Photo: awmcphee · CC BY-SA 4.0In the lower two fifths in Alberta: 5 of the 6 schools around Northern Sunrise County with results
The highest results belong to École des Quatre-Vents. Its schools answer to 3 boards. The 3 km around Northern Sunrise County counts 4 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade, 1,959 students between them.
What stands out about Northern Sunrise County’s schools
The strongest results
École des Quatre-Vents (all grades) posts the area’s strongest results: the top fifth in Alberta. Results ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
How Northern Sunrise 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 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 | 6 | 54% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 6 | 7% | 13% |
On the standard of excellence the area trails, 7% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (6)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| École des Quatre-VentsAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 89% · Excellence 39% | Top fifth |
| Glenmary SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 56% · Excellence 12% | Fourth fifth |
| Good Shepherd SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 62% · Excellence 9% | Fourth fifth |
| Nampa Public SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 52% · Excellence 0% | Bottom fifth |
| T A Norris Middle SchoolElementary · Grades 5–8 | Acceptable 38% · Excellence 6% | Bottom fifth |
| Peace River High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 49% · Excellence 3% | 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.
Which of the 3 boards runs which school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Peace River School DivisionSpringfield, T A Norris, Peace River, Peace Regional Outreach Campus, Nampa, Bear Canyon Hutterite Colony | English public | 6 | 1,019 |
| The Holy Family Catholic Separate School DivisionGlenmary, Good Shepherd | English Catholic | 2 | 814 |
| The Northwest Francophone Education Regiondes Quatre-Vents | French public | 1 | 126 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
Where the 9 schools in and around Northern Sunrise County 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 Northern Sunrise 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.
1 of them teach in French: École des Quatre-Vents; the public ones belong to The Northwest 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 Northern Sunrise County’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Grouped by system: English public 6, English Catholic 2 and French-language 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Northern Sunrise County
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.
Catholic schools
A separate (Catholic) board runs its own schools with public money and its own admission rules.
French-language schools
The French boards take rights-holders’ children by right and others by committee.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 9 schools in and around Northern Sunrise County
High schools within reach of Northern Sunrise County
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 5: 3 English public, 1 English Catholic and 1 French public. 9.8 km away, Bear Canyon Hutterite Colony is the nearest.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Canyon Hutterite ColonyAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Peace River School Division | English public | – | 15 | 9.8 km |
| Peace River High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Peace River School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 265 | 11 km |
| Peace Regional Outreach CampusSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Peace River School Division | English public | – | 124 | 11 km |
| Glenmary SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Holy Family Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 419 | 11 km |
| École des Quatre-VentsAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Northwest Francophone Education Region | French public | Top fifth | 126 | 12 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Schools in the towns around Northern Sunrise County
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Sunrise County | 9 | 1 | 2 | 9.6 km |
| Peace River 9.7 km | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0.1 km |
| Peace No. 135 18 km | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4.8 km |
No neighbour of the 2 counts more schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Boards and systems. Public and Catholic boards are both publicly funded here, in English and in French; an independent school answers to no board.
- The year. As the province lists them in 2025/26.
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
- Bands, not ranks. A suppressed result gives no band; a school with both measures averages its fifths.
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
- Which schools count. Every school inside Northern Sunrise County’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
Questions about schools in Northern Sunrise County
Which boards run the schools in Northern Sunrise County?
By number of schools: The Peace River School Division (6), The Holy Family Catholic Separate School Division (2) and The Northwest Francophone Education Region (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Northern Sunrise County?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
Is there a French-language school in Northern Sunrise County?
Yes, there are French-language schools: École des Quatre-Vents.
How many schools are there in Northern Sunrise County?
1 are inside the town itself and 8 lie within 3 km of its edge.
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).