Photo: Xz1303 · CC BY-SA 3.0In the top two fifths in Alberta: 9 of the 13 schools around Okotoks with results
Among them: Edison School, St. John Paul II Collegiate and St. Mary's School. 3 boards run its schools. Counting a 3 km margin, Okotoks has 7 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools and 7 schools for every grade, for 9,730 students.
What stands out about Okotoks’s schools
More Catholic schools
7 of 21 schools here are Catholic, against 18% in Alberta; The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division run them. Who runs them ↓
One big school
The Centre for Learning@HOME is the largest school here, with 1,200 students. Every school ↓
The strongest results
Top of the area: Edison School (all grades), its results in the top fifth in Alberta. Results ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
How Okotoks’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 A: 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 | 13 | 81% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 13 | 20% | 13% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is the standard of excellence: 20% here, against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (13)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Edison SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 95% · Excellence 59% | Top fifth |
| St. John Paul II CollegiateSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Acceptable 86% · Excellence 24% | Top fifth |
| St. Mary's SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 84% · Excellence 28% | Top fifth |
| Strathcona-Tweedsmuir SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 95% · Excellence 52% | Top fifth |
| École BeausoleilAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 90% · Excellence 23% | Top fifth |
| Dr Morris Gibson SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 81% · Excellence 16% | Second fifth |
| Okotoks Junior High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Acceptable 83% · Excellence 20% | Second fifth |
| École Good Shepherd SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 81% · Excellence 18% | Second fifth |
| The Centre for Learning@HOMEAll grades · Grades 1–12 | Acceptable 70% · Excellence 29% | Second fifth |
| Big Rock SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 74% · Excellence 15% | Middle fifth |
| Meadow Ridge SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 67% · Excellence 14% | Middle fifth |
| Westmount SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 67% · Excellence 12% | Middle fifth |
| Percy Pegler Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 52% · 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.
Which of the 3 boards runs which school
The boards and their schools here.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Foothills School DivisionFoothills, Meadow Ridge, Percy Pegler, Westmount, Okotoks Junior, Dr Morris Gibson, Big Rock, Alberta High School of Fine Arts … | English public | 9 | 3,919 |
| The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School DivisionThe Centre for Learning@HOME, Okotoks Home Schooling, St. John Paul II Collegiate, St. Mary's, Good Shepherd, St. Luke's Outreach Centre Okotoks, St. Paul's Academy | English Catholic | 7 | 4,529 |
| The Southern Francophone Education RegionBeausoleil | French public | 1 | 138 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
Where the 21 schools in and around Okotoks are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
3 more have no point in the source and are listed below the map.
Points from the provincial lists; Alberta’s missing ones from OpenStreetMap’s Nominatim (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Schooling in English and French around Okotoks
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Alberta.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
École Beausoleil teach in French; The Southern Francophone Education Region runs the public ones among the 1.
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 Okotoks’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Counted by who runs them: English public 9, English Catholic 7, French-language 1 and independent or other 4.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Okotoks
Independent schools
Fees and admissions are each independent school’s own; the province covers a share of costs for those that meet its rules.
Catholic schools
Catholic schools are public here, run by separate boards that set their own admissions.
French-language schools
French-language schools are for children of section 23 rights-holders first; the board may admit others case by case.
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 21 schools in and around Okotoks
High schools within reach of Okotoks
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Within 15 km, families can reach 13 high schools: 7 English public, 3 English Catholic, 2 independent and 1 French public. Closest of all: Cameron Crossing School (0.1 km).
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Crossing SchoolSecondary · Grades 8–12 | The Foothills School Division | English public | – | 86 | 0.1 km |
| Okotoks Junior High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Foothills School Division | English public | Second fifth | 421 | 0.4 km |
| École BeausoleilAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Southern Francophone Education Region | French public | Top fifth | 138 | 0.6 km |
| Strathcona-Tweedsmuir SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | – | Independent | Top fifth | 782 | 0.7 km |
| St. Luke's Outreach Centre OkotoksSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 159 | 0.7 km |
| Foothills Composite High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Foothills School Division | English public | – | 1,071 | 1.1 km |
| Alberta High School of Fine ArtsSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Foothills School Division | English public | – | 114 | 1.1 km |
| St. John Paul II CollegiateSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Top fifth | 805 | 1.3 km |
| Westmount SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Foothills School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 477 | 2.1 km |
| Meadow Ridge SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Foothills School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 667 | 2.1 km |
All 13 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edison SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | – | Independent | Top fifth | 290 | 3.3 km |
| St. Francis of Assisi AcademyAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 593 | 9.2 km |
| Heritage Heights SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Foothills School Division | English public | Second fifth | 412 | 9.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Parkland County | 34,286 | 51 | 25,829 | 1 | 4.7 km |
| Okotoks | 33,482 | 21 | 9,730 | 1 | 0.1 km |
| Chestermere | 31,671 | 10 | 6,332 | 0 | 1 km |
| Fort Saskatchewan | 30,575 | 14 | 5,407 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Beaumont | 26,305 | 14 | 7,943 | 1 | 0.2 km |
| Beltline | 26,171 | 86 | 33,268 | 1 | 0.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Camrose | 20,800 | 21 | 3,657 | 1 | 0.5 km |
More schools are within reach in 10 of the 18 other towns. In 13 of the 19, at least one school teaches in French.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Okotoks
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Okotoks | 21 | 1 | 11 | 0.1 km |
| Foothills County 5.4 km | 62 | 1 | 27 | 2.4 km |
| Legacy 15 km | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 km |
| Walden 17 km | 15 | 0 | 8 | 1.3 km |
| High River 17 km | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0.5 km |
| Cranston 18 km | 27 | 0 | 11 | 0.1 km |
| Chaparral 18 km | 30 | 0 | 15 | 2.1 km |
62 schools make Foothills County the best supplied neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Inside Okotoks’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- 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.
- The year. The province’s school list, 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. Every public school has a board: English or French, and in this province public or Catholic too. Independent schools have none.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- Bands, not ranks. Fifths are worked out among every Alberta school with a PAT result, then averaged per school.
Questions about schools in Okotoks
How do I get a place at a school in Okotoks?
Registration is with the board, which assigns the school for the home address.
Which boards run the schools in Okotoks?
By number of schools: The Foothills School Division (9), The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division (7) and The Southern Francophone Education Region (1).
Is there a French-language school in Okotoks?
Yes, schooling in French is at École Beausoleil.
How many schools are there in Okotoks?
20 in the town, 1 just beyond it, within 3 km.
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).