Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain3 boards run the schools in and around Stony Plain
The Parkland School Division has 8 of them, and The Evergreen Catholic Separate School Division and The Greater North Central Francophone Education Region share the others. On the tests, 5 of 11 schools land above the middle in Alberta, 3 under it. 8,372 students attend the 5 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 7 schools for every grade in or within 3 km of Stony Plain.
What stands out about Stony Plain’s schools
One big school
Memorial Composite High School is the largest school here, with 1,352 students. Every school ↓
The strongest results
Top of the area: Copperhaven School (all grades), its results in the top fifth in Alberta. Results ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
Which of the 3 boards runs which school
The boards and their schools here.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Parkland School DivisionMemorial, Connections for Learning, Copperhaven, Westview, Ecole Meridian Heights, High Park, Millgrove, Forest Green | English public | 8 | 5,649 |
| The Evergreen Catholic Separate School DivisionSt. Peter the Apostle Catholic, St. John Paul II, St. Joseph | English Catholic | 3 | 2,102 |
| The Greater North Central Francophone Education RegionLa Trinité | French public | 1 | 137 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How Stony Plain’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 | 11 | 70% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 11 | 15% | 13% |
On the standard of excellence the area runs ahead, 15% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (11)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Copperhaven SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 84% · Excellence 28% | Top fifth |
| Living Waters Christian AcademyAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 94% · Excellence 33% | Top fifth |
| École La TrinitéElementary · Grades K–8 | Acceptable 88% · Excellence 18% | Second fifth |
| High Park SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 72% · Excellence 21% | Second fifth |
| St. John Paul II Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 | Acceptable 71% · Excellence 20% | Second fifth |
| Forest Green SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 64% · Excellence 15% | Middle fifth |
| St. Matthew Lutheran Christian AcademyAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 65% · Excellence 14% | Middle fifth |
| St. Peter the Apostle Catholic High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 70% · Excellence 14% | Middle fifth |
| Connections for LearningAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 57% · Excellence 13% | Fourth fifth |
| Westview SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 56% · Excellence 11% | Fourth fifth |
| Ecole Meridian Heights SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 54% · 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.
Where the 14 schools in and around Stony Plain 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 Stony Plain
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Alberta.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
1 of them teach in French: École La Trinité; the public ones belong to The Greater North Central Francophone Education Region.
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 Stony Plain’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
By system, they split: English public 8, English Catholic 3, French-language 1 and independent or other 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Stony Plain
French-language schools
Section 23 rights-holders, francophone parents or those schooled in French in Canada, have a place; others apply to the board’s committee.
Catholic schools
The province funds Catholic separate schools beside the public ones. Each separate board sets its own admission rules, usually giving Catholic families first place.
Independent schools
Independent schools set their own admissions and fees; the province funds part of their costs where they meet its conditions.
The neighbourhood school
The neighbourhood school is the one the board designates for the address; choice beyond it depends on space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 14 schools in and around Stony Plain
High schools within reach of Stony Plain
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
19 secondary schools are within 15 km: 13 English public, 3 independent and 3 English Catholic. The shortest trip is to High Park School, 1.1 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Park SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Parkland School Division | English public | Second fifth | 468 | 1.1 km |
| St. Matthew Lutheran Christian AcademyAll grades · Grades K–9 | – | Independent | Middle fifth | 209 | 1.2 km |
| Westview SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Parkland School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 622 | 1.4 km |
| Connections for LearningAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Parkland School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 1,175 | 1.4 km |
| Ecole Meridian Heights SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Parkland School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 574 | 1.5 km |
| Memorial Composite High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Parkland School Division | English public | – | 1,352 | 2 km |
| Copperhaven SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Parkland School Division | English public | Top fifth | 725 | 4.1 km |
| St. Peter the Apostle Catholic High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Evergreen Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 1,126 | 4.4 km |
| Living Waters Christian AcademyAll grades · Grades K–12 | – | Independent | Top fifth | 275 | 5.2 km |
| St. Teresa Catholic Learning CentreSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Evergreen Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 108 | 6.5 km |
All 19 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Teresa Catholic Junior High Learning CentreSecondary · Grades 9–9 | The Evergreen Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 4 | 6.5 km |
| Ecole Broxton Park SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Parkland School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 648 | 6.5 km |
| Spruce Grove Composite High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Parkland School Division | English public | – | 1,378 | 6.5 km |
| Woodhaven Middle SchoolAll grades · Grades 4–9 | The Parkland School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 720 | 6.7 km |
| Greystone Centennial Middle SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–9 | The Parkland School Division | English public | Second fifth | 562 | 8.2 km |
| Muir Lake SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Parkland School Division | English public | Second fifth | 522 | 9.4 km |
| Prescott Learning CentreAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Parkland School Division | English public | Second fifth | 813 | 9.5 km |
| Blueberry SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Parkland School Division | English public | Second fifth | 584 | 10 km |
| Harvest Baptist AcademyAll grades · Grades K–12 | – | Independent | Fourth fifth | 294 | 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Saskatchewan | 30,575 | 14 | 5,407 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| … | |||||
| Camrose | 20,800 | 21 | 3,657 | 1 | 0.5 km |
| Cranston | 20,055 | 27 | 19,374 | 0 | 0.1 km |
| Evergreen | 19,988 | 41 | 18,701 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Tuscany | 19,986 | 27 | 12,547 | 1 | 0.5 km |
| Stony Plain | 19,662 | 14 | 8,372 | 1 | 1.1 km |
| Wîhkwêntôwin | 19,050 | 65 | 28,543 | 6 | 0.2 km |
| Auburn Bay | 18,296 | 26 | 17,918 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Taradale | 17,911 | 34 | 21,751 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| Sylvan Lake | 17,897 | 10 | 3,395 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| … | |||||
| Clearwater County | 11,856 | 12 | 2,741 | 0 | 13 km |
44 of the 61 others have more schools in reach. A school in French is nearby in 27 towns of 62.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Stony Plain
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Plain | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1.1 km |
| Parkland County 6.2 km | 51 | 1 | 18 | 4.7 km |
| Spruce Grove 6.7 km | 22 | 0 | 8 | 0.2 km |
| Enoch Cree Nation 18 km | 11 | 0 | 4 | 2.8 km |
| Rosenthal 19 km | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0.9 km |
51 schools make Parkland County the best supplied neighbour.
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. Schools inside Stony Plain and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
- Bands, not ranks. A suppressed result gives no band; a school with both measures averages its fifths.
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- Boards and systems. English and French, public and Catholic: the board decides the system, and the address decides the school.
- The year. The open list of 2025/26.
Questions about schools in Stony Plain
How many schools are there in Stony Plain?
Inside the town there are 9; another 5 sit within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Stony Plain?
Yes: École La Trinité, the French-language schools here.
Which boards run the schools in Stony Plain?
The Parkland School Division (8), The Evergreen Catholic Separate School Division (3) and The Greater North Central Francophone Education Region (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Stony Plain?
Start with the board for the system you want; your address sets the school.
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).