Photo: Cszmurlo · CC BY 2.5Around Magrath, 1 elementary school and 1 secondary school: 2 schools in all
The Westwind School Division is the only board. Of the 2 with published results, 1 land in the top two fifths in Alberta. 880 students attend them (2025/26).
How Magrath’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 A: 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 | 2 | 74% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 2 | 16% | 13% |
The widest gap is on the standard of excellence, where the area’s schools reach 16% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Magrath Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 78% · Excellence 20% | Second fifth |
| Magrath Junior Senior High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 69% · Excellence 12% | Middle 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 2 schools in and around Magrath 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 Magrath
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.
Not one teaches in French.
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 Magrath’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
They all share one system, every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Magrath
The neighbourhood school
The neighbourhood school is the one the board designates for the address; choice beyond it depends on space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Magrath
High schools within reach of Magrath
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Within 15 km, families can reach 8 high schools: 8 English public. First by distance comes Magrath Junior Senior High School, at 0.5 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magrath Junior Senior High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Westwind School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 443 | 0.5 km |
| Hutterville Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–9 | The Westwind School Division | English public | – | 18 | 9.8 km |
| Deerfield Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Westwind School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 28 | 11 km |
| Milford Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–9 | The Westwind School Division | English public | – | 21 | 12 km |
| Old Elm Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Westwind School Division | English public | – | 26 | 14 km |
| Raymond High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Westwind School Division | English public | – | 296 | 15 km |
| Raymond Junior High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Westwind School Division | English public | Second fifth | 275 | 15 km |
| Raymond Alternate SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Westwind School Division | English public | – | 23 | 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Berry | 4,093 | 31 | 17,196 | 0 | 0.2 km |
| … | |||||
| Delton | 2,657 | 60 | 30,992 | 2 | 1.2 km |
| Sweet Grass | 2,616 | 31 | 17,852 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| High Prairie | 2,607 | 6 | 1,195 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Minchau | 2,576 | 43 | 20,392 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Magrath | 2,566 | 2 | 880 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Sexsmith | 2,561 | 6 | 1,234 | 0 | 0.2 km |
| Nanton | 2,522 | 2 | 362 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Elmwood | 2,522 | 52 | 21,442 | 2 | 0.1 km |
| Satoo | 2,517 | 37 | 16,393 | 0 | 0.1 km |
| … | |||||
| Rimbey | 2,502 | 4 | 823 | 0 | 12 km |
128 of 137 similar towns count more schools. 50 towns of the 138 have 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 Magrath
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magrath | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Raymond 16 km | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 km |
Next door, Raymond counts 4 schools, more than any other neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. The levels follow each school’s published grades: elementary below Grade 7 or 9, secondary above, all-grade when it runs the whole way.
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Magrath or within 3 km of it are here.
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
- Bands, not ranks. A suppressed result gives no band; a school with both measures averages its fifths.
- Boards and systems. Public and Catholic boards are both publicly funded here, in English and in French; an independent school answers to no board.
- The year. The province’s 2025/26 list.
Questions about schools in Magrath
How do I get a place at a school in Magrath?
Start with the board for the system you want; your address sets the school.
Is there a French-language school in Magrath?
None within 3 km of Magrath. The French-language board serves it from schools further off.
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).