Bishop Routhier School
High Prairie · T0G1E0 · The Northland School Division
Of the 2 elementary schools in or near High Prairie (within 3 km), this is Bishop Routhier School. Every school in and around High Prairie →
What stands out about Bishop Routhier School
- A small elementary school: 66 students, against a middle of 267 in Alberta.
- Its results sit in the bottom fifth in Alberta, averaged over its measures.
- Its weakest measure is the acceptable standard, at 0% where the middle in Alberta is 67%.
- An English public school, run by The Northland School Division.
- The province’s list gives no map point, so it is placed by its address’s town.
How Bishop Routhier School does on Alberta’s tests
The Provincial Achievement Tests in Grades 6 and 9: each school against every school in Alberta.
With 2 of 2 measures reported, Bishop Routhier School averages the bottom fifth in Alberta.
| Measure | Here | Middle, Alberta | Band |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAT: acceptable standard | 0% | 67% | Bottom fifth |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 0% | 13% | Bottom fifth |
Suppressed: Alberta hides results for small groups. Shares are of enrolled students in the core courses, Grades 6 and 9 pooled.
Why Bishop Routhier School has a band rather than a letter
Bishop Routhier School has no letter because TownRatings grades towns, not individual schools. What it does have is a standing: on the province’s published results it lands in the bottom fifth in Alberta.
Bishop Routhier School feeds into High Prairie’s School Grade, together with the other schools nearby.
Getting a place at Bishop Routhier School
Registration happens with the board, not the school; the board names the school for the address.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
Questions about Bishop Routhier School
Who runs Bishop Routhier School?
The Northland School Division: Bishop Routhier School is one of its schools (English public).
What language does Bishop Routhier School teach in?
English.
How do pupils get a place at Bishop Routhier School?
Registration is with the board, which assigns the school for the home address.
Sources: Alberta Education and Childcare, school enrolment 2025/26 (Open Government Licence – Alberta) · 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. · 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).