Photo: Voldeg and Bolton · Public domain3 schools serve Redcliff, 2 elementary schools and 1 secondary school
One board, The Prairie Rose School Division, runs them all. On results, 0 of 2 tested schools are in the upper two fifths in Alberta. Between them they teach 581 students (2025/26).
How Redcliff’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 | 58% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 2 | 8% | 13% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is the standard of excellence: 8% here, against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Margaret Wooding SchoolElementary · Grades 4–6 | Acceptable 62% · Excellence 12% | Fourth fifth |
| Parkside SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Acceptable 54% · 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 3 schools in and around Redcliff are
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
1 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 Redcliff
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Alberta.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
Schooling in French isn’t on offer here.
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 Redcliff’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 children get a place in Redcliff
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 3 schools in and around Redcliff
High schools within reach of Redcliff
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Within 15 km, families can reach 18 high schools: 12 English public, 4 English Catholic, 1 other and 1 French public. The closest high school is Parkside School, 0.3 km out.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkside SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Prairie Rose School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 166 | 0.3 km |
| St. Michael's SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Bottom fifth | 339 | 6.4 km |
| Crescent Heights High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Medicine Hat School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 1,177 | 7.3 km |
| Herald SchoolAll grades · Grades K–11 | The Medicine Hat School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 148 | 7.6 km |
| Centre for Academic and Personal ExcellenceAll grades · Grades K–9 | CAPE - Centre for Academic and Personal Excellence Institute | Other | Second fifth | 301 | 7.7 km |
| Monsignor McCoy High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Medicine Hat Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 649 | 7.7 km |
| Medicine Hat High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Medicine Hat School Division | English public | – | 1,295 | 7.9 km |
| St. Mary's SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | The Medicine Hat Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 418 | 8.2 km |
| École Les CyprèsAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Southern Francophone Education Region | French public | Top fifth | 102 | 8.5 km |
| Pathways SchoolAll grades · Grades 3–12 | The Medicine Hat School Division | English public | – | 12 | 8.6 km |
All 18 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Middle SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Medicine Hat School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 425 | 8.9 km |
| Prairie Rose Regional Division Home EducationAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Prairie Rose School Division | English public | – | 45 | 9.8 km |
| Coulee CollegiateSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Prairie Rose School Division | English public | – | 489 | 9.8 km |
| South Alberta High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Prairie Rose School Division | English public | – | 326 | 9.8 km |
| Prairie Mennonite Alternative SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Prairie Rose School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 74 | 11 km |
| Dr. Roy Wilson Learning CentreAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Medicine Hat School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 726 | 11 km |
| Notre Dame AcademyAll grades · Grades 6–9 | The Medicine Hat Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 435 | 11 km |
| Medicine Hat Christian SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Medicine Hat School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 286 | 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Berry | 9,439 | 31 | 14,846 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| … | |||||
| Stettler County No. 6 | 5,966 | 16 | 2,021 | 0 | 3.8 km |
| Ellerslie | 5,963 | 28 | 16,224 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Cedarbrae | 5,943 | 24 | 9,057 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Mayland Heights | 5,937 | 71 | 33,956 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| Redcliff | 5,916 | 3 | 581 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Boyle Street | 5,862 | 54 | 26,028 | 5 | 1 km |
| Sandstone Valley | 5,816 | 27 | 15,614 | 0 | 1.8 km |
| Elsinore | 5,796 | 19 | 7,405 | 0 | 1.5 km |
| Casselman | 5,795 | 48 | 25,331 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| … | |||||
| Three Hills | 3,502 | 2 | 765 | 0 | 0.4 km |
Among 271 towns its size, 261 have more schools nearby. A French-language school is within reach in 125 of the 272.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Redcliff
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redcliff | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Medicine Hat 10 km | 37 | 1 | 10 | 1 km |
| Cypress County 12 km | 37 | 0 | 7 | 2.5 km |
The busiest neighbour is Medicine Hat, with 37 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. The province’s school list, 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. Each board covers a territory in one language and one system, public or Catholic; boards of different systems overlap.
- Bands, not ranks. Top fifth means a result among the best fifth of Alberta’s schools; the card shows a school’s average fifth.
- 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.
- Which schools count. The area is Redcliff plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- 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.
Questions about schools in Redcliff
Is there a French-language school in Redcliff?
None within 3 km of Redcliff. The French-language board serves it from schools further off.
How do I get a place at a school in Redcliff?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
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).