Photo: runran from An island in the stream · CC BY-SA 2.03 boards run the schools in and around St. Paul County No. 19
The St. Paul School Division runs the most, 6 of them; The East Central Francophone Education Region and Portage College run the rest. Only 0 of the 8 are Catholic, against 18% in Alberta. 1,857 students attend the 1 elementary school, 3 secondary schools and 4 schools for every grade in or within 3 km of St. Paul County No. 19.
What stands out about St. Paul County No. 19’s schools
Results on both sides
The results split: 1 of 4 schools in the upper two fifths in Alberta, 2 in the lower, with Racette Junior High School, École du Sommet and Glen Avon Protestant School on top. Results ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
Which of the 3 boards runs which school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The St. Paul School DivisionEcole Elementaire St. Paul, Glen Avon Protestant, Ecole Regionale St. Paul Regional, Racette Junior, Heinsburg, St. Paul Alternate Education Centre | English public | 6 | 1,606 |
| The East Central Francophone Education Regiondu Sommet | French public | 1 | 175 |
| Portage CollegePortage College - St. Paul Campus | Other | 1 | 76 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
Who runs St. Paul County No. 19’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Grouped by system: English public 6, French-language 1 and independent or other 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How St. Paul County No. 19’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 | 63% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 4 | 7% | 13% |
On the standard of excellence the area trails, 7% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (4)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Racette Junior High SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Acceptable 81% · Excellence 15% | Second fifth |
| École du SommetAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 77% · Excellence 10% | Middle fifth |
| Glen Avon Protestant SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 49% · Excellence 4% | Bottom fifth |
| St. Paul Alternate Education CentreSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 19% · 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.
Where the 8 schools in and around St. Paul County No. 19 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 St. Paul County No. 19
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Alberta.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
The East Central Francophone Education Region runs the public French-language schools; all 1 are École du Sommet.
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.
How children get a place in St. Paul County No. 19
French-language schools
The French boards take rights-holders’ children by right and others by committee.
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives settles it: the board’s map ties every address to one school, and a seat anywhere else waits on spare room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 8 schools in and around St. Paul County No. 19
High schools within reach of St. Paul County No. 19
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
6 secondary schools are within 15 km: 4 English public, 1 other and 1 French public. First by distance comes Portage College - St. Paul Campus, at 10 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portage College - St. Paul CampusSecondary · Grades 12–12 | Portage College | Other | – | 76 | 10 km |
| St. Paul Alternate Education CentreSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The St. Paul School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 85 | 11 km |
| Ecole Regionale St. Paul Regional High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The St. Paul School Division | English public | – | 343 | 11 km |
| Racette Junior High SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | The St. Paul School Division | English public | Second fifth | 292 | 11 km |
| École du SommetAll grades · Grades K–12 | The East Central Francophone Education Region | French public | Middle fifth | 175 | 11 km |
| Glen Avon Protestant SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The St. Paul School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 364 | 11 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Alberta
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falconridge | 10,218 | 43 | 26,671 | 1 | 0.2 km |
| … | |||||
| Sherwood | 6,537 | 19 | 11,613 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Cumberland | 6,493 | 33 | 14,420 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| Glamorgan | 6,479 | 55 | 23,168 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Terwillegar Towne | 6,478 | 17 | 10,754 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| St. Paul County No. 19 | 6,462 | 8 | 1,857 | 1 | 10 km |
| Hollick-Kenyon | 6,451 | 29 | 16,420 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Crescent Heights | 6,411 | 69 | 34,910 | 1 | 0.5 km |
| Mission | 6,329 | 64 | 25,613 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| The Orchards At Ellerslie | 6,267 | 11 | 9,351 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Fairview | 3,909 | 64 | 24,041 | 1 | 0.2 km |
In 223 of the 262 others the count is higher. Of the 263, 118 offer 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 St. Paul County No. 19
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Paul County No. 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 10 km |
| St. Paul 10 km | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.4 km |
None of its 1 neighbours has more schools in reach.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. The area is St. Paul County No. 19 plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- The kinds of school. The kind of school is what its province lists: elementary, secondary or both.
- Bands, not ranks. Top fifth means a result among the best fifth of Alberta’s schools; the card shows a school’s average fifth.
- What isn’t here. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, and Ontario’s private schools.
- The year. The province’s 2025/26 list.
- Boards and systems. A school’s system is its board’s: the language it teaches in, and whether the board is public or Catholic.
Questions about schools in St. Paul County No. 19
Is there a French-language school in St. Paul County No. 19?
Yes: École du Sommet, the French-language schools here.
How many schools are there in St. Paul County No. 19?
1 in the town, 7 just beyond it, within 3 km.
How do I get a place at a school in St. Paul County No. 19?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
Which boards run the schools in St. Paul County No. 19?
The St. Paul School Division (6), The East Central Francophone Education Region (1) and Portage College (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).