Photo: Rural Health Professions Action Plan from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada · CC BY 2.0Schools in Kneehill County: 3 boards, side by side
Beside The Golden Hills School Division, which has 9, sit The Chinook's Edge School Division and The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division. Of its 10 tested schools, 2 sit in the top two fifths in Alberta and 5 in the bottom two. The 3 km around Kneehill County counts 2 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 9 schools for every grade, 2,902 students between them.
What stands out about Kneehill County’s schools
The strongest results
Prairie Christian Academy (all grades) posts the area’s strongest results: the top fifth in Alberta. Results ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
Which of the 3 boards runs which school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Golden Hills School DivisionThree Hills, Drumheller Valley, Prairie Christian Academy, Greentree, Trochu Valley, Acme, Dr Elliott, Carbon … | English public | 9 | 2,280 |
| The Chinook's Edge School DivisionElnora, Rainbow Colony | English public | 2 | 81 |
| The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School DivisionSt. Anthony's | English Catholic | 1 | 453 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How Kneehill 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 B−: 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 | 10 | 63% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 10 | 13% | 13% |
On the acceptable standard the area trails, 63% against 67% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (10)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Prairie Christian AcademyAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 82% · Excellence 23% | Top fifth |
| Three Hills SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 74% · Excellence 16% | Second fifth |
| St. Anthony's SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 70% · Excellence 19% | Middle fifth |
| Dr Elliott Community SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 59% · Excellence 16% | Middle fifth |
| Trochu Valley SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 59% · Excellence 16% | Middle fifth |
| Greentree SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 67% · Excellence 10% | Fourth fifth |
| Acme SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 64% · Excellence 0% | Fourth fifth |
| Elnora SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 | Acceptable 63% · Excellence 0% | Fourth fifth |
| Carbon SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 58% · Excellence 0% | Bottom fifth |
| Drumheller Valley Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 47% · Excellence 8% | 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 13 schools in and around Kneehill 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 Kneehill County
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.
For schooling in French, families look further afield.
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 Kneehill County’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 11, English Catholic 1 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 Kneehill County
Independent schools
Independent schools set their own admissions and fees; the province funds part of their costs where they meet its conditions.
Catholic schools
A separate (Catholic) board runs its own schools with public money and its own admission rules.
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives settles it: the board’s map ties every address to one school, and a seat anywhere else waits on spare room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 13 schools in and around Kneehill County
High schools within reach of Kneehill County
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 3: 3 English public. Closest of all: Prairie Christian Academy (1.2 km).
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Christian AcademyAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Golden Hills School Division | English public | Top fifth | 344 | 1.2 km |
| Three Hills SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Golden Hills School Division | English public | Second fifth | 421 | 2.1 km |
| Trochu Valley SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Golden Hills School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 286 | 13 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Alberta
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walden | 8,190 | 15 | 10,704 | 0 | 1.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Bearspaw | 5,192 | 34 | 19,432 | 0 | 2 km |
| Bannerman | 5,187 | 24 | 9,342 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Didsbury | 5,185 | 4 | 1,952 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Rundle Heights | 5,175 | 27 | 11,579 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Kneehill County | 5,129 | 13 | 2,902 | 0 | 1.2 km |
| Big Lakes County | 5,106 | 8 | 1,648 | 0 | 21 km |
| Queen Alexandra | 5,106 | 55 | 25,260 | 4 | 0.8 km |
| Twin Brooks | 5,102 | 28 | 19,751 | 0 | 1.6 km |
| Edgemont | 5,059 | 11 | 6,300 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| … | |||||
| Clear Hills | 3,110 | 2 | 115 | 0 | 13 km |
Among 277 towns its size, 215 have more schools nearby. In 125 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.
Schools in the towns around Kneehill County
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kneehill County | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.2 km |
| Three Hills 2.1 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Trochu 13 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 km |
Each of its 2 neighbours has fewer schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. The kind of school is what its province lists: elementary, secondary or both.
- Which schools count. The area is Kneehill County plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- Bands, not ranks. Bands compare within Alberta only: never a place in a league table.
- Boards and systems. The board is the public body that runs a school; this province has English and French boards, each public or Catholic.
- The year. The 2025/26 list.
Questions about schools in Kneehill County
Is there a French-language school in Kneehill County?
Not within 3 km of Kneehill County. The French-language board still serves families here.
How many schools are there in Kneehill County?
Inside the town there are 4; another 9 sit within 3 km.
Which boards run the schools in Kneehill County?
By number of schools: The Golden Hills School Division (9), The Chinook's Edge School Division (2) and The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Kneehill County?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
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).