Photo: Festbock · CC BY-SA 3.06 boards run the schools in and around Medicine Hat
The Medicine Hat School Division has 19 of them, and The Medicine Hat Roman Catholic Separate School Division, The Prairie Rose School Division and The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Division share the others. 18 of 27 schools with results score below the middle in Alberta. Within 3 km of Medicine Hat are 19 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools and 11 schools for every grade, teaching 11,190 students.
What stands out about Medicine Hat’s schools
One big school
Medicine Hat High School is the largest school here, with 1,295 students. Every school ↓
The strongest results
The area’s best results are at École Les Cyprès (all grades), in the top fifth in Alberta. Results ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
Which of the 6 boards runs which school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Medicine Hat School DivisionMedicine Hat, Crescent Heights, Dr. Roy Wilson Learning Centre, Alexandra, Connaught, River Heights, Dr. Ken Sauer, Crestwood … | English public | 19 | 6,593 |
| The Medicine Hat Roman Catholic Separate School DivisionMonsignor McCoy, St. Patrick's, Notre Dame Academy, St. Mary's, Mother Teresa, St. Francis Xavier, St. Michael's, St. Louis | English Catholic | 8 | 2,566 |
| The Prairie Rose School DivisionCoulee Collegiate, South Alberta, Margaret Wooding, Parkside, Prairie Mennonite Alternative, Prairie Rose Regional Division Home Education | English public | 6 | 1,279 |
| The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School DivisionSt. Michael's | English Catholic | 1 | 339 |
| CAPE - Centre for Academic and Personal Excellence InstituteCentre for Academic and Personal Excellence | Other | 1 | 301 |
| The Southern Francophone Education RegionLes Cyprès | French public | 1 | 102 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How Medicine Hat’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 C: 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 | 27 | 55% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 27 | 9% | 13% |
On the standard of excellence the area trails, 9% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (27)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| École Les CyprèsAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 90% · Excellence 48% | Top fifth |
| Centre for Academic and Personal ExcellenceAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 75% · Excellence 26% | Second fifth |
| Notre Dame AcademyAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Acceptable 81% · Excellence 14% | Second fifth |
| Dr. Ken Sauer SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 75% · Excellence 14% | Middle fifth |
| Connaught SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 71% · Excellence 10% | Middle fifth |
| Elm Street SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 56% · Excellence 18% | Middle fifth |
| Medicine Hat Christian SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 64% · Excellence 14% | Middle fifth |
| St. Francis Xavier SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 76% · Excellence 7% | Middle fifth |
| St. Mary's SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Acceptable 70% · Excellence 12% | Middle fifth |
| Alexandra Middle SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Acceptable 55% · Excellence 12% | Fourth fifth |
| George Davison Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 65% · Excellence 10% | Fourth fifth |
| Margaret Wooding SchoolElementary · Grades 4–6 | Acceptable 62% · Excellence 12% | Fourth fifth |
| Dr. Roy Wilson Learning CentreAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 53% · Excellence 6% | Fourth fifth |
| Herald SchoolAll grades · Grades K–11 | Acceptable 55% · Excellence 6% | Fourth fifth |
| Mother Teresa SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 47% · Excellence 11% | Fourth fifth |
| Prairie Mennonite Alternative SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 58% · Excellence 6% | Fourth fifth |
| River Heights ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 54% · Excellence 9% | Fourth fifth |
| Ross Glen SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 65% · Excellence 4% | Fourth fifth |
| Crescent Heights High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 46% · Excellence 8% | Bottom fifth |
| Crestwood SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 44% · Excellence 6% | Bottom fifth |
| Parkside SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Acceptable 54% · Excellence 5% | Bottom fifth |
| St. Michael's SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 43% · Excellence 9% | Bottom fifth |
| St. Michael's SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 49% · Excellence 10% | Bottom fifth |
| Southview Community SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 36% · Excellence 3% | Bottom fifth |
| St. Louis SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 43% · Excellence 2% | Bottom fifth |
| Vincent Massey SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 46% · Excellence 3% | Bottom fifth |
| Webster Niblock SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 35% · Excellence 4% | 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 37 schools in and around Medicine Hat 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 Medicine Hat
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 Les Cyprès; 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 Medicine Hat’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
The split by system: English public 25, English Catholic 9, French-language 1 and independent or other 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Medicine Hat
Independent schools
An independent school decides whom it takes and what it charges; provincial grants cover part of the cost.
Catholic schools
Catholic schools are public here, run by separate boards that set their own admissions.
French-language schools
Section 23 rights-holders, francophone parents or those schooled in French in Canada, have a place; others apply to the board’s committee.
