Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainThe 3 schools of Special Area No. 4: 2 elementary schools and 1 school for every grade
Inside the town there are 2; another 1 sit within 3 km. Of the 2 with published results, 1 land in the top two fifths in Alberta. 279 students attend them (2025/26).
What stands out about Special Area No. 4’s schools
Small elementary schools
Elementary schools here average 19 students, against 274 in Alberta. Every school ↓
The strongest results
The area’s best results are at New Brigden School (elementary), in the top fifth in Alberta. Results ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
How Special Area No. 4’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 | 2 | 87% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 2 | 18% | 13% |
The widest gap is on the standard of excellence, where the area’s schools reach 18% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| New Brigden SchoolElementary · Grades 2–6 | Acceptable 100% · Excellence 29% | Top fifth |
| Consort SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 73% · Excellence 8% | Middle 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 Special Area No. 4 are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists; Alberta’s missing ones from OpenStreetMap’s Nominatim (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Schooling in English and French around Special Area No. 4
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.
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 Special Area No. 4’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
They belong to one system, every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
2 boards, school by school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
The Prairie Land School Division has 2 of the area’s schools, the most of the 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Prairie Land School DivisionConsort, Veteran Colony | English public | 2 | 266 |
| The Prairie Rose School DivisionNew Brigden | English public | 1 | 13 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Special Area No. 4
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 3 schools in and around Special Area No. 4
High schools within reach of Special Area No. 4
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Families have one high school within 15 km: Consort School, 12 km off.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consort SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Prairie Land School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 241 | 12 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- What isn’t here. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
- Bands, not ranks. Bands compare within Alberta only: never a place in a league table.
- The kinds of school. Elementary and secondary come from the grades each school offers; a school offering both counts as all-grade.
- Which schools count. Counted: Special Area No. 4’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
Questions about schools in Special Area No. 4
How do I get a place at a school in Special Area No. 4?
Registration is with the board, which assigns the school for the home address.
Is there a French-language school in Special Area No. 4?
Not within 3 km of Special Area No. 4. The French-language board still serves families here.
Which boards run the schools in Special Area No. 4?
The Prairie Land School Division (2) and The Prairie Rose 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).