Photo: Kevlar67 · Public domainOne school serves Smoky Lake County: H. A. Kostash School
Its board is The Aspen View School Division; it is All grades · Grades K–12.
What stands out about Smoky Lake County’s schools
The strongest results
Top of the area: H. A. Kostash School (all grades), its results in the top fifth in Alberta. Results ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
How Smoky Lake 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 A: 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 | 80% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 1 | 25% | 13% |
On the standard of excellence the area runs ahead, 25% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (1)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| H. A. Kostash SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 80% · Excellence 25% | Top 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 school in or near Smoky Lake County is
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).
How children get a place in Smoky Lake County
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 school in and around Smoky Lake County
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland | 6,493 | 33 | 14,420 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| … | |||||
| Tuxedo Park | 4,082 | 53 | 21,099 | 1 | 0.8 km |
| Crossfield | 4,075 | 2 | 722 | 0 | 14 km |
| Meyokumin | 4,069 | 45 | 19,370 | 0 | 1.3 km |
| McCauley | 4,060 | 47 | 22,825 | 4 | 0.3 km |
| Smoky Lake County | 4,043 | 1 | 375 | 0 | 20 km |
| University Heights | 4,031 | 58 | 26,685 | 1 | 0.3 km |
| York | 4,030 | 58 | 26,594 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Parkdale | 4,029 | 52 | 26,523 | 3 | 1 km |
| Haddow | 4,026 | 11 | 8,848 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| … | |||||
| Rimbey | 2,502 | 4 | 823 | 0 | 12 km |
More schools are within reach in 267 of the 268 other towns. Of the 269, 113 offer a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Bands, not ranks. Alberta publishes the share at each PAT standard and suppresses small groups, so the page gives fifths, not ranks.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- Boards and systems. A school’s system is its board’s: the language it teaches in, and whether the board is public or Catholic.
- The year. The 2025/26 list.
- The kinds of school. Grades shown are the published range, from junior kindergarten (JK) upward.
- Which schools count. Inside Smoky Lake County’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
Questions about schools in Smoky Lake County
How many schools are there in Smoky Lake County?
Inside the town there are 0; another 1 sit within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Smoky Lake County?
Not near Smoky Lake County: within 3 km there is none, and the French-language board points to the closest.
Which schools near Smoky Lake County have the best results?
Those in the top fifth in Alberta: H. A. Kostash School.
How do I get a place at a school in Smoky Lake County?
Contact the board: it names the school for your address and takes the registration.
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).