Photo: Tiado · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Pincher Creek No. 9’s schools are public: 0 of 6 are Catholic, where in Alberta it is 18%
The 4 with results split, 0 in the upper two fifths in Alberta and 2 in the lower. The 3 km around Pincher Creek No. 9 counts 1 elementary school, 2 secondary schools and 3 schools for every grade, 839 students between them.
Who runs Pincher Creek No. 9’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
They all share one system, every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How Pincher Creek No. 9’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 | 4 | 56% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 4 | 12% | 13% |
The widest gap is on the acceptable standard, where the area’s schools reach 56% against 67% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (4)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Canyon Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 64% · Excellence 17% | Middle fifth |
| Livingstone SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 68% · Excellence 13% | Middle fifth |
| Matthew Halton High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 49% · Excellence 11% | Fourth fifth |
| Livingstone Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–9 | Acceptable 17% · Excellence 0% | 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 6 schools in and around Pincher Creek No. 9 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 Pincher Creek No. 9
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Alberta.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
There is no French-language school among them.
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.
How children get a place in Pincher Creek No. 9
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.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 6 schools in and around Pincher Creek No. 9
High schools within reach of Pincher Creek No. 9
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Within 15 km, families can reach 2 high schools: 2 English public. The closest high school is MHHS Gateway School, 13 km out.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MHHS Gateway SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Livingstone Range School Division | English public | – | 24 | 13 km |
| Matthew Halton High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Livingstone Range School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 248 | 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgemont | 5,059 | 11 | 6,300 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| … | |||||
| Athlone | 3,242 | 36 | 15,066 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| Rosslyn | 3,242 | 56 | 25,488 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| Erlton | 3,221 | 66 | 28,053 | 0 | 1 km |
| Jasper Park | 3,219 | 55 | 21,139 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| Pincher Creek No. 9 | 3,176 | 6 | 839 | 0 | 13 km |
| Brookside | 3,173 | 56 | 26,777 | 1 | 1.1 km |
| Crystallina Nera West | 3,150 | 23 | 11,700 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Thorhild County | 3,147 | 3 | 740 | 0 | 1.3 km |
| Minburn County No. 27 | 3,142 | 5 | 1,350 | 0 | 17 km |
| … | |||||
| Rimbey | 2,502 | 4 | 823 | 0 | 12 km |
More schools are within reach in 162 of the 198 other towns. In 84 of the 199, 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 Pincher Creek No. 9
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pincher Creek No. 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 km |
| Pincher Creek 13 km | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 km |
Each of its 1 neighbours has fewer schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. The province’s school list, 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. The board is the public body that runs a school; this province has English and French boards, each public or Catholic.
- What isn’t here. Enrolment is a single year, where published at all, and no inspectorate rates schools.
- Bands, not ranks. A suppressed result gives no band; a school with both measures averages its fifths.
- Which schools count. The area is Pincher Creek No. 9 plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- 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 Pincher Creek No. 9
How do I get a place at a school in Pincher Creek No. 9?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
Is there a French-language school in Pincher Creek No. 9?
No, none within 3 km of Pincher Creek No. 9; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
How many schools are there in Pincher Creek No. 9?
Inside the town there are 3; another 3 sit 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).