The neighbourhood school
A home address sets the designated school in each board’s attendance area. Registration is with the board; a school outside the area admits only where there is space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 37 schools in and around Medicine Hat
High schools within reach of Medicine Hat
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
21 secondary schools are within 15 km: 15 English public, 4 English Catholic, 1 French public and 1 other. 1 km away, Prairie Mennonite Alternative School is the nearest.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Mennonite Alternative SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Prairie Rose School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 74 | 1 km |
| Coulee CollegiateSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Prairie Rose School Division | English public | – | 489 | 1 km |
| South Alberta High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Prairie Rose School Division | English public | – | 326 | 1 km |
| Prairie Rose Regional Division Home EducationAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Prairie Rose School Division | English public | – | 45 | 1.1 km |
| Alexandra Middle SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Medicine Hat School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 425 | 1.5 km |
| École Les CyprèsAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Southern Francophone Education Region | French public | Top fifth | 102 | 1.5 km |
| St. Mary's SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | The Medicine Hat Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 418 | 1.7 km |
| Medicine Hat High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Medicine Hat School Division | English public | – | 1,295 | 2.1 km |
| Centre for Academic and Personal ExcellenceAll grades · Grades K–9 | CAPE - Centre for Academic and Personal Excellence Institute | Other | Second fifth | 301 | 2.2 km |
| Dr. Roy Wilson Learning CentreAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Medicine Hat School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 726 | 2.3 km |
All 21 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herald SchoolAll grades · Grades K–11 | The Medicine Hat School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 148 | 2.3 km |
| Pathways SchoolAll grades · Grades 3–12 | The Medicine Hat School Division | English public | – | 12 | 2.5 km |
| Notre Dame AcademyAll grades · Grades 6–9 | The Medicine Hat Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 435 | 2.5 km |
| Monsignor McCoy High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Medicine Hat Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 649 | 3.4 km |
| Crescent Heights High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Medicine Hat School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 1,177 | 3.9 km |
| Medicine Hat Christian SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Medicine Hat School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 286 | 3.9 km |
| St. Michael's SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Bottom fifth | 339 | 4 km |
| Hutterian Brethren Church School of Murray LakeAll grades · Grades 1–12 | The Prairie Rose School Division | English public | – | 20 | 8.2 km |
| Irvine SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Prairie Rose School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 393 | 8.2 km |
| Eagle Butte High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Prairie Rose School Division | English public | – | 575 | 9.5 km |
| Parkside SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Prairie Rose School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 166 | 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Deer | 115,409 | 49 | 19,670 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| … | |||||
| Airdrie | 92,544 | 27 | 18,713 | 1 | 0.9 km |
| Fort McMurray | 81,611 | 33 | 15,139 | 1 | 1.8 km |
| St. Albert | 74,621 | 41 | 19,661 | 2 | 0.9 km |
| Grande Prairie | 71,160 | 34 | 15,037 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Medicine Hat | 68,714 | 37 | 11,190 | 1 | 1 km |
| Rocky View County | 50,260 | 136 | 74,236 | 2 | 2.9 km |
| Spruce Grove | 44,575 | 22 | 12,760 | 0 | 0.2 km |
| Leduc | 39,966 | 17 | 7,735 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Cochrane | 39,397 | 16 | 7,714 | 1 | 1.1 km |
| … | |||||
| Okotoks | 33,482 | 21 | 9,730 | 1 | 0.1 km |
6 out of 13 comparable towns have more schools. Of the 14, 12 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 Medicine Hat
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine Hat | 37 | 1 | 10 | 1 km |
| Cypress County 4.8 km | 37 | 0 | 7 | 2.5 km |
| Redcliff 10 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 km |
No neighbour of the 2 counts more schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school inside Medicine Hat’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
- 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.
- The year. As the province lists them in 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. The board is the public body that runs a school; this province has English and French boards, each public or Catholic.
- 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. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, and Ontario’s private schools.
Questions about schools in Medicine Hat
How do I get a place at a school in Medicine Hat?
Each board registers its own students; its website gives the school for an address.
Which boards run the schools in Medicine Hat?
The Medicine Hat School Division (19), The Medicine Hat Roman Catholic Separate School Division (8), The Prairie Rose School Division (6), The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Division (1) and CAPE - Centre for Academic and Personal Excellence Institute (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How many schools are there in Medicine Hat?
The town holds 34 of them; 3 more are within 3 km of its outline.
Is there a French-language school in Medicine Hat?
Yes: École Les Cyprès, the French-language schools here.
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).