Photo: Masterhatch · CC BY-SA 4.0Most schools around Rocky Mountain House score below the middle in Alberta: 3 of 4
The 3 km around Rocky Mountain House counts 4 elementary schools, 1 secondary school and 3 schools for every grade, 2,125 students between them.
How Rocky Mountain House’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 | 61% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 4 | 9% | 13% |
The widest gap is on the standard of excellence, where the area’s schools reach 9% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (4)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| St. Matthews Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 | Acceptable 79% · Excellence 8% | Middle fifth |
| Pioneer SchoolElementary · Grades 6–8 | Acceptable 65% · Excellence 10% | Fourth fifth |
| Rocky Christian SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 56% · Excellence 13% | Fourth fifth |
| West Central High SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–12 | Acceptable 39% · Excellence 4% | 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 8 schools in and around Rocky Mountain House 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 Rocky Mountain House
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Alberta.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
Not one 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.
Who runs Rocky Mountain House’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
By the system they belong to: English public 7 and English Catholic 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
Of 2 boards, the largest here is The Wild Rose School Division, with 7.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wild Rose School DivisionWest Central, Pioneer, Lochearn, Ecole Rocky, Rocky Christian, Visions West, Kootenay | English public | 7 | 1,601 |
| The Red Deer Catholic Separate School DivisionSt. Matthews | English Catholic | 1 | 524 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Rocky Mountain House
Catholic schools
A separate (Catholic) board runs its own schools with public money and its own admission rules.
The neighbourhood school
Registration happens with the board, not the school; the board names the school for the address.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 8 schools in and around Rocky Mountain House
High schools within reach of Rocky Mountain House
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
4 secondary schools are within 15 km: 4 English public. Nearest: Rocky Christian School, 0.6 km off.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Christian SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Wild Rose School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 166 | 0.6 km |
| West Central High SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–12 | The Wild Rose School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 487 | 0.8 km |
| Visions West SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–12 | The Wild Rose School Division | English public | – | 110 | 1.1 km |
| Kootenay SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–11 | The Wild Rose School Division | English public | – | 2 | 1.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown | 12,880 | 62 | 26,290 | 6 | 0.4 km |
| … | |||||
| Secord | 8,205 | 8 | 5,605 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Walden | 8,190 | 15 | 10,704 | 0 | 1.3 km |
| South Terwillegar | 8,183 | 15 | 10,446 | 0 | 1 km |
| Allard | 8,148 | 9 | 9,667 | 0 | 0.1 km |
| Rocky Mountain House | 8,144 | 8 | 2,125 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Charlesworth | 8,135 | 45 | 26,198 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Woodbine | 8,075 | 27 | 11,199 | 0 | 1.2 km |
| Drayton Valley | 8,047 | 9 | 3,504 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Ottewell | 8,040 | 40 | 18,922 | 6 | 0.2 km |
| … | |||||
| Highland Park | 4,908 | 49 | 22,724 | 1 | 0.6 km |
190 out of 222 comparable towns have more schools. 95 of the 223 have a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Rocky Mountain House
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mountain House | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Clearwater County 14 km | 12 | 0 | 1 | 13 km |
Most schools next door: Clearwater County, 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Counted: Rocky Mountain House’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- The kinds of school. Where a province publishes grades, the card gives them; elementary and secondary follow those grades.
- Bands, not ranks. Bands compare within Alberta only: never a place in a league table.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- The year. The province’s 2025/26 list.
- Boards and systems. Every public school has a board: English or French, and in this province public or Catholic too. Independent schools have none.
Questions about schools in Rocky Mountain House
Is there a French-language school in Rocky Mountain House?
Not within 3 km of Rocky Mountain House. The French-language board still serves families here.
How many schools are there in Rocky Mountain House?
The town holds all 8; none is outside it.
How do I get a place at a school in Rocky Mountain House?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
Which boards run the schools in Rocky Mountain House?
The Wild Rose School Division (7) and The Red Deer Catholic Separate School Division (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
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).