Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Sylvan Lake has 3 independent schools among its 10
They include Lighthouse Christian School, K-C Community Services and Sylvan Meadow Adventist School. The 6 with results split, 1 in the upper two fifths in Alberta and 3 in the lower. Within 3 km of Sylvan Lake are 5 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 3 schools for every grade, teaching 3,395 students.
Who runs Sylvan Lake’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Their systems: English public 6, English Catholic 1 and independent or other 3.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How Sylvan Lake’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 | 67% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 6 | 12% | 13% |
On the standard of excellence the area trails, 12% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (6)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Beacon Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 81% · Excellence 20% | Second fifth |
| École H.J. Cody High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 67% · Excellence 16% | Middle fifth |
| C. P. Blakely Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 69% · Excellence 14% | Middle fifth |
| Mother TeresaAll grades · Grades 5–9 | Acceptable 68% · Excellence 10% | Fourth fifth |
| École Steffie Woima Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 54% · Excellence 7% | Fourth fifth |
| Lighthouse Christian SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 50% · 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 10 schools in and around Sylvan Lake are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
1 more have no point in the source and are listed below the map.
Points from the provincial lists; Alberta’s missing ones from OpenStreetMap’s Nominatim (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Schooling in English and French around Sylvan Lake
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Alberta.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
No school here teaches in French.
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.
The 2 boards that run schools here
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
The biggest of the 2 is The Chinook's Edge School Division: 6 schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Chinook's Edge School DivisionH.J. Cody, Steffie Woima, Fox Run, Beacon Hill, C. P. Blakely, Sylvan Lake Career | English public | 6 | 2,439 |
| The Red Deer Catholic Separate School DivisionMother Teresa | English Catholic | 1 | 383 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Sylvan Lake
Independent schools
Admission to an independent school is by its own rules; fees apply, lowered by partial provincial funding.
Catholic schools
Catholic separate schools are publicly funded here; each separate board decides whom it admits, Catholic families first.
The neighbourhood school
A home address sets the designated school in each board’s attendance area. Registration is with the board; a school outside the area admits only where there is space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 10 schools in and around Sylvan Lake
High schools within reach of Sylvan Lake
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
4 secondary schools are within 15 km: 2 English public, 1 independent and 1 English Catholic. Sylvan Lake Career High School lies closest, 0.5 km from the centre.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvan Lake Career High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Chinook's Edge School Division | English public | – | 37 | 0.5 km |
| École H.J. Cody High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Chinook's Edge School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 790 | 0.6 km |
| Lighthouse Christian SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | – | Independent | Bottom fifth | 516 | 0.9 km |
| Mother TeresaAll grades · Grades 5–9 | The Red Deer Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 383 | 1.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumont | 26,305 | 14 | 7,943 | 1 | 0.2 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 |
| Mahogany | 17,818 | 26 | 17,873 | 0 | 1.4 km |
| Cold Lake | 17,798 | 14 | 4,588 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| McKenzie Towne | 17,757 | 32 | 20,151 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Brooks | 17,537 | 13 | 4,065 | 1 | 0.2 km |
| … | |||||
| Whitecourt | 10,708 | 9 | 2,525 | 0 | 1.2 km |
More schools are within reach in 62 of the 72 other towns. A school in French is nearby in 32 towns of 73.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Sylvan Lake
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvan Lake | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0.5 km |
| Bentley 18 km | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 km |
It has more schools than any of its 1 neighbours.
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. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Sylvan Lake or within 3 km of it are here.
- 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. As the province lists them in 2025/26.
- What isn’t here. There are no inspection ratings to show, and a single year of enrolment gives no trend.
- Bands, not ranks. Fifths are worked out among every Alberta school with a PAT result, then averaged per school.
Questions about schools in Sylvan Lake
Which boards run the schools in Sylvan Lake?
By number of schools: The Chinook's Edge School Division (6) and The Red Deer Catholic Separate School Division (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Sylvan Lake?
Enrolment goes through the board; schools outside your area take students when they have room.
How many schools are there in Sylvan Lake?
All 10 sit within the town’s own boundary.
Is there a French-language school in Sylvan Lake?
No, none within 3 km of Sylvan Lake; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
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).