within 3 km of its outline.
Is there a French-language school in Grande Cache?
There is none in or near Grande Cache (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
How do I get a place at a school in Grande Cache?
Each board registers its own students; its website gives the school for an address.
Which boards run the schools in Grande Cache?
The Grande Yellowhead School Division (4), The Northern Gateway School Division (3), The Northland School Division (1) and The Holy Family 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).