Photo: Masterhatch · CC0Around Hanna, 1 secondary school and 2 schools for every grade: 3 schools in all
They all come under The Prairie Land School Division. 462 students attend them (2025/26).
What stands out about Hanna’s schools
The strongest results
Top of the area: J. C. Charyk Hanna School (all grades), its results in the top fifth in Alberta. Results ↓
Each finding compares the town’s schools with every school in its province.
How Hanna’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 | 1 | 86% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 1 | 24% | 13% |
On the standard of excellence the area runs ahead, 24% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (1)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| J. C. Charyk Hanna SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 86% · Excellence 24% | Top 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.
Schooling in English and French around Hanna
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 Hanna’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
A single system: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Hanna
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 3 schools in and around Hanna
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayliewan | 4,259 | 42 | 24,557 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| … | |||||
| Sundre | 2,683 | 2 | 262 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Cy Becker | 2,683 | 14 | 8,110 | 0 | 1.2 km |
| Highlands | 2,677 | 49 | 19,157 | 1 | 0.2 km |
| Meadowlark Park | 2,671 | 55 | 21,041 | 2 | 0.7 km |
| Hanna | 2,665 | 3 | 462 | 0 | 30 km |
| Delton | 2,657 | 60 | 30,992 | 2 | 1.2 km |
| Sweet Grass | 2,616 | 31 | 17,852 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| High Prairie | 2,607 | 6 | 1,195 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Minchau | 2,576 | 43 | 20,392 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| … | |||||
| Rimbey | 2,502 | 4 | 823 | 0 | 12 km |
In 137 of the 156 others the count is higher. 61 of 157 have a school teaching in French.
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. Schools inside Hanna and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
- The kinds of school. An all-grade school teaches from kindergarten through high school; elementary and secondary schools split those years.
- The year. Listed for 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. Boards come in one language each, and where the province funds Catholic schools, as public or Catholic; independent schools stand outside them.
- What isn’t here. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
- Bands, not ranks. The PAT shares at the acceptable standard and at excellence are each placed by fifths among Alberta’s schools.
Questions about schools in Hanna
How do I get a place at a school in Hanna?
The board’s school locator gives the designated school; registration is with the board or the school.
Which schools near Hanna have the best results?
In the top fifth in Alberta: J. C. Charyk Hanna School.
Is there a French-language school in Hanna?
There is none in or near Hanna (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).