Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain5 boards run the schools in and around Lethbridge County
The Lethbridge School Division runs the most, 25 of them; The Palliser School Division, The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Division and The Holy Family Catholic Separate School Division run the rest. On the tests, 11 of 34 schools land above the middle in Alberta, 13 under it. 20,706 students attend the 32 elementary schools, 13 secondary schools and 16 schools for every grade in or within 3 km of Lethbridge County.
What stands out about Lethbridge County’s schools
One big school
Lethbridge Collegiate Institute is the largest school here, with 1,526 students. Every school ↓
The strongest results
The area’s best results are at Coaldale Christian School (all grades), in the top fifth in Alberta. Results ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
5 boards, school by school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Lethbridge School DivisionLethbridge, Chinook, Winston Churchill, Gilbert Paterson, Wilson, G. S. Lakie, Senator Joyce Fairbairn, Ecole Agnes Davidson … | English public | 25 | 11,559 |
| The Palliser School DivisionCoaldale Prairie Winds Secondary, Jennie Emery, Coalhurst, Noble Central, R. I. Baker, John Davidson School Program, Coalhurst, Picture Butte … | English public | 16 | 2,704 |
| The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School DivisionCatholic Central, St. Francis Junior, Father Leonard Van Tighem, Ecole St. Mary, St. Teresa of Calcutta, St. Paul, St. Joseph's, St. Patrick Fine Arts … | English Catholic | 13 | 4,865 |
| The Holy Family Catholic Separate School DivisionEcole Providence | English Catholic | 1 | 32 |
| The Southern Francophone Education RegionLa Vérendrye | French public | 1 | 207 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How Lethbridge 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 | 34 | 68% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 34 | 12% | 13% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is the standard of excellence: 12% here, against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (34)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Coaldale Christian SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 94% · Excellence 31% | Top fifth |
| École La VérendryeAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 89% · Excellence 28% | Top fifth |
| Calvin Christian SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 86% · Excellence 22% | Second fifth |
| Immanuel Christian Secondary SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–12 | Acceptable 77% · Excellence 25% | Second fifth |
| Our Lady of The Assumption SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 80% · Excellence 16% | Second fifth |
| Gilbert Paterson Middle SchoolElementary · Grades 6–8 | Acceptable 71% · Excellence 16% | Second fifth |
| Providence Christian SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 82% · Excellence 13% | Second fifth |
| R. I. Baker Middle SchoolElementary · Grades 4–8 | Acceptable 71% · Excellence 19% | Second fifth |
| St. Francis Junior High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Acceptable 78% · Excellence 21% | Second fifth |
| St. Joseph's SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 75% · Excellence 15% | Second fifth |
| St. Patrick Fine Arts Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 77% · Excellence 16% | Second fifth |
| Coalhurst Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 74% · Excellence 14% | Middle fifth |
| St. Catherine's SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 72% · Excellence 15% | Middle fifth |
| Coaldale Prairie Winds SecondarySecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 71% · Excellence 10% | Middle fifth |
| Ecole St. Mary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 64% · Excellence 12% | Middle fifth |
| Father Leonard Van Tighem SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 71% · Excellence 13% | Middle fifth |
| G. S. Lakie Middle SchoolElementary · Grades 6–8 | Acceptable 64% · Excellence 12% | Middle fifth |
| Lethbridge Christian SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 | Acceptable 67% · Excellence 11% | Middle fifth |
| Lethbridge Collegiate InstituteSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 68% · Excellence 14% | Middle fifth |
| Senator Joyce Fairbairn Middle SchoolElementary · Grades 6–8 | Acceptable 67% · Excellence 13% | Middle fifth |
| St. Teresa of Calcutta SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 69% · Excellence 12% | Middle fifth |
| Chinook High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 56% · Excellence 11% | Fourth fifth |
| Coalhurst High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 58% · Excellence 7% | Fourth fifth |
| Dorothy Dalgliesh SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 68% · Excellence 4% | Fourth fifth |
| Wilson Middle SchoolElementary · Grades 6–8 | Acceptable 57% · Excellence 9% | Fourth fifth |
| Barons SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 20% · Excellence 7% | Bottom fifth |
| Ecole Providence SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 | Acceptable 56% · Excellence 0% | Bottom fifth |
| Winston Churchill High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 46% · Excellence 5% | Bottom fifth |
| Albion Ridge Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–10 | Acceptable 11% · Excellence 0% | Bottom fifth |
| Children of St. Martha SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 43% · Excellence 5% | Bottom fifth |
| John Davidson School ProgramAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 46% · Excellence 3% | Bottom fifth |
| Noble Central SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 49% · Excellence 5% | Bottom fifth |
| Picture Butte High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 39% · Excellence 4% | Bottom fifth |
| St. Paul Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 42% · 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.
