Photo: dave_7 from Lethbridge, Canada · CC BY 2.04 school boards share Taber
Most belong to The Horizon School Division (29); The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Division, The Prairie Rose School Division and The Palliser School Division run the remainder. The 10 with results split, 2 in the upper two fifths in Alberta and 5 in the lower. 3,024 students attend the 14 elementary schools, 4 secondary schools and 15 schools for every grade in or within 3 km of Taber.
What stands out about Taber’s schools
Small elementary schools
Elementary schools here average 120 students, against 274 in Alberta. Every school ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
4 boards, school by school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Horizon School DivisionW. R. Myers, Taber Christian School Alternative Program, D. A. Ferguson, Dr. Hamman, Taber Central, Vauxhall, Taber Christian, ACE Place Learning Centre … | English public | 29 | 2,632 |
| The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School DivisionSt. Patrick's Roman Catholic Separate, St. Mary's Roman Catholic Separate | English Catholic | 2 | 376 |
| The Prairie Rose School DivisionPonderosa Colony | English public | 1 | 7 |
| The Palliser School DivisionRock Lake Colony | English public | 1 | 9 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How Taber’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 | 10 | 64% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 10 | 12% | 13% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is the acceptable standard: 64% here, against 67% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (10)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Copperfield Farms Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 86% · Excellence 14% | Second fifth |
| Taber Christian High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 77% · Excellence 16% | Second fifth |
| St. Mary's Roman Catholic Separate SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–12 | Acceptable 71% · Excellence 13% | Middle fifth |
| Taber Christian School Alternative ProgramElementary · Grades K–8 | Acceptable 76% · Excellence 13% | Middle fifth |
| W. R. Myers High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 57% · Excellence 15% | Middle fifth |
| D. A. Ferguson Middle SchoolElementary · Grades 6–8 | Acceptable 62% · Excellence 12% | Fourth fifth |
| Enchant SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 65% · Excellence 9% | Fourth fifth |
| Vauxhall Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 57% · Excellence 12% | Fourth fifth |
| ACE Place Learning CentreSecondary · Grades 8–12 | Acceptable 11% · Excellence 0% | Bottom fifth |
| Hays SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 25% · 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 33 schools in and around Taber 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 Taber
Each school by its language of instruction, with the share in Alberta marked.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
There is no French-language school among them.
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 Taber’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Who runs them, in numbers: English public 31 and English Catholic 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Taber
Catholic schools
Separate boards admit by their own policies, most giving priority to Catholic families.
The neighbourhood school
Ask the board first. It holds the enrolment list and points each street to its own school; out-of-area requests go ahead only with space to spare.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 33 schools in and around Taber
High schools within reach of Taber
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Within 15 km, families can reach 17 high schools: 16 English public and 1 English Catholic. Armada Colony School is closest, at 12 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armada Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–12 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 23 | 12 km |
| Delco Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–9 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 32 | 12 km |
| Kingsland Colony SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–10 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 1 | 12 km |
| Copperfield Farms Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Horizon School Division | English public | Second fifth | 46 | 12 km |
| Lomond Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–10 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 24 | 12 km |
| Cameron Farms SchoolAll grades · Grades K–10 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 27 | 12 km |
| Sunnysite Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–9 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 28 | 12 km |
| River Road Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–9 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 11 | 12 km |
| Fairlane Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–9 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 26 | 12 km |
| Enchant Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 29 | 12 km |
All 17 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oaklane Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–9 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 23 | 12 km |
| Hillridge Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 44 | 12 km |
| Prairiehome Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–9 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 26 | 12 km |
| Taber Christian High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Horizon School Division | English public | Second fifth | 131 | 13 km |
| St. Mary's Roman Catholic Separate SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–12 | The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 173 | 13 km |
| W. R. Myers High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Horizon School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 455 | 13 km |
| ACE Place Learning CentreSecondary · Grades 8–12 | The Horizon School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 130 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeview | 12,799 | 103 | 42,810 | 2 | 0.2 km |
| … | |||||
| Woodbine | 8,075 | 27 | 11,199 | 0 | 1.2 km |
| Drayton Valley | 8,047 | 9 | 3,504 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Ottewell | 8,040 | 40 | 18,922 | 6 | 0.2 km |
| Scenic Acres | 8,026 | 37 | 16,443 | 1 | 1.6 km |
| Taber | 8,009 | 33 | 3,024 | 0 | 12 km |
| Legacy | 7,975 | 9 | 6,059 | 0 | 1 km |
| Sage Hill | 7,974 | 11 | 7,860 | 0 | 1.7 km |
| Queen Mary Park | 7,958 | 49 | 21,975 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Killarney/Glengarry | 7,935 | 71 | 24,801 | 1 | 1 km |
| … | |||||
| Central McDougall | 4,802 | 41 | 17,910 | 4 | 0.5 km |
118 out of 225 comparable towns have more schools. 98 towns of the 226 have a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Taber
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
None of its 3 neighbours has more schools in reach.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. The kind of school is what its province lists: elementary, secondary or both.
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Taber and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
- 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. Fifths are worked out among every Alberta school with a PAT result, then averaged per school.
- Boards and systems. Boards are set by language and, in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan, by faith: public or Catholic.
- The year. The province’s school list, 2025/26.
Questions about schools in Taber
How many schools are there in Taber?
2 are inside the town itself and 31 lie within 3 km of its edge.
Is there a French-language school in Taber?
There is none in or near Taber (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
Which boards run the schools in Taber?
By number of schools: The Horizon School Division (29), The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Division (2), The Prairie Rose School Division (1) and The Palliser School Division (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Taber?
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).