Centre for Academic and Personal Excellence
201 5 street sw · Medicine Hat · T1A4G7 · CAPE - Centre for Academic and Personal Excellence Institute
Centre for Academic and Personal Excellence: one of the 11 schools for every grade within 3 km of Medicine Hat. Every school in and around Medicine Hat →
What stands out about Centre for Academic and Personal Excellence
- A typical size: 301 students, where the middle all grades school in Alberta has 233.
- On the measures with a value, it lands in the second fifth in Alberta.
- Its best showing is the standard of excellence, at 26% where the middle in Alberta is 13%.
- Run outside the four usual systems (CAPE - Centre for Academic and Personal Excellence Institute): a provincial, charter or First Nations school, or an Indigenous board’s.
- No other Other all grades school is within 3 km of Medicine Hat.
How Centre for Academic and Personal Excellence does on Alberta’s tests
The Provincial Achievement Tests in Grades 6 and 9: each school against every school in Alberta.
Centre for Academic and Personal Excellence reports 2 of 2 measures; on average they sit in the second fifth in Alberta.
| Measure | Here | Middle, Alberta | Band |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAT: acceptable standard | 75% | 67% | Second fifth |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 26% | 13% | Top fifth |
Suppressed: Alberta hides results for small groups. Shares are of enrolled students in the core courses, Grades 6 and 9 pooled.
Centre for Academic and Personal Excellence is placed by its results, not lettered
Its standing, the second fifth in Alberta, comes from the province’s published results set beside every other school’s; Centre for Academic and Personal Excellence itself carries no letter, since letters are kept for towns.
For a letter, see Medicine Hat’s Schools page: the town’s grade takes in Centre for Academic and Personal Excellence and its neighbours.
Getting a place at Centre for Academic and Personal Excellence
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.
Side by side with the nearest schools for every grade
Its nearest neighbours of the same level, any system.
2 of the 6 nearest schools for every grade have more students than Centre for Academic and Personal Excellence.
| School | System | Language | Students | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre for Academic and Personal Excellence | Other | English | 301 | Second fifth | |
| Herald School | English public | English | 148 | Fourth fifth | 0.1 km |
| St. Mary's School | English Catholic | English | 418 | Middle fifth | 0.6 km |
| École Les Cyprès | French public | French | 102 | Top fifth | 0.8 km |
| Pathways School | English public | English | 12 | – | 1.7 km |
| St. Michael's School | English Catholic | English | 339 | Bottom fifth | 1.9 km |
| Prairie Rose Regional Division Home Education | English public | English | 45 | – | 2.1 km |
Schools for every grade near Centre for Academic and Personal Excellence
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Centre for Academic and Personal Excellence
Who runs Centre for Academic and Personal Excellence?
Centre for Academic and Personal Excellence is outside the public boards (Other) (CAPE - Centre for Academic and Personal Excellence Institute).
What language does Centre for Academic and Personal Excellence teach in?
English.
How do pupils get a place at Centre for Academic and Personal Excellence?
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.
Which schools of the same kind are near Centre for Academic and Personal Excellence?
Closest by: Herald School (0.1 km), St. Mary's School (0.6 km) and École Les Cyprès (0.8 km).
Sources: Alberta Education and Childcare, school enrolment 2025/26 (Open Government Licence – Alberta) · 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. · 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).