Picture Butte High School
Picture Butte · T0K1V0 · The Palliser School Division
Counting 3 km around Picture Butte, Picture Butte High School is one of 1 secondary schools. Every school in and around Picture Butte →
What stands out about Picture Butte High School
- Its 156 students sit close to the 371 of a middle secondary school in Alberta.
- Its results sit in the bottom fifth in Alberta, averaged over its measures.
- Its weakest measure is the standard of excellence, at 4% where the middle in Alberta is 13%.
- Public and English-language, under The Palliser School Division.
- The only secondary school in or within 3 km of Picture Butte.
How Picture Butte High School does on Alberta’s tests
The Provincial Achievement Tests in Grades 6 and 9: each school against every school in Alberta.
With 2 of 2 measures reported, Picture Butte High School averages the bottom fifth in Alberta.
| Measure | Here | Middle, Alberta | Band |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAT: acceptable standard | 39% | 67% | Bottom fifth |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 4% | 13% | Bottom fifth |
Suppressed: Alberta hides results for small groups. Shares are of enrolled students in the core courses, Grades 6 and 9 pooled.
How Picture Butte High School is placed without a letter
Its standing, the bottom fifth in Alberta, comes from the province’s published results set beside every other school’s; Picture Butte High School itself carries no letter, since letters are kept for towns.
The letter belongs to Picture Butte: its School Grade weighs Picture Butte High School with every other school around it.
Getting a place at Picture Butte High 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.
Side by side with the nearest secondary schools
Nearby schools teaching the same grades, whichever board runs them.
3 of the 6 nearest secondary schools have more students than Picture Butte High School.
| School | System | Language | Students | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Picture Butte High School | English public | English | 156 | Bottom fifth | |
| Winston Churchill High School | English public | English | 974 | Bottom fifth | 17 km |
| Coalhurst High School | English public | English | 212 | Fourth fifth | 17 km |
| Coaldale Prairie Winds Secondary | English public | English | 637 | Middle fifth | 19 km |
| Stafford Ridge School | English public | English | 4 | – | 19 km |
| Pitawani School | English public | English | 9 | – | 19 km |
| Palliser Beyond Borders at Coaldale | English public | English | 13 | – | 19 km |
Secondary schools near Picture Butte High School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Picture Butte High School
Who runs Picture Butte High School?
The Palliser School Division: Picture Butte High School is one of its schools (English public).
What language does Picture Butte High School teach in?
English.
How do pupils get a place at Picture Butte High School?
Each board registers its own students; its website gives the school for an address.
Which schools of the same kind are near Picture Butte High School?
Nearest of all: Winston Churchill High School (17 km), Coalhurst High School (17 km) and Coaldale Prairie Winds Secondary (19 km).
Sources: Alberta Education and Childcare, school enrolment 2025/26 (Open Government Licence – Alberta) · 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. · 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).