Photo: Jason Woodhead · CC BY 4.0Taber’s 7 schools with results spread wide in Alberta, 2 in the top two fifths and 2 in the bottom two
Best placed: Copperfield Farms Colony School and Taber Christian High School. Elementary schools here average 136 students; in Alberta, 274. Taken together, Taber and its 3 km edge hold 11 elementary schools, 4 secondary schools and 13 schools for every grade for 2,730 students.
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 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 | 7 | 71% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 7 | 13% | 13% |
The widest gap is on the acceptable standard, where the area’s schools reach 71% against 67% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (7)
| 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 |
| ACE Place Learning CentreSecondary · Grades 8–12 | Acceptable 11% · 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.
The 28 schools in and around Taber
Where the 28 schools in and around Taber are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists; Alberta’s missing ones from OpenStreetMap’s Nominatim (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Schooling in English and French around Taber
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Alberta.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
For schooling in French, families look further afield.
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.
Counted by who runs them: English public 26 and English Catholic 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
The boards and their schools here.
Of 2 boards, the largest here is The Horizon School Division, with 26.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Horizon School DivisionW. R. Myers, Taber Christian School Alternative Program, D. A. Ferguson, Dr. Hamman, Taber Central, Taber Christian, ACE Place Learning Centre, L.T. Westlake … | English public | 26 | 2,354 |
| The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School DivisionSt. Patrick's Roman Catholic Separate, St. Mary's Roman Catholic Separate | English Catholic | 2 | 376 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
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
Boards set boundaries for each school; living inside one guarantees a place there, and moving across one usually means a request.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
High schools within reach of Taber
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Within 15 km, families can reach 17 high schools: 16 English public and 1 English Catholic. Nearest: St. Mary's Roman Catholic Separate School, 0.1 km off.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary's Roman Catholic Separate SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–12 | The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 173 | 0.1 km |
| W. R. Myers High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Horizon School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 455 | 0.4 km |
| Taber Christian High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Horizon School Division | English public | Second fifth | 131 | 0.6 km |
| ACE Place Learning CentreSecondary · Grades 8–12 | The Horizon School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 130 | 1 km |
| Armada Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–12 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 23 | 1.1 km |
| Delco Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–9 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 32 | 1.1 km |
| Kingsland Colony SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–10 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 1 | 1.1 km |
| Copperfield Farms Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Horizon School Division | English public | Second fifth | 46 | 1.1 km |
| Lomond Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–10 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 24 | 1.1 km |
| Cameron Farms SchoolAll grades · Grades K–10 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 27 | 1.1 km |
All 17 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnysite Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–9 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 28 | 1.1 km |
| River Road Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–9 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 11 | 1.1 km |
| Fairlane Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–9 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 26 | 1.1 km |
| Enchant Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 29 | 1.1 km |
| Oaklane Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–9 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 23 | 1.1 km |
| Hillridge Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 44 | 1.1 km |
| Prairiehome Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–9 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 26 | 1.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorncliffe | 15,570 | 57 | 27,386 | 1 | 1 km |
| … | |||||
| West Hillhurst | 10,319 | 86 | 33,028 | 2 | 0.5 km |
| Falconridge | 10,218 | 43 | 26,671 | 1 | 0.2 km |
| Citadel | 10,196 | 29 | 12,276 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Glenbrook | 10,185 | 63 | 24,866 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| Taber | 10,175 | 28 | 2,730 | 0 | 0.1 km |
| Wheatland County | 10,150 | 31 | 5,582 | 0 | 11 km |
| Hinton | 10,124 | 6 | 1,745 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Pineridge | 10,062 | 53 | 27,600 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Penbrooke Meadows | 10,001 | 48 | 21,757 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| … | |||||
| MacEwan | 6,102 | 16 | 10,786 | 0 | 1.4 km |
Set against 183 others, 106 have more schools in reach. Of the 184, 75 offer 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
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
Most schools next door: Taber, 33.
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. A school counts when it sits inside Taber or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- Bands, not ranks. A suppressed result gives no band; a school with both measures averages its fifths.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- Boards and systems. Boards are set by language and, in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan, by faith: public or Catholic.
- The year. The provincial list for 2025/26.
Questions about schools in Taber
Is there a French-language school in Taber?
No, none within 3 km of Taber; ask the French-language board for the nearest.
How many schools are there in Taber?
Every one of them, 28, is inside the town.
Which boards run the schools in Taber?
The Horizon School Division (26) and The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Division (2), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Taber?
Each board registers its own students; its website gives the school for an address.
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).