Photo: Ribbet32 · CC BY-SA 4.0The schools around Red Deer County answer to 6 boards
The largest is The Chinook's Edge School Division, with 20; beside it are The Red Deer School Division, The Red Deer Catholic Separate School Division and The Northern Gateway School Division. The 27 with results split, 4 in the upper two fifths in Alberta and 9 in the lower. In or within 3 km of Red Deer County: 32 elementary schools, 11 secondary schools and 14 schools for every grade, with 20,163 students.
What stands out about Red Deer County’s schools
One big school
Hunting Hills High School is the largest school here, with 1,519 students. Every school ↓
The strongest results
Destiny Christian School Society (all grades) posts the area’s strongest results: the top fifth in Alberta. Results ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
Which of the 6 boards runs which school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Chinook's Edge School DivisionH.J. Cody, Steffie Woima, Fox Run, Penhold Waskasoo, John Wilson, Innisfail, Beacon Hill, Delburne Centralized … | English public | 20 | 5,447 |
| The Red Deer School DivisionHunting Hills, Westpark, Ecole Barrie Wilson, Glendale Sciences and Technology, Don Campbell, Normandeau, Mattie McCullough, Mountview … | English public | 17 | 6,445 |
| The Red Deer Catholic Separate School DivisionEcole Secondaire Notre Dame, St. Joseph, St. John Paul II Catholic Outreach, St. Patricks, St. Lorenzo Ruiz, Mother Teresa, Father Henri Voisin, St. Teresa of Avila … | English Catholic | 12 | 6,846 |
| The Northern Gateway School DivisionRich Valley | English public | 1 | 101 |
| The Greater North Central Francophone Education RegionLa Prairie | French public | 1 | 161 |
| The Wolf Creek School DivisionIron Ridge Junior Campus | English public | 1 | 261 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How Red Deer 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 B+: 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 | 27 | 67% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 27 | 12% | 13% |
The widest gap is on the standard of excellence, where the area’s schools reach 12% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (27)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Destiny Christian School SocietyAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 83% · Excellence 30% | Top fifth |
| Koinonia Christian School (Red Deer)All grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 87% · Excellence 29% | Top fifth |
| Rich Valley SchoolElementary · Grades K–7 | Acceptable 83% · Excellence 37% | Top fifth |
| Beacon Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 81% · Excellence 20% | Second fifth |
| Bowden (Grandview) SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 69% · Excellence 16% | Middle fifth |
| Glendale Sciences and Technology SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 | Acceptable 63% · Excellence 19% | Middle fifth |
| Hunting Hills High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 67% · Excellence 17% | Middle fifth |
| Poplar Ridge SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 75% · Excellence 12% | Middle fifth |
| St. Patricks Community SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 75% · Excellence 15% | Middle fifth |
| Westpark Middle SchoolElementary · Grades 6–8 | Acceptable 66% · Excellence 16% | Middle fifth |
| École H.J. Cody High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 67% · Excellence 16% | Middle fifth |
| École La PrairieAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 74% · Excellence 11% | Middle fifth |
| C. P. Blakely Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 69% · Excellence 14% | Middle fifth |
| Penhold Crossing Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 66% · Excellence 12% | Middle fifth |
| Penhold Waskasoo Middle SchoolElementary · Grades 4–8 | Acceptable 66% · Excellence 12% | Middle fifth |
| St. Lorenzo Ruiz Middle SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Acceptable 64% · Excellence 11% | Middle fifth |
| St. Marguerite BourgeoysAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 77% · Excellence 10% | Middle fifth |
| École Innisfail Middle SchoolElementary · Grades 5–8 | Acceptable 74% · Excellence 8% | Middle fifth |
| Iron Ridge Junior CampusElementary · Grades 7–8 | Acceptable 62% · Excellence 15% | Fourth fifth |
| Mother TeresaAll grades · Grades 5–9 | Acceptable 68% · Excellence 10% | Fourth fifth |
| Elnora SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 | Acceptable 63% · Excellence 0% | Fourth fifth |
| Innisfail High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 60% · Excellence 8% | Fourth fifth |
| École Steffie Woima Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 54% · Excellence 7% | Fourth fifth |
| Delburne Centralized SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 46% · Excellence 8% | Bottom fifth |
| Lighthouse Christian SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 50% · Excellence 0% | Bottom fifth |
| Normandeau SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 | Acceptable 42% · Excellence 7% | Bottom fifth |
| G H Dawe Community SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 | Acceptable 39% · Excellence 5% | 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 57 schools in and around Red Deer 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 Red Deer 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.
