In and around Samson 137, 3 schools: 1 secondary school and 2 schools for every grade
The Wolf Creek School Division is the only board. Their rolls add up to 331 students (2025/26).
How Samson 137’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 | 1 | 67% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 1 | 10% | 13% |
The widest gap is on the standard of excellence, where the area’s schools reach 10% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (1)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Mecca Glen SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 67% · Excellence 10% | 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 3 schools in and around Samson 137 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 Samson 137
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Alberta.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
No school here 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 Samson 137’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
One system runs them: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Samson 137
The neighbourhood school
A home address sets the designated school in each board’s attendance area. Registration is with the board; a school outside the area admits only where there is space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 3 schools in and around Samson 137
High schools within reach of Samson 137
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Within 15 km, families can reach 3 high schools: 3 English public. Mecca Glen School is closest, at 4.1 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mecca Glen SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Wolf Creek School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 108 | 4.1 km |
| The Brick Learning CentreSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Wolf Creek School Division | English public | – | 206 | 4.4 km |
| Ferrybank Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–9 | The Wolf Creek School Division | English public | – | 17 | 4.4 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Schools in the towns around Samson 137
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samson 137 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 km |
| Ermineskin 138 8.2 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 km |
| Louis Bull 138B 15 km | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 km |
| Ponoka 17 km | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0.8 km |
Ponoka leads the neighbours with 4 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Kindergarten to Grade 8 is elementary, Grade 9 to 12 secondary, though the split varies by province and board.
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Samson 137 or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- Boards and systems. English and French, public and Catholic: the board decides the system, and the address decides the school.
- The year. The 2025/26 list.
- 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. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
Questions about schools in Samson 137
How do I get a place at a school in Samson 137?
Each board registers its own students; its website gives the school for an address.
Which schools near Samson 137 have the best results?
No school reaches the top fifth in Alberta; Mecca Glen School comes closest.
Is there a French-language school in Samson 137?
Not in or within 3 km of Samson 137; the French-language board can name the nearest.
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).