Photo: Grant Berg · CC BY-SA 3.0In the lower two fifths in Alberta: 4 of the 5 schools around Sexsmith with results
3 boards run its schools. Counting a 3 km margin, Sexsmith has 4 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools, for 1,234 students.
How Sexsmith’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 D: 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 | 5 | 61% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 5 | 2% | 13% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is the standard of excellence: 2% here, against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (5)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Robert W. Zahara Public SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 68% · Excellence 16% | Middle fifth |
| Sexsmith Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 67% · Excellence 9% | Fourth fifth |
| Teepee Creek SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 | Acceptable 61% · Excellence 1% | Bottom fifth |
| St. Mary's Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 | Acceptable 48% · Excellence 2% | Bottom fifth |
| St. Mary’s Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 8% · Excellence 0% | 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.
3 boards, school by school
The boards and their schools here.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Peace Wapiti School DivisionSexsmith, Robert W. Zahara, Teepee Creek, Horizon Group Care | English public | 4 | 1,009 |
| The Grande Prairie Roman Catholic Separate School DivisionSt. Mary's | English Catholic | 1 | 131 |
| The Fort Vermilion School DivisionSt. Mary’s | English public | 1 | 94 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
Where the 6 schools in and around Sexsmith 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 Sexsmith
Each school by its language of instruction, with the share in Alberta marked.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
A French-language school would mean a trip out of the area.
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 Sexsmith’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Split by system, that is English public 5 and English Catholic 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Sexsmith
Catholic schools
Here the Catholic schools form a funded separate system; non-Catholic families may apply where a board allows it.
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 6 schools in and around Sexsmith
High schools within reach of Sexsmith
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Families have one high school within 15 km: Horizon Group Care, 0.2 km off.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horizon Group CareSecondary · Grades 9–10 | The Peace Wapiti School Division | English public | – | 2 | 0.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Berry | 4,093 | 31 | 17,196 | 0 | 0.2 km |
| … | |||||
| Sweet Grass | 2,616 | 31 | 17,852 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| High Prairie | 2,607 | 6 | 1,195 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Minchau | 2,576 | 43 | 20,392 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Magrath | 2,566 | 2 | 880 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Sexsmith | 2,561 | 6 | 1,234 | 0 | 0.2 km |
| Nanton | 2,522 | 2 | 362 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Elmwood | 2,522 | 52 | 21,442 | 2 | 0.1 km |
| Satoo | 2,517 | 37 | 16,393 | 0 | 0.1 km |
| Ekota | 2,509 | 42 | 18,190 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| … | |||||
| Rimbey | 2,502 | 4 | 823 | 0 | 12 km |
Of the 137 others, 107 count more schools. In 50 of the 138, at least one school teaches in French.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Sexsmith
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sexsmith | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 km |
| Grande Prairie County No. 1 16 km | 39 | 1 | 8 | 1.7 km |
39 schools make Grande Prairie County No. 1 the best supplied neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Counted: Sexsmith’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- The kinds of school. Kindergarten to Grade 8 is elementary, Grade 9 to 12 secondary, though the split varies by province and board.
- Bands, not ranks. The PAT shares at the acceptable standard and at excellence are each placed by fifths among Alberta’s schools.
- 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.
- The year. The province’s 2025/26 list.
- Boards and systems. Boards are set by language and, in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan, by faith: public or Catholic.
Questions about schools in Sexsmith
Is there a French-language school in Sexsmith?
Not within 3 km of Sexsmith. The French-language board still serves families here.
How many schools are there in Sexsmith?
All 6 are inside the town itself.
How do I get a place at a school in Sexsmith?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
Which boards run the schools in Sexsmith?
By number of schools: The Peace Wapiti School Division (4), The Grande Prairie Roman Catholic Separate School Division (1) and The Fort Vermilion School Division (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).