The 1 French-language schools are École La Prairie; The Greater North Central Francophone Education Region runs the public ones.
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 Red Deer County’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 39, English Catholic 12, French-language 1 and independent or other 5.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Red Deer County
French-language schools
Section 23 rights-holders, francophone parents or those schooled in French in Canada, have a place; others apply to the board’s committee.
Independent schools
An independent school decides whom it takes and what it charges; provincial grants cover part of the cost.
Catholic schools
Catholic separate schools are publicly funded here; each separate board decides whom it admits, Catholic families first.
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives settles it: the board’s map ties every address to one school, and a seat anywhere else waits on spare room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 57 schools in and around Red Deer County
Show all 32 elementary schools
High schools within reach of Red Deer County
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 19: 9 English public, 6 English Catholic, 3 independent and 1 French public. The closest high school is Penhold Crossing Secondary School, 3.8 km out.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penhold Crossing Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Chinook's Edge School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 259 | 3.8 km |
| Penhold Career High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Chinook's Edge School Division | English public | – | 33 | 5.7 km |
| Destiny Christian School SocietyAll grades · Grades K–9 | – | Independent | Top fifth | 195 | 6.7 km |
| École La PrairieAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Greater North Central Francophone Education Region | French public | Middle fifth | 161 | 9.7 km |
| Ecole Secondaire Notre Dame High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Red Deer Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 1,389 | 11 km |
| St. John Paul II Catholic Outreach SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Red Deer Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 939 | 11 km |
| St. Thomas Aquinas SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | The Red Deer Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 452 | 11 km |
| Hunting Hills High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Red Deer School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 1,519 | 11 km |
| Quest, AssessmentAll grades · Grades 6–10 | The Red Deer School Division | English public | – | 3 | 12 km |
| Outreach School CentreSecondary · Grades 8–12 | The Red Deer School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 304 | 12 km |
All 19 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Cottage High SchoolSecondary · Grades 12–12 | The Red Deer School Division | English public | – | 220 | 12 km |
| Koinonia Christian School (Red Deer)All grades · Grades K–12 | – | Independent | Top fifth | 100 | 12 km |
| Ecole Camille J Lerouge SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Red Deer Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 645 | 12 km |
| Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Red Deer School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 1,794 | 13 km |
| Gateway Christian SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Red Deer School Division | English public | Top fifth | 760 | 13 km |
| St. Patricks Community SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Red Deer Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 596 | 13 km |
| Parkland School Special EducationAll grades · Grades 1–10 | – | Independent | – | 18 | 13 km |
| Quest, Stabilization and SecureSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Red Deer School Division | English public | – | 4 | 14 km |
| St. Joseph High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Red Deer Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 999 | 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkland County | 34,286 | 51 | 25,829 | 1 | 4.7 km |
| … | |||||
| Beltline | 26,171 | 86 | 33,268 | 1 | 0.3 km |
| Grande Prairie County No. 1 | 25,883 | 39 | 16,110 | 1 | 1.7 km |
| Foothills County | 25,789 | 62 | 27,964 | 1 | 2.4 km |
| Panorama Hills | 25,494 | 24 | 18,188 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Red Deer County | 22,076 | 57 | 20,163 | 1 | 3.8 km |
| Evanston | 21,483 | 20 | 15,319 | 0 | 1 km |
| Saddle Ridge | 21,479 | 24 | 17,535 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| Lloydminster (Part) | 21,267 | 15 | 5,475 | 1 | 0.9 km |
| Sturgeon County | 21,144 | 77 | 31,353 | 3 | 5.8 km |
| … | |||||
| Redstone | 13,230 | 6 | 4,523 | 0 | 0.9 km |
5 out of 49 comparable towns have more schools. A French-language school is within reach in 25 of the 50.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Red Deer County
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
It outnumbers its 3 neighbours on schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. A 3 km band around Red Deer County’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
- 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.
- 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. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- The year. The province’s 2025/26 list.
- Boards and systems. The board is the public body that runs a school; this province has English and French boards, each public or Catholic.
Questions about schools in Red Deer County
How many schools are there in Red Deer County?
The town holds 6 of them; 51 more are within 3 km of its outline.
Is there a French-language school in Red Deer County?
Yes: École La Prairie, the French-language schools here.
How do I get a place at a school in Red Deer County?
Register with the board that runs the school: the address decides the designated school in each system, and the board can say which one it is.
Which boards run the schools in Red Deer County?
By number of schools: The Chinook's Edge School Division (20), The Red Deer School Division (17), The Red Deer Catholic Separate School Division (12), The Northern Gateway School Division (1) and The Greater North Central Francophone Education Region (1).
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).