Where the 61 schools in and around Lethbridge County are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists; Alberta’s missing ones from OpenStreetMap’s Nominatim (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Schooling in English and French around Lethbridge County
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Alberta.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
1 of them teach in French: École La Vérendrye; the public ones belong to The Southern Francophone Education Region.
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 Lethbridge County’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Who runs them, in numbers: English public 41, English Catholic 14, French-language 1 and independent or other 5.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Lethbridge County
The neighbourhood school
Children go to the board’s designated school for their address, unless another school agrees to take them.
French-language schools
A child qualifies for a French-language school when a parent’s first language is French or a parent went to French school in Canada; an admissions committee can admit others.
Catholic schools
The province funds Catholic separate schools beside the public ones. Each separate board sets its own admission rules, usually giving Catholic families first place.
Independent schools
Independent schools choose their students and charge fees, with part of their costs paid by the province when they qualify.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 61 schools in and around Lethbridge County
Show all 32 elementary schools
High schools within reach of Lethbridge County
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
5 secondary schools are within 15 km: 4 English public and 1 English Catholic. The shortest trip is to Picture Butte High School, 3.5 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Picture Butte High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Palliser School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 156 | 3.5 km |
| St. Catherine's SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 181 | 3.9 km |
| Skylight Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Palliser School Division | English public | – | 16 | 13 km |
| Winston Churchill High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Lethbridge School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 974 | 14 km |
| Coalhurst High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Palliser School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 212 | 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks | 17,537 | 13 | 4,065 | 1 | 0.2 km |
| … | |||||
| Beddington Heights | 11,333 | 29 | 15,439 | 0 | 1.7 km |
| Whitehorn | 11,273 | 52 | 25,957 | 1 | 0.2 km |
| Lake Bonavista | 11,154 | 63 | 28,636 | 2 | 1 km |
| Lacombe County | 11,072 | 21 | 5,960 | 0 | 2.8 km |
| Lethbridge County | 10,988 | 61 | 20,706 | 1 | 3.5 km |
| Yellowhead County | 10,966 | 19 | 4,751 | 0 | 17 km |
| Morinville | 10,763 | 7 | 4,814 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Whitecourt | 10,708 | 9 | 2,525 | 0 | 1.2 km |
| Ponoka County | 10,670 | 12 | 2,866 | 0 | 2.7 km |
| … | |||||
| Griesbach | 6,640 | 61 | 28,549 | 1 | 0.7 km |
28 of the 167 others have more schools in reach. Of the 168, 69 offer a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Lethbridge 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lethbridge County | 61 | 1 | 19 | 3.5 km |
| Picture Butte 3.8 km | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| Coalhurst 15 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Lethbridge 18 km | 52 | 1 | 16 | 2 km |
| Coaldale 18 km | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0.3 km |
| Nobleford 19 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 km |
Of 5 neighbours, none has more schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
- Bands, not ranks. The PAT shares at the acceptable standard and at excellence are each placed by fifths among Alberta’s schools.
- The year. The 2025/26 list.
- Boards and systems. Boards are set by language and, in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan, by faith: public or Catholic.
- Which schools count. The area is Lethbridge County plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- The kinds of school. Each school is elementary, secondary or all-grade by the grades it teaches; alternative, adult and online programs sit in a group of their own.
Questions about schools in Lethbridge County
Is there a French-language school in Lethbridge County?
Yes, there are French-language schools: École La Vérendrye.
How many schools are there in Lethbridge County?
8 are inside the town itself and 53 lie within 3 km of its edge.
How do I get a place at a school in Lethbridge County?
Start with the board for the system you want; your address sets the school.
Which boards run the schools in Lethbridge County?
The Lethbridge School Division (25), The Palliser School Division (16), The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Division (13), The Holy Family Catholic Separate School Division (1) and The Southern Francophone Education Region (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
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).