Around Thorhild County, 1 elementary school and 2 schools for every grade: 3 schools in all
Inside the town there are 1; another 2 sit within 3 km. On results, 0 of 2 tested schools are in the upper two fifths in Alberta. 740 students attend them (2025/26).
How Thorhild County’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 | 2 | 56% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 2 | 13% | 13% |
On the acceptable standard the area trails, 56% against 67% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Thorhild Central SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 60% · Excellence 17% | Middle fifth |
| Redwater SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–12 | Acceptable 53% · Excellence 9% | Fourth 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 3 schools in and around Thorhild County 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 Thorhild County
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Alberta.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
Not one 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.
Who runs Thorhild County’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
They all share one system, every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
2 boards, school by school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
The biggest of the 2 is The Sturgeon School Division: 2 schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Sturgeon School DivisionRedwater, Ochre Park | English public | 2 | 397 |
| The Aspen View School DivisionThorhild Central | English public | 1 | 343 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Thorhild County
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 3 schools in and around Thorhild County
High schools within reach of Thorhild County
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Only Thorhild Central School is within 15 km, 1.3 km from the centre.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorhild Central SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Aspen View School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 343 | 1.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palliser | 4,987 | 47 | 22,203 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| … | |||||
| Jasper Park | 3,219 | 55 | 21,139 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| Pincher Creek No. 9 | 3,176 | 6 | 839 | 0 | 13 km |
| Brookside | 3,173 | 56 | 26,777 | 1 | 1.1 km |
| Crystallina Nera West | 3,150 | 23 | 11,700 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Thorhild County | 3,147 | 3 | 740 | 0 | 1.3 km |
| Minburn County No. 27 | 3,142 | 5 | 1,350 | 0 | 17 km |
| Westgate | 3,139 | 51 | 19,337 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Garrison Woods | 3,138 | 71 | 23,570 | 1 | 0.1 km |
| Lower Mount Royal | 3,136 | 59 | 19,620 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| … | |||||
| Rimbey | 2,502 | 4 | 823 | 0 | 12 km |
More schools than here: 175 of the 195 others. A French-language school is within reach in 83 of the 196.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Bands, not ranks. A band is the fifth of Alberta’s schools a result falls in, averaged over the two PAT measures; suppressed groups would make places misleading.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- Boards and systems. English and French, public and Catholic: the board decides the system, and the address decides the school.
- The year. The 2025/26 list.
- The kinds of school. Elementary and secondary come from the grades each school offers; a school offering both counts as all-grade.
- Which schools count. Counted: Thorhild County’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
Questions about schools in Thorhild County
Is there a French-language school in Thorhild County?
Not within 3 km of Thorhild County. The French-language board still serves families here.
Which boards run the schools in Thorhild County?
The Sturgeon School Division (2) and The Aspen View School Division (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Thorhild County?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
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).