Photo: paulhami · CC BY-SA 2.07 boards run the schools in and around Parkland County
Beside The Parkland School Division, which has 22, sit The Evergreen Catholic Separate School Division, The Edmonton School Division and The Black Gold School Division. Of its 39 tested schools, 19 sit in the top two fifths in Alberta and 10 in the bottom two. 25,829 students attend the 14 elementary schools, 8 secondary schools and 29 schools for every grade in or within 3 km of Parkland County.
What stands out about Parkland County’s schools
One big school
Spruce Grove Composite High School is the largest school here, with 1,378 students. Every school ↓
The strongest results
Top of the area: Bishop David Motiuk Catholic Elementary/Junior High School (all grades), its results in the top fifth in Alberta. Results ↓
Each finding compares the town’s schools with every school in its province.
Which of the 7 boards runs which school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Parkland School DivisionSpruce Grove, Memorial, Connections for Learning, Prescott Learning Centre, Copperhaven, Woodhaven, Ecole Broxton Park, Westview … | English public | 22 | 12,613 |
| The Evergreen Catholic Separate School DivisionSt. Peter the Apostle Catholic, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. John Paul II, St. Joseph, St. Marguerite, Holy Spirit, St. Teresa Catholic Learning Centre, St. Teresa Catholic Junior High Learning Centre | English Catholic | 8 | 3,465 |
| The Edmonton School DivisionDavid Thomas King, Joey Moss, Kim Hung, Michael Phair, Winterburn | English public | 5 | 4,251 |
| The Black Gold School DivisionJohn Maland, Riverview, Robina Baker | English public | 3 | 971 |
| The Edmonton Catholic Separate School DivisionSt. Josephine Bakhita Catholic Elementary/Junior, Bishop David Motiuk Catholic Elementary/Junior, Joan Carr Catholic Elementary/Junior | English Catholic | 3 | 2,647 |
| The Grande Yellowhead School DivisionGrand Trunk, Evansview | English public | 2 | 334 |
| The Greater North Central Francophone Education RegionLa Trinité | French public | 1 | 137 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How Parkland 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 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 | 39 | 70% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 39 | 18% | 13% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is the standard of excellence: 18% here, against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (39)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Bishop David Motiuk Catholic Elementary/Junior High SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 87% · Excellence 32% | Top fifth |
| Copperhaven SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 84% · Excellence 28% | Top fifth |
| Devon Christian SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 82% · Excellence 31% | Top fifth |
| Joey Moss SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 85% · Excellence 33% | Top fifth |
| Living Waters Christian AcademyAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 94% · Excellence 33% | Top fifth |
| Parkland Immanuel Christian SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 88% · Excellence 36% | Top fifth |
| St. Josephine Bakhita Catholic Elementary/Junior High SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 82% · Excellence 23% | Top fifth |
| Wabamun SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 85% · Excellence 36% | Top fifth |
| Blueberry SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 80% · Excellence 19% | Second fifth |
| Grand Trunk High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 87% · Excellence 19% | Second fifth |
| Prescott Learning CentreAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 75% · Excellence 25% | Second fifth |
| École La TrinitéElementary · Grades K–8 | Acceptable 88% · Excellence 18% | Second fifth |
| David Thomas King SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 74% · Excellence 20% | Second fifth |
| Greystone Centennial Middle SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–9 | Acceptable 74% · Excellence 20% | Second fifth |
| High Park SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 72% · Excellence 21% | Second fifth |
| Joan Carr Catholic Elementary/Junior High SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 79% · Excellence 19% | Second fifth |
| Kim Hung SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 73% · Excellence 17% | Second fifth |
| Muir Lake SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 78% · Excellence 22% | Second fifth |
| St. John Paul II Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 | Acceptable 71% · Excellence 20% | Second fifth |
| Graminia SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 69% · Excellence 19% | Middle fifth |
| Tomahawk SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 66% · Excellence 18% | Middle fifth |
| Woodhaven Middle SchoolAll grades · Grades 4–9 | Acceptable 70% · Excellence 18% | Middle fifth |
| Ecole Broxton Park SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 68% · Excellence 12% | Middle fifth |
| Forest Green SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 64% · Excellence 15% | Middle fifth |
| Michael Phair SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Acceptable 67% · Excellence 14% | Middle fifth |
| Riverview Middle SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–9 | Acceptable 69% · Excellence 15% | Middle fifth |
| St. Matthew Lutheran Christian AcademyAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 65% · Excellence 14% | Middle fifth |
| St. Peter the Apostle Catholic High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 70% · Excellence 14% | Middle fifth |
| St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades 5–8 | Acceptable 68% · Excellence 13% | Middle fifth |
| Connections for LearningAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 57% · Excellence 13% | Fourth fifth |
| Duffield SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 59% · Excellence 14% | Fourth fifth |
| Parkland Village SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 58% · Excellence 11% | Fourth fifth |
| Westview SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 56% · Excellence 11% | Fourth fifth |
| Winterburn SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 55% · Excellence 10% | Fourth fifth |
| Entwistle SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 54% · Excellence 8% | Fourth fifth |
| Evansview SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 61% · Excellence 8% | Fourth fifth |
| Harvest Baptist AcademyAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 61% · Excellence 8% | Fourth fifth |
| Holy Spirit Catholic SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 63% · Excellence 5% | Fourth fifth |
| Ecole Meridian Heights SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 54% · 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 51 schools in and around Parkland County are
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
Points from the provincial lists; Alberta’s missing ones from OpenStreetMap’s Nominatim (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Schooling in English and French around Parkland 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 La Trinité; the public ones belong to The Greater North Central 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 Parkland 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 32, English Catholic 11, French-language 1 and independent or other 7.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Parkland County
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives sets the school: each board draws a catchment around every one of its schools, and a child living inside it has a place there. Other schools take children from outside when they have room.
Catholic schools
The province funds Catholic separate schools beside the public ones. Each separate board sets its own admission rules, usually giving Catholic families first place.
Independent schools
Fees and admissions are each independent school’s own; the province covers a share of costs for those that meet its rules.
French-language schools
French-language boards admit the children of rights-holders under section 23 of the Charter (a parent whose first language is French, or who was schooled in French in Canada), and may admit others through an admissions committee.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 51 schools in and around Parkland County
Show all 29 schools for every grade
High schools within reach of Parkland County
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
17 secondary schools are within 15 km: 12 English public, 3 English Catholic and 2 independent. Westview School is closest, at 4.8 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westview SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Parkland School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 622 | 4.8 km |
| St. Matthew Lutheran Christian AcademyAll grades · Grades K–9 | – | Independent | Middle fifth | 209 | 5 km |
| Blueberry SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Parkland School Division | English public | Second fifth | 584 | 5.1 km |
| High Park SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Parkland School Division | English public | Second fifth | 468 | 6.3 km |
| Connections for LearningAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Parkland School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 1,175 | 6.4 km |
| Ecole Meridian Heights SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Parkland School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 574 | 6.4 km |
| Memorial Composite High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Parkland School Division | English public | – | 1,352 | 6.5 km |
| Copperhaven SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Parkland School Division | English public | Top fifth | 725 | 9.5 km |
| St. Peter the Apostle Catholic High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Evergreen Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 1,126 | 9.7 km |
| Living Waters Christian AcademyAll grades · Grades K–12 | – | Independent | Top fifth | 275 | 11 km |
All 17 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muir Lake SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Parkland School Division | English public | Second fifth | 522 | 12 km |
| Spruce Grove Composite High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Parkland School Division | English public | – | 1,378 | 12 km |
| St. Teresa Catholic Learning CentreSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Evergreen Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 108 | 13 km |
| St. Teresa Catholic Junior High Learning CentreSecondary · Grades 9–9 | The Evergreen Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 4 | 13 km |
| Ecole Broxton Park SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Parkland School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 648 | 13 km |
| Woodhaven Middle SchoolAll grades · Grades 4–9 | The Parkland School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 720 | 13 km |
| Greystone Centennial Middle SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–9 | The Parkland School Division | English public | Second fifth | 562 | 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| … | |||||
| Camrose | 20,800 | 21 | 3,657 | 1 | 0.5 km |
Set against 18 others, 5 have more schools in reach. A French-language school is within reach in 13 of the 19.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Parkland County
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkland County | 51 | 1 | 18 | 4.7 km |
| Stony Plain 6.2 km | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1.1 km |
| Spruce Grove 13 km | 22 | 0 | 8 | 0.2 km |
None of its 2 neighbours has more schools in reach.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 2025/26 list.
- What isn’t here. No province rates its schools by inspection, and enrolment covers one year (Ontario and Alberta only), so there is no trend.
- Bands, not ranks. The fifths are of schools, not students: a small school counts as much as a large one.
- The kinds of school. Elementary schools run from kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary ones to Grade 12; some cover every grade, and alternative, adult and online schools are listed apart.
- Which schools count. The area is Parkland County plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
Questions about schools in Parkland County
Which boards run the schools in Parkland County?
By number of schools: The Parkland School Division (22), The Evergreen Catholic Separate School Division (8), The Edmonton School Division (5), The Black Gold School Division (3) and The Edmonton Catholic Separate School Division (3).
How do I get a place at a school in Parkland County?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
How many schools are there in Parkland County?
Inside the town there are 10; another 41 sit within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Parkland County?
Yes, there are French-language schools: École La Trinité.
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).