Photo: Rural Health Professions Action Plan from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada · CC BY 2.0The schools around Vermilion River County answer to 8 boards
The Buffalo Trail School Division leads with 6 schools, alongside Lloydminster Public School Division, Lloydminster Roman Catholic Separate School Division and The East Central Alberta Catholic Separate School Division. Of the 8 with results, 5 sit in the lower two fifths in Alberta. In or within 3 km of Vermilion River County: 13 elementary schools, 4 secondary schools and 9 schools for every grade, with 8,194 students.
What stands out about Vermilion River County’s schools
One big school
With 1,237 students, Holy Rosary High School is the area’s biggest. Every school ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
Which of the 8 boards runs which school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Buffalo Trail School DivisionVermilion, J. R. Robson, Kitscoty, E. H. Walter, Marwayne Jubilee, Dewberry | English public | 6 | 1,167 |
| Lloydminster Public School DivisionLloydminster Comprehensive, College Park, Rendell Park, Bishop Lloyd, Queen Elizabeth | English public | 5 | 2,789 |
| Lloydminster Roman Catholic Separate School DivisionHoly Rosary, St. Thomas, St. Joseph's, St. Mary's, Mother Teresa Early Childhood Education Centre | English Catholic | 5 | 2,673 |
| The East Central Alberta Catholic Separate School DivisionHope Home Schooling, School of Hope, St. Jerome's | English Catholic | 3 | 1,442 |
| Lloydminster SD 99Avery Outreach, E.S. Laird, Winston Churchill | English public | 3 | – |
| The St. Paul School DivisionHeinsburg | English public | 1 | 93 |
| Lloydminster RCSSD 89Father Gorman | English public | 1 | – |
| The Greater North Central Francophone Education RegionSans-Frontières | French public | 1 | 13 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How Vermilion River 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 | 8 | 67% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 8 | 6% | 13% |
The widest gap is on the standard of excellence, where the area’s schools reach 6% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (8)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Vermilion Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 80% · Excellence 19% | Second fifth |
| St. Jerome's SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 73% · Excellence 17% | Second fifth |
| Kitscoty Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades 1–6 | Acceptable 69% · Excellence 17% | Middle fifth |
| J. R. Robson SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 74% · Excellence 3% | Fourth fifth |
| Dewberry SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–12 | Acceptable 63% · Excellence 5% | Fourth fifth |
| E. H. Walter SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 66% · Excellence 4% | Fourth fifth |
| Marwayne Jubilee SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 51% · Excellence 8% | Fