Photo: awmcphee · CC BY-SA 4.03 schools serve Manning, 1 elementary school and 2 schools for every grade
None lies outside the town. 1 of its 2 schools with results sit in the top two fifths in Alberta. They enrol 384 students in all (2025/26).
How Manning’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 | 73% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 2 | 16% | 13% |
On the standard of excellence the area runs ahead, 16% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Rosary Roman Catholic Separate SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 75% · Excellence 25% | Second fifth |
| Manning Aurora Composite SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 70% · Excellence 7% | Fourth 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 3 schools in and around Manning are
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
2 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 Manning
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Alberta.
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.
Who runs Manning’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Counted by who runs them: English public 2 and English Catholic 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
The biggest of the 2 is The Peace River School Division: 2 schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Peace River School DivisionManning Aurora Composite, Breaking Point Colony | English public | 2 | 314 |
| The Holy Family Catholic Separate School DivisionRosary Roman Catholic Separate | English Catholic | 1 | 70 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Manning
Catholic schools
Catholic separate schools are publicly funded here; each separate board decides whom it admits, Catholic families first.
The neighbourhood school
Ask the board first. It holds the enrolment list and points each street to its own school; out-of-area requests go ahead only with space to spare.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 3 schools in and around Manning
High schools within reach of Manning
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
The one high school within 15 km is Manning Aurora Composite School, at 0.5 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manning Aurora Composite SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Peace River School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 305 | 0.5 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Schools in the towns around Manning
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manning | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 km |
| Northern Lights County 17 km | 9 | 1 | 2 | 17 km |
Northern Lights County has the most schools nearby, 9.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Manning and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
- 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.
- Bands, not ranks. Top fifth means a result among the best fifth of Alberta’s schools; the card shows a school’s average fifth.
- What isn’t here. No province rates its schools by inspection, and enrolment covers one year (Ontario and Alberta only), so there is no trend.
- 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.
Questions about schools in Manning
Is there a French-language school in Manning?
Not within 3 km of Manning. The French-language board still serves families here.
Which boards run the schools in Manning?
The Peace River School Division (2) and The Holy Family Catholic Separate School Division (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Manning?
Each board registers its own students; its website gives the school for an address.
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).