Connaught School
101 8 street sw · Medicine Hat · T1A4L5 · The Medicine Hat School Division
One of Medicine Hat’s 19 elementary schools, counting 3 km beyond the edge: Connaught School. Every school in and around Medicine Hat →
What stands out about Connaught School
- 380 students, near the middle of 267 for elementary schools in Alberta.
- Its results sit in the middle fifth in Alberta, averaged over its measures.
- Furthest behind on the standard of excellence: 10%, against 13% in Alberta.
- An English public school, run by The Medicine Hat School Division.
How Connaught School does on Alberta’s tests
The Provincial Achievement Tests in Grades 6 and 9: each school against every school in Alberta.
On average across 2 reported measures of 2, Connaught School is in the middle fifth in Alberta.
| Measure | Here | Middle, Alberta | Band |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAT: acceptable standard | 71% | 67% | Second fifth |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 10% | 13% | Fourth fifth |
Suppressed: Alberta hides results for small groups. Shares are of enrolled students in the core courses, Grades 6 and 9 pooled.
Connaught School is placed by its results, not lettered
Its standing, the middle fifth in Alberta, comes from the province’s published results set beside every other school’s; Connaught School itself carries no letter, since letters are kept for towns.
The letter belongs to Medicine Hat: its School Grade weighs Connaught School with every other school around it.
Getting a place at Connaught School
Attendance zones do the sorting here. Inside the zone a child is in; outside it, the answer turns on how full the school is.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
Side by side with the nearest elementary schools
The closest schools of its level, by straight-line distance.
Connaught School is larger than any of its 6 nearest elementary schools.
| School | System | Language | Students | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connaught School | English public | English | 380 | Middle fifth | |
| Community Early Learning Program | English public | English | 183 | – | 0.1 km |
| River Heights Elementary | English public | English | 311 | Fourth fifth | 0.9 km |
| Southview Community School | English public | English | 137 | Bottom fifth | 1.1 km |
| PAS | English public | English | 1 | – | 1.2 km |
| St. Louis School | English Catholic | English | 93 | Bottom fifth | 1.9 km |
| Elm Street School | English public | English | 114 | Middle fifth | 2.1 km |
Elementary schools near Connaught School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Connaught School
Who runs Connaught School?
The Medicine Hat School Division: Connaught School is one of its schools (English public).
What language does Connaught School teach in?
English.
How do pupils get a place at Connaught School?
Start with the board for the system you want; your address sets the school.
Which schools of the same kind are near Connaught School?
The nearest are Community Early Learning Program (0.1 km), River Heights Elementary (0.9 km) and Southview Community School (1.1 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).