Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Results around Turner Valley lean low: 2 of 3 schools in the lower two fifths in Alberta
The strongest results are at Turner Valley Elementary Junior High School. In or within 3 km of Turner Valley: 2 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, with 749 students.
How Turner Valley’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 | 3 | 52% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 3 | 9% | 13% |
On the standard of excellence the area trails, 9% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (3)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Turner Valley Elementary Junior High SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 86% · Excellence 20% | Second fifth |
| C Ian McLaren SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 52% · Excellence 5% | Bottom fifth |
| Oilfields High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 44% · Excellence 9% | 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 3 schools in and around Turner Valley are
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
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 Turner Valley
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.
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.
Who runs Turner Valley’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Only one system is present here: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Turner Valley
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 3 schools in and around Turner Valley
High schools within reach of Turner Valley
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
One secondary school is within 15 km: Oilfields High School, 3.5 km away.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oilfields High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Foothills School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 418 | 3.5 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Alberta
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vulcan County | 4,465 | 16 | 1,022 | 0 | 5.7 km |
| … | |||||
| Meyonohk | 2,822 | 38 | 15,789 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Newton | 2,809 | 43 | 16,834 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Grimshaw | 2,799 | 3 | 627 | 0 | 0.2 km |
| Downtown West End | 2,796 | 52 | 18,563 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| Turner Valley | 2,784 | 3 | 749 | 0 | 3.5 km |
| Woodcroft | 2,770 | 47 | 18,712 | 1 | 0.3 km |
| Kameyosek | 2,761 | 44 | 18,206 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Upper Mount Royal | 2,758 | 75 | 26,035 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| Country Hills Village | 2,731 | 17 | 13,085 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| … | |||||
| Rimbey | 2,502 | 4 | 823 | 0 | 12 km |
152 of the 171 others have more schools in reach. Schooling in French is on hand in 67 of the 172.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Turner Valley
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turner Valley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 km |
| Black Diamond 3.9 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 km |
Of 1 neighbours, none has more schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Boards and systems. The board is the public body that runs a school; this province has English and French boards, each public or Catholic.
- The year. Listed for 2025/26.
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
- Bands, not ranks. Bands compare within Alberta only: never a place in a league table.
- 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. Counted: Turner Valley’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
Questions about schools in Turner Valley
How do I get a place at a school in Turner Valley?
The board’s school locator gives the designated school; registration is with the board or the school.
Is there a French-language school in Turner Valley?
Not within 3 km of Turner Valley. The French-language board still serves families here.
How many schools are there in Turner Valley?
The town holds 1 of them; 2 more are within 3 km of its outline.
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).