Results around Lesser Slave River No. 124 lean low: 3 of 4 schools in the lower two fifths in Alberta
The strongest results are at St. Mary Catholic School. 4 boards run its schools. 1,544 students attend the 2 elementary schools, 1 secondary school and 2 schools for every grade in or within 3 km of Lesser Slave River No. 124.
What stands out about Lesser Slave River No. 124’s schools
More Catholic schools
2 of 5 schools here are Catholic, against 18% in Alberta; The Living Waters Catholic Separate School Division and The Grande Prairie Roman Catholic Separate School Division run them. Who runs them ↓
The strongest results
St. Mary Catholic School (all grades) posts the area’s strongest results: the top fifth in Alberta. Results ↓
Each finding compares the town’s schools with every school in its province.
How Lesser Slave River No. 124’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 C: 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 | 4 | 53% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 4 | 5% | 13% |
On the standard of excellence the area trails, 5% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (4)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| St. Mary Catholic SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 87% · Excellence 26% | Top fifth |
| Roland Michener Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 47% · Excellence 7% | Bottom fifth |
| Smith SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 50% · Excellence 0% | Bottom fifth |
| St. Mary of the LakeElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 57% · Excellence 3% | 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.
4 boards, school by school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The High Prairie School DivisionRoland Michener, C J Schurter | English public | 2 | 1,015 |
| The Aspen View School DivisionSmith | English public | 1 | 38 |
| The Living Waters Catholic Separate School DivisionSt. Mary of the Lake | English Catholic | 1 | 194 |
| The Grande Prairie Roman Catholic Separate School DivisionSt. Mary | English Catholic | 1 | 297 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
Where the 5 schools in and around Lesser Slave River No. 124 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 Lesser Slave River No. 124
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.
Schooling in French isn’t on offer here.
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 Lesser Slave River No. 124’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Their systems: English public 3 and English Catholic 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Lesser Slave River No. 124
The neighbourhood school
No application round, no lottery: the address fixes the school, and the board handles the paperwork.
Catholic schools
Separate boards admit by their own policies, most giving priority to Catholic families.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 5 schools in and around Lesser Slave River No. 124
High schools within reach of Lesser Slave River No. 124
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 2: 1 English public and 1 English Catholic. The closest high school is Roland Michener Secondary School, 10 km out.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roland Michener Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The High Prairie School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 631 | 10 km |
| St. Mary Catholic SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Grande Prairie Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Top fifth | 297 | 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canora | 4,799 | 50 | 20,063 | 2 | 0.4 km |
| … | |||||
| Laurier Heights | 3,048 | 63 | 26,059 | 2 | 0.2 km |
| Kernohan | 3,020 | 21 | 7,369 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Albany | 3,015 | 32 | 14,817 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Granville | 2,994 | 16 | 9,935 | 0 | 0.2 km |
| Lesser Slave River No. 124 | 2,980 | 5 | 1,544 | 0 | 9.9 km |
| Sunnyside | 2,976 | 64 | 30,755 | 1 | 0.8 km |
| Avonmore | 2,971 | 42 | 18,231 | 5 | 0.8 km |
| Lago Lindo | 2,963 | 28 | 11,112 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Skyrattler | 2,956 | 26 | 17,906 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| … | |||||
| Rimbey | 2,502 | 4 | 823 | 0 | 12 km |
Of the 185 others, 155 count more schools. A school in French is nearby in 75 towns of 186.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Lesser Slave River No. 124
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lesser Slave River No. 124 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9.9 km |
| Slave Lake 11 km | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0.1 km |
The busiest neighbour is Slave Lake, with 8 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. Schools as listed for 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. English and French, public and Catholic: the board decides the system, and the address decides the school.
- Bands, not ranks. Fifths are worked out among every Alberta school with a PAT result, then averaged per school.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- Which schools count. A 3 km band around Lesser Slave River No. 124’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
- The kinds of school. Elementary and secondary come from the grades each school offers; a school offering both counts as all-grade.
Questions about schools in Lesser Slave River No. 124
How do I get a place at a school in Lesser Slave River No. 124?
The board’s school locator gives the designated school; registration is with the board or the school.
Which boards run the schools in Lesser Slave River No. 124?
The High Prairie School Division (2), The Aspen View School Division (1), The Living Waters Catholic Separate School Division (1) and The Grande Prairie Roman Catholic Separate School Division (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How many schools are there in Lesser Slave River No. 124?
1 are inside the town itself and 4 lie within 3 km of its edge.
Is there a French-language school in Lesser Slave River No. 124?
No, none within 3 km of Lesser Slave River No. 124; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
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).