Photo: Jack Borno · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer Catholic schools around Mountain View County: 0 of 16, against 18% in Alberta
On the tests, 2 of 7 schools land above the middle in Alberta, 3 under it. In or within 3 km of Mountain View County: 5 elementary schools, 4 secondary schools and 7 schools for every grade, with 4,882 students.
Who runs Mountain View County’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Split by system, that is English public 15 and independent or other 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How Mountain View County’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 B+: 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 | 7 | 68% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 7 | 14% | 13% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is the standard of excellence: 14% here, against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (7)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Olds Koinonia Christian SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 77% · Excellence 23% | Second fifth |
| Cremona SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 73% · Excellence 17% | Second fifth |
| Hugh Sutherland SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–12 | Acceptable 75% · Excellence 14% | Middle fifth |
| Sundre High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 65% · Excellence 18% | Middle fifth |
| École Deer Meadow SchoolElementary · Grades 5–8 | Acceptable 68% · Excellence 10% | Fourth fifth |
| École Olds High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 59% · Excellence 11% | Fourth fifth |
| Didsbury High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 57% · 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 16 schools in and around Mountain View County 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 Mountain View County
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.
All teach in the province’s majority language; none 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.
How children get a place in Mountain View County
The neighbourhood school
Each school serves a defined area. A place elsewhere is possible when that school has room.
Independent schools
Admission to an independent school is by its own rules; fees apply, lowered by partial provincial funding.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 16 schools in and around Mountain View County
High schools within reach of Mountain View County
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
One secondary school is within 15 km: Olds Mountain View Christian School, 6.9 km away.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olds Mountain View Christian SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | – | Independent | – | 343 | 6.9 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Alberta
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Deer County | 22,076 | 57 | 20,163 | 1 | 3.8 km |
| … | |||||
| Edgemont | 15,359 | 47 | 23,280 | 1 | 1.2 km |
| Laurel | 15,263 | 26 | 13,191 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Windermere | 14,922 | 22 | 16,064 | 0 | 1.6 km |
| Chappelle | 14,815 | 22 | 17,085 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Mountain View County | 14,802 | 16 | 4,882 | 0 | 6.9 km |
| Lacombe | 14,733 | 11 | 4,063 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| La Crète | 14,488 | 12 | 3,508 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Martindale | 14,467 | 34 | 20,807 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Skyview Ranch | 14,061 | 5 | 3,802 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| … | |||||
| Marlborough | 8,932 | 65 | 27,326 | 0 | 0.3 km |
78 of the 104 others have more schools in reach. Of the 105, 43 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 Mountain View County
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
No neighbour of the 2 counts more schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Boards and systems. Every public school has a board: English or French, and in this province public or Catholic too. Independent schools have none.
- The year. The 2025/26 list.
- Bands, not ranks. A band is the fifth of Alberta’s schools a result falls in, averaged over the two PAT measures; suppressed groups would make places misleading.
- What isn’t here. There are no inspection ratings to show, and a single year of enrolment gives no trend.
- The kinds of school. Elementary means kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary up to Grade 12 (Secondary V in Quebec); a few schools take every grade.
- Which schools count. Every school inside Mountain View County’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
Questions about schools in Mountain View County
How do I get a place at a school in Mountain View County?
Registration is with the board, which assigns the school for the home address.
How many schools are there in Mountain View County?
5 are inside the town itself and 11 lie within 3 km of its edge.
Is there a French-language school in Mountain View County?
Not in or within 3 km of Mountain View County; the French-language board can name the nearest.
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).