Photo: Carl Young · CC BY-SA 4.0In the lower two fifths in Alberta: 3 of the 3 schools around High Level with results
Within 3 km of High Level are 2 elementary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 school for every grade, teaching 1,122 students.
How High Level’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 D: 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 | 3 | 46% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 3 | 4% | 13% |
The widest gap is on the standard of excellence, where the area’s schools reach 4% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (3)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Spirit of the North Community SchoolElementary · Grades 4–6 | Acceptable 46% · Excellence 8% | Bottom fifth |
| High Level Christian AcademyAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 45% · Excellence 3% | Bottom fifth |
| High Level Public SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 48% · Excellence 4% | 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 4 schools in and around High Level 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 High Level
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.
There is no French-language school among them.
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 High Level’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
The split by system: English public 3 and independent or other 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in High Level
Independent schools
Independent schools choose their students and charge fees, with part of their costs paid by the province when they qualify.
The neighbourhood school
Boards set boundaries for each school; living inside one guarantees a place there, and moving across one usually means a request.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 4 schools in and around High Level
High schools within reach of High Level
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
2 secondary schools are within 15 km: 1 independent and 1 English public. High Level Christian Academy is closest, at 0.5 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Level Christian AcademyAll grades · Grades K–9 | – | Independent | Bottom fifth | 73 | 0.5 km |
| High Level Public SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Fort Vermilion School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 491 | 0.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wainwright | 6,996 | 6 | 1,586 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| … | |||||
| Deer Ridge | 4,454 | 31 | 13,696 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| Queensland | 4,452 | 26 | 9,500 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| South Calgary | 4,412 | 71 | 24,378 | 1 | 1 km |
| Ormsby Place | 4,412 | 28 | 14,815 | 0 | 1 km |
| High Level | 4,390 | 4 | 1,122 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Beacon Heights | 4,389 | 42 | 16,934 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Glenridding Heights | 4,388 | 10 | 8,048 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Inglewood | 4,380 | 72 | 32,808 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Lorelei | 4,380 | 36 | 15,165 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| … | |||||
| High Prairie | 2,607 | 6 | 1,195 | 0 | 0.6 km |
Of the 277 others, 252 count more schools. In 120 of the 278, at least one school teaches 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
- The kinds of school. Kindergarten to Grade 8 is elementary, Grade 9 to 12 secondary, though the split varies by province and board.
- Which schools count. Schools inside High Level and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
- 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.
- Bands, not ranks. Alberta publishes the share at each PAT standard and suppresses small groups, so the page gives fifths, not ranks.
- 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.
- The year. Listed for 2025/26.
Questions about schools in High Level
Is there a French-language school in High Level?
Not within 3 km of High Level. The French-language board still serves families here.
How many schools are there in High Level?
The town holds all 4; none is outside it.
How do I get a place at a school in High Level?
Each board registers its own students; its website gives the school for an address.
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).