Photo: Qyd · CC BY 2.5Results around Valleyview lean low: 3 of 3 schools in the lower two fifths in Alberta
Elementary schools here average 134 students; in Alberta, 274. Taken together, Valleyview and its 3 km edge hold 2 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade for 888 students.
How Valleyview’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 | 59% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 3 | 5% | 13% |
The widest gap is on the standard of excellence, where the area’s schools reach 5% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (3)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Hillside Junior Senior High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 69% · Excellence 8% | Fourth fifth |
| St. Stephens Catholic SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 59% · Excellence 5% | Fourth fifth |
| Harry Gray Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades 4–6 | Acceptable 50% · Excellence 4% | 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 6 schools in and around Valleyview
Where the 6 schools in and around Valleyview are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
4 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 Valleyview
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix 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 Valleyview’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
By the system they belong to: English public 5 and English Catholic 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
Of 2 boards, the largest here is The Northern Gateway School Division, with 5.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Northern Gateway School DivisionHillside Junior Senior, Oscar Adolphson Primary, Harry Gray, Gateway Academy Valleyview, Valleyview Ranches Colony | English public | 5 | 648 |
| The Holy Family Catholic Separate School DivisionSt. Stephens | English Catholic | 1 | 240 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Valleyview
The neighbourhood school
Each board draws attendance areas: a child’s home address gives a designated school in each system. Families register with the board, and a school outside the area takes a child only if it has room.
Catholic schools
Separate boards admit by their own policies, most giving priority to Catholic families.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
High schools within reach of Valleyview
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
2 secondary schools are within 15 km: 1 English public and 1 English Catholic. The closest high school is Hillside Junior Senior High School, 0.6 km out.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillside Junior Senior High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Northern Gateway School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 335 | 0.6 km |
| St. Stephens Catholic SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Holy Family Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 240 | 1.1 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Schools in the towns around Valleyview
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valleyview | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Sturgeon Lake 154 12 km | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 km |
None of its 1 neighbours has more schools in reach.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Bands, not ranks. Bands compare within Alberta only: never a place in a league table.
- What isn’t here. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, 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. Schools as listed for 2025/26.
- The kinds of school. An all-grade school teaches from kindergarten through high school; elementary and secondary schools split those years.
- Which schools count. Every school inside Valleyview’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
Questions about schools in Valleyview
How many schools are there in Valleyview?
Every one of them, 6, is inside the town.
Is there a French-language school in Valleyview?
There is none in or near Valleyview (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
Which boards run the schools in Valleyview?
The Northern Gateway School Division (5) and The Holy Family Catholic Separate School Division (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Valleyview?
Register with the board that runs the school: the address decides the designated school in each system, and the board can say which one it is.
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).