Photo: Jack Borno · CC BY-SA 3.0Stoney 142, 143, 144’s schools mostly sit under the middle in Alberta, 4 of the 6 with results
The strongest results are at Cochrane Christian Academy and École Notre-Dame des Vallées. No single board runs them all: there are 3. In or within 3 km of Stoney 142, 143, 144: 5 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 school for every grade, with 3,919 students.
What stands out about Stoney 142, 143, 144’s schools
Big elementary schools
At 470 students on average, against 274 in Alberta, the elementary schools are large; Mitford School and Cochrane Christian Academy lead. Every school ↓
Each finding compares the town’s schools with every school in its province.
How Stoney 142, 143, 144’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 B: 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 | 6 | 61% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 6 | 10% | 13% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is the standard of excellence: 10% here, against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (6)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Cochrane Christian AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 | Acceptable 81% · Excellence 15% | Second fifth |
| École Notre-Dame des ValléesAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 89% · Excellence 21% | Second fifth |
| St. TimothySecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 66% · Excellence 9% | Fourth fifth |
| Cochrane High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 56% · Excellence 10% | Fourth fifth |
| Mitford SchoolElementary · Grades 5–8 | Acceptable 57% · Excellence 10% | Fourth fifth |
| Manachaban Middle SchoolElementary · Grades 5–8 | Acceptable 44% · Excellence 4% | 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.
The 3 boards that run schools here
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Rocky View School DivisionCochrane, Glenbow, Manachaban, Mitford, Elizabeth Barrett, Cochrane Christian Academy | English public | 6 | 3,352 |
| The Southern Francophone Education RegionNotre-Dame des Vallées | French public | 1 | 215 |
| The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School DivisionSt. Timothy | English Catholic | 1 | 292 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
Where the 9 schools in and around Stoney 142, 143, 144 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 Stoney 142, 143, 144
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Alberta.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
The Southern Francophone Education Region runs the public French-language schools; all 1 are École Notre-Dame des Vallées.
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 Stoney 142, 143, 144’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
By the system they belong to: English public 6, English Catholic 1, French-language 1 and independent or other 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Stoney 142, 143, 144
Catholic schools
Catholic schools are public here, run by separate boards that set their own admissions.
Independent schools
An independent school decides whom it takes and what it charges; provincial grants cover part of the cost.
French-language schools
A child qualifies for a French-language school when a parent’s first language is French or a parent went to French school in Canada; an admissions committee can admit others.
The neighbourhood school
Attendance zones do the sorting here. Inside the zone a child is in; outside it, the answer turns on how full the school is.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 9 schools in and around Stoney 142, 143, 144
High schools within reach of Stoney 142, 143, 144
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
One secondary school is within 15 km: Chiniki Community College, 0.2 km away.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiniki Community CollegeSecondary · Grades 10–12 | – | Independent | – | 60 | 0.2 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Schools are grouped by what they teach: elementary, secondary, every grade, and the alternative, adult and online programs.
- Which schools count. Inside Stoney 142, 143, 144’s boundary, or no more than 3 km outside it: that is which schools are counted.
- Boards and systems. Each board covers a territory in one language and one system, public or Catholic; boards of different systems overlap.
- The year. 2025/26, the latest open list.
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
- Bands, not ranks. Alberta publishes the share at each PAT standard and suppresses small groups, so the page gives fifths, not ranks.
Questions about schools in Stoney 142, 143, 144
Which boards run the schools in Stoney 142, 143, 144?
By number of schools: The Rocky View School Division (6), The Southern Francophone Education Region (1) and The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Stoney 142, 143, 144?
Register with the board that runs the school: the address decides the designated school in each system, and the board can say which one it is.
How many schools are there in Stoney 142, 143, 144?
1 are inside the town itself and 8 lie within 3 km of its edge.
Is there a French-language school in Stoney 142, 143, 144?
Yes, there are French-language schools: École Notre-Dame des Vallées.
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).