Photo: Shogged · CC BY-SA 4.0The 3 schools of Opportunity No. 17: 1 elementary school, 1 secondary school and 1 school for every grade
One board, The Northland School Division, runs them all. On results, 0 of 2 tested schools are in the upper two fifths in Alberta. Between them they teach 451 students (2025/26).
How Opportunity No. 17’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 D−: 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 | 2 | 19% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 2 | 1% | 13% |
On the standard of excellence the area trails, 1% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Mistassiniy SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 20% · Excellence 2% | Bottom fifth |
| St. Theresa SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 18% · Excellence 1% | 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 3 schools in and around Opportunity No. 17 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 Opportunity No. 17
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Alberta.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
Schooling in French isn’t on offer here.
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 Opportunity No. 17’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Only one system is present here: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Opportunity No. 17
The neighbourhood school
Registration happens with the board, not the school; the board names the school for the address.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 3 schools in and around Opportunity No. 17
High schools within reach of Opportunity No. 17
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
One secondary school is within 15 km: Mistassiniy School, 5.3 km away.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistassiniy SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Northland School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 233 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charleswood | 5,642 | 73 | 33,776 | 2 | 0.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Hudson | 3,634 | 36 | 14,867 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| Two Hills County No. 21 | 3,626 | 4 | 698 | 0 | 9.6 km |
| Mactaggart | 3,603 | 21 | 14,161 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Ramsay | 3,601 | 108 | 47,230 | 1 | 0.1 km |
| Opportunity No. 17 | 3,592 | 3 | 451 | 0 | 5.2 km |
| Thorncliff | 3,564 | 45 | 17,924 | 2 | 1 km |
| Downtown East Village | 3,524 | 49 | 23,970 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| Three Hills | 3,502 | 2 | 765 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Delwood | 3,491 | 57 | 27,570 | 1 | 0.5 km |
| … | |||||
| Rimbey | 2,502 | 4 | 823 | 0 | 12 km |
Of the 231 others, 210 count more schools. 96 of the 232 have a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. Listed for 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. Boards come in one language each, and where the province funds Catholic schools, as public or Catholic; independent schools stand outside them.
- Bands, not ranks. Each result is placed in a fifth of Alberta’s schools on the same measure; a school’s band averages its fifths. Alberta suppresses small groups, so no school is ranked to the place.
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
- Which schools count. Every school inside Opportunity No. 17’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
- The kinds of school. Elementary and secondary come from the grades each school offers; a school offering both counts as all-grade.
Questions about schools in Opportunity No. 17
Is there a French-language school in Opportunity No. 17?
No, none within 3 km of Opportunity No. 17; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
How do I get a place at a school in Opportunity No. 17?
Start with the board for the system you want; your address sets the school.
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).