Photo: Peter Vaitkunas · Public domainThe schools around St. Paul answer to 3 boards
The St. Paul School Division runs the most, 5 of them; The East Central Francophone Education Region and Portage College run the rest. The Catholic boards run 0 of its 7 schools, below the 18% in Alberta. The 3 km around St. Paul counts 1 elementary school, 3 secondary schools and 3 schools for every grade, 1,764 students between them.
What stands out about St. Paul’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.
The 3 boards that run schools here
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The St. Paul School DivisionEcole Elementaire St. Paul, Glen Avon Protestant, Ecole Regionale St. Paul Regional, Racette Junior, St. Paul Alternate Education Centre | English public | 5 | 1,513 |
| 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’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
The split by system: English public 5, 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’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 7 schools in and around St. Paul 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 St. Paul
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Alberta.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
Schooling in French, 1 schools: École du Sommet, with The East Central Francophone Education Region running the public ones.
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
French-language schools
French-language boards admit the children of rights-holders under section 23 of the Charter (a parent whose first language is French, or who was schooled in French in Canada), and may admit others through an admissions committee.
The neighbourhood school
Boards set boundaries for each school; living inside one guarantees a place there, and moving across one usually means a request.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 7 schools in and around St. Paul
High schools within reach of St. Paul
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
6 secondary schools are within 15 km: 4 English public, 1 other and 1 French public. Nearest: Portage College - St. Paul Campus, 0.4 km off.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portage College - St. Paul CampusSecondary · Grades 12–12 | Portage College | Other | – | 76 | 0.4 km |
| St. Paul Alternate Education CentreSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The St. Paul School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 85 | 1.4 km |
| Ecole Regionale St. Paul Regional High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The St. Paul School Division | English public | – | 343 | 1.4 km |
| Racette Junior High SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | The St. Paul School Division | English public | Second fifth | 292 | 1.4 km |
| Glen Avon Protestant SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The St. Paul School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 364 | 1.7 km |
| École du SommetAll grades · Grades K–12 | The East Central Francophone Education Region | French public | Middle fifth | 175 | 2.1 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Alberta
Towns of a similar population, with their schools in or within 3 km; described, not ranked.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glastonbury | 9,745 | 29 | 14,742 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| … | |||||
| The Orchards At Ellerslie | 6,267 | 11 | 9,351 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Duggan | 6,247 | 44 | 17,952 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Beaver County | 6,245 | 5 | 555 | 0 | 4.2 km |
| Willow Creek No. 26 | 6,225 | 24 | 3,280 | 0 | 8.9 km |
| St. Paul | 6,218 | 7 | 1,764 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| Glenora | 6,197 | 68 | 29,614 | 3 | 0.4 km |
| Barrhead County No. 11 | 6,186 | 6 | 1,706 | 0 | 8.5 km |
| Vegreville | 6,153 | 7 | 1,218 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Capitol Hill | 6,135 | 68 | 27,971 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| … | |||||
| Country Hills | 3,702 | 30 | 19,605 | 0 | 0.9 km |
229 out of 264 comparable towns have more schools. A school in French is nearby in 117 towns of 265.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around St. Paul
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Paul | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| St. Paul County No. 19 10 km | 8 | 1 | 0 | 10 km |
St. Paul County No. 19 has the most schools nearby, 8.
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. The area is St. Paul plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- Boards and systems. Boards come in one language each, and where the province funds Catholic schools, as public or Catholic; independent schools stand outside them.
- The year. Listed for 2025/26.
- 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.
- Bands, not ranks. Top fifth means a result among the best fifth of Alberta’s schools; the card shows a school’s average fifth.
Questions about schools in St. Paul
Which boards run the schools in St. Paul?
The St. Paul School Division (5), The East Central Francophone Education Region (1) and Portage College (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in St. Paul?
The board’s school locator gives the designated school; registration is with the board or the school.
How many schools are there in St. Paul?
All 7 are inside the town itself.
Is there a French-language school in St. Paul?
Yes, schooling in French is at École du Sommet.
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).