Photo: Jacob Marfo · CC BY-SA 3.0In the lower two fifths in Alberta: 6 of the 8 schools around La Crète with results
The Catholic boards run 0 of its 12 schools, below the 18% in Alberta. Taken together, La Crète and its 3 km edge hold 4 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 5 schools for every grade for 3,508 students.
How La Crète’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 | 8 | 47% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 8 | 5% | 13% |
The widest gap is on the standard of excellence, where the area’s schools reach 5% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (8)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| La Crete Public SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 72% · Excellence 15% | Middle fifth |
| Ridgeview Central SchoolElementary · Grades 4–6 | Acceptable 56% · Excellence 16% | Middle fifth |
| Fort Vermilion Public SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 56% · Excellence 0% | Bottom fifth |
| 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 |
| Hill Crest Community SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 45% · Excellence 5% | Bottom fifth |
| Rainbow Lake SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 21% · 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.
Who runs La Crète’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Their systems: English public 11 and independent or other 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Where the 12 schools in and around La Crète are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
4 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 La Crète
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.
A French-language school would mean a trip out of the area.
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.
How children get a place in La Crète
Independent schools
Fees and admissions are each independent school’s own; the province covers a share of costs for those that meet its rules.
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 12 schools in and around La Crète
High schools within reach of La Crète
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Families have one high school within 15 km: La Crete Public School, 0.9 km off.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Crete Public SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Fort Vermilion School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 443 | 0.9 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Alberta
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Deer County | 22,076 | 57 | 20,163 | 1 | 3.8 km |
| … | |||||
| Windermere | 14,922 | 22 | 16,064 | 0 | 1.6 km |
| Chappelle | 14,815 | 22 | 17,085 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Mountain View County | 14,802 | 16 | 4,882 | 0 | 6.9 km |
| Lacombe | 14,733 | 11 | 4,063 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| La Crète | 14,488 | 12 | 3,508 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Martindale | 14,467 | 34 | 20,807 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Skyview Ranch | 14,061 | 5 | 3,802 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Copperfield | 13,952 | 22 | 15,476 | 0 | 1 km |
| Wetaskiwin | 13,703 | 10 | 2,606 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| … | |||||
| Innisfail | 8,736 | 5 | 1,421 | 0 | 0.6 km |
In 86 of the 105 others the count is higher. Schooling in French is on hand in 43 of the 106.
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. A school counts when it sits inside La Crète or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- The kinds of school. Grades shown are the published range, from junior kindergarten (JK) upward.
- Bands, not ranks. The fifths are of schools, not students: a small school counts as much as a large one.
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
- The year. The open list of 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. Every public school has a board: English or French, and in this province public or Catholic too. Independent schools have none.
Questions about schools in La Crète
Is there a French-language school in La Crète?
Not within 3 km of La Crète. The French-language board still serves families here.
How many schools are there in La Crète?
8 are inside the town itself and 4 lie within 3 km of its edge.
How do I get a place at a school in La Crète?
Register with the board that runs the school: the address decides the designated school in each system, and the board can say which one it is.
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).