Photo: Brett Snyder ( 1brettsnyder at en.wikipedia ) · CC BY 1.0Most schools around Newell County score below the middle in Alberta: 7 of 11
Best placed: École Le Ruisseau and Brooks Junior High School. They come under 3 school boards. Taken together, Newell County and its 3 km edge hold 8 elementary schools, 5 secondary schools and 7 schools for every grade for 4,078 students.
What stands out about Newell County’s schools
The strongest results
The area’s best results are at École Le Ruisseau (all grades), in the top fifth in Alberta. Results ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
How Newell 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 | 11 | 60% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 11 | 10% | 13% |
The widest gap is on the standard of excellence, where the area’s schools reach 10% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (11)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| École Le RuisseauAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 93% · Excellence 43% | Top fifth |
| Brooks Junior High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Acceptable 76% · Excellence 19% | Second fifth |
| Griffin Park SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 67% · Excellence 26% | Second fifth |
| Uplands Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 63% · Excellence 12% | Middle fifth |
| St. Joseph's CollegiateSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 60% · Excellence 10% | Fourth fifth |
| Tilley SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 63% · Excellence 8% | Fourth fifth |
| Bassano SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 58% · Excellence 10% | Fourth fifth |
| Rosemary SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 59% · Excellence 8% | Fourth fifth |
| Alcoma SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 57% · Excellence 4% | Bottom fifth |
| Eastbrook Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 45% · Excellence 7% | Bottom fifth |
| Sunrise SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 32% · 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.
3 boards, school by school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Grasslands School DivisionBrooks, Brooks Junior, Eastbrook, Uplands, Griffin Park, Bassano, Rosemary, Tilley … | English public | 15 | 2,976 |
| The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School DivisionHoly Family Academy, St. Joseph's Collegiate, St. Luke's Outreach Centre Brooks | English Catholic | 3 | 987 |
| The Southern Francophone Education RegionLe Ruisseau | French public | 1 | 84 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
Where the 20 schools in and around Newell 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 Newell County
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Alberta.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
The Southern Francophone Education Region runs the public French-language schools; all 1 are École Le Ruisseau.
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 Newell County’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
By the system they belong to: English public 15, English Catholic 3, French-language 1 and independent or other 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Newell County
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.
Catholic schools
Separate boards admit by their own policies, most giving priority to Catholic families.
Independent schools
Independent schools here charge fees but receive some provincial funding if they meet its standards.
The neighbourhood school
Families enrol through the board, which assigns the school serving their street; transfers depend on space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 20 schools in and around Newell County
High schools within reach of Newell County
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
6 secondary schools are within 15 km: 3 English public, 2 English Catholic and 1 French public. The nearest is École Le Ruisseau, 3.6 km away.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| École Le RuisseauAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Southern Francophone Education Region | French public | Top fifth | 84 | 3.6 km |
| St. Luke's Outreach Centre BrooksSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 49 | 4.4 km |
| St. Joseph's CollegiateSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 444 | 4.4 km |
| Brooks Junior High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Grasslands School Division | English public | Second fifth | 505 | 4.7 km |
| Brooks Composite High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Grasslands School Division | English public | – | 668 | 5.1 km |
| Sunrise SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Grasslands School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 77 | 5.3 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Alberta
Towns of a similar population, with their schools in or within 3 km; described, not ranked.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridlewood | 12,547 | 26 | 14,372 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| … | |||||
| Harvest Hills | 7,930 | 29 | 17,428 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| La Perle | 7,889 | 51 | 21,228 | 2 | 1.7 km |
| Windsor Park | 7,863 | 85 | 37,527 | 2 | 0.3 km |
| Cypress County | 7,855 | 37 | 8,878 | 0 | 2.5 km |
| Newell County | 7,846 | 20 | 4,078 | 1 | 3.6 km |
| Callingwood South | 7,844 | 41 | 19,485 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| Valley Ridge | 7,782 | 22 | 10,076 | 1 | 2.9 km |
| Ambleside | 7,733 | 21 | 17,796 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Brazeau County | 7,685 | 9 | 3,504 | 0 | 1.4 km |
| … | |||||
| Kingsland | 4,700 | 62 | 27,613 | 1 | 0.5 km |
Among 228 towns its size, 165 have more schools nearby. 99 towns of the 229 have 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 Newell County
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
Of 2 neighbours, none has more schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Which schools count. Counted: Newell County’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- What isn’t here. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
- Bands, not ranks. The PAT shares at the acceptable standard and at excellence are each placed by fifths among Alberta’s schools.
- Boards and systems. The board is the public body that runs a school; this province has English and French boards, each public or Catholic.
- The year. The open list of 2025/26.
Questions about schools in Newell County
How many schools are there in Newell County?
Inside the town there are 8; another 12 sit within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Newell County?
Yes, there are French-language schools: École Le Ruisseau.
Which boards run the schools in Newell County?
The Grasslands School Division (15), The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division (3) and The Southern Francophone Education Region (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Newell County?
Enrolment goes through the board; schools outside your area take students when they have room.
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).