Wintering Hills
435a highway 1 · Strathmore · T1P1J4 · The Golden Hills School Division
One of Strathmore’s 20 schools for every grade, counting 3 km beyond the edge: Wintering Hills. Every school in and around Strathmore →
What stands out about Wintering Hills
- A small all grades school: 40 students, against a middle of 233 in Alberta.
- Across its measures, its results average to the middle fifth in Alberta.
- Its weakest measure is the standard of excellence, at 0% where the middle in Alberta is 13%.
- An English public school, run by The Golden Hills School Division.
How Wintering Hills does on Alberta’s tests
The Provincial Achievement Tests in Grades 6 and 9: each school against every school in Alberta.
Wintering Hills reports 2 of 2 measures; on average they sit in the middle fifth in Alberta.
| Measure | Here | Middle, Alberta | Band |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAT: acceptable standard | 83% | 67% | Top fifth |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 0% | 13% | Bottom fifth |
Suppressed: Alberta hides results for small groups. Shares are of enrolled students in the core courses, Grades 6 and 9 pooled.
Where Wintering Hills sits among the province’s schools
In Alberta, schools are compared on the province’s published results, so Wintering Hills gets a place among them, the middle fifth, rather than a letter of its own.
Strathmore’s School Grade, on its Schools page, is where Wintering Hills counts towards a letter.
Getting a place at Wintering Hills
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.
Side by side with the nearest schools for every grade
Same-level schools nearby, nearest first, of every system.
Wintering Hills is larger than any of its 6 nearest schools for every grade.
| School | System | Language | Students | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wintering Hills | English public | English | 40 | Middle fifth | |
| Three Hills Colony School | English public | English | 25 | – | 0 km |
| Twin Creeks School | English public | English | 25 | – | 0 km |
| Sayre School | English public | English | 29 | – | 0 km |
| Sandhills School | English public | English | 18 | – | 0 km |
| Rosebud River School | English public | English | 11 | – | 0 km |
| Hines School | English public | English | 39 | Bottom fifth | 0 km |
Schools for every grade near Wintering Hills
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Wintering Hills
Who runs Wintering Hills?
The Golden Hills School Division runs Wintering Hills (English public).
What language does Wintering Hills teach in?
English.
How do pupils get a place at Wintering Hills?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
Which schools of the same kind are near Wintering Hills?
The nearest are Three Hills Colony School (0 km), Twin Creeks School (0 km) and Sayre School (0 km).
Sources: Alberta Education and Childcare, school enrolment 2025/26 (Open Government Licence – Alberta) · 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. · 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).