Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Pincher Creek’s schools are public: 0 of 5 are Catholic, where in Alberta it is 18%
Of the 2 with published results, 0 land in the top two fifths in Alberta. The 3 km around Pincher Creek counts 2 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 school for every grade, 575 students between them.
What stands out about Pincher Creek’s schools
Small elementary schools
Elementary schools here average 142 students, against 274 in Alberta. Every school ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
Who runs Pincher Creek’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 4 and independent or other 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How Pincher Creek’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 | 2 | 56% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 2 | 14% | 13% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is the acceptable standard: 56% here, against 67% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Canyon Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 64% · Excellence 17% | Middle fifth |
| Matthew Halton High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 49% · Excellence 11% | Fourth 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 5 schools in and around Pincher Creek are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
2 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 Pincher Creek
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Alberta.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
None of them teaches in French.
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
Independent schools
Admission to an independent school is by its own rules; fees apply, lowered by partial provincial funding.
The neighbourhood school
Ask the board first. It holds the enrolment list and points each street to its own school; out-of-area requests go ahead only with space to spare.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 5 schools in and around Pincher Creek
High schools within reach of Pincher Creek
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
2 secondary schools are within 15 km: 2 English public. Closest of all: MHHS Gateway School (0.2 km).
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MHHS Gateway SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Livingstone Range School Division | English public | – | 24 | 0.2 km |
| Matthew Halton High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Livingstone Range School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 248 | 0.4 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Alberta
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenora | 6,197 | 68 | 29,614 | 3 | 0.4 km |
| … | |||||
| Forty Mile County No. 8 | 3,927 | 10 | 747 | 0 | 18 km |
| Maple | 3,920 | 10 | 6,264 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Lamont County | 3,918 | 0 | — | 0 | 34 km |
| Fairview | 3,909 | 64 | 24,041 | 1 | 0.2 km |
| Pincher Creek | 3,890 | 5 | 575 | 0 | 0.2 km |
| Cardston | 3,863 | 5 | 1,473 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Rosscarrock | 3,862 | 66 | 22,999 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Jamieson Place | 3,813 | 21 | 10,092 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Penhold | 3,812 | 3 | 991 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| … | |||||
| Rimbey | 2,502 | 4 | 823 | 0 | 12 km |
Of the 256 others, 220 count more schools. 108 of 257 have a school teaching 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
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pincher Creek | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 km |
| Pincher Creek No. 9 13 km | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 km |
| Piikani 147 17 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 km |
Top among the neighbours: Pincher Creek No. 9, 6 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Pincher Creek or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- Bands, not ranks. Fifths are worked out among every Alberta school with a PAT result, then averaged per school.
- What isn’t here. There are no inspection ratings to show, and a single year of enrolment gives no trend.
- Boards and systems. A public school belongs to a board of one language; in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan a board is also public or Catholic. An independent school runs itself.
- The year. Schools as listed for 2025/26.
Questions about schools in Pincher Creek
Is there a French-language school in Pincher Creek?
Not in or within 3 km of Pincher Creek; the French-language board can name the nearest.
How many schools are there in Pincher Creek?
All 5 sit within the town’s own boundary.
How do I get a place at a school in Pincher Creek?
Each board registers its own students; its website gives the school for an address.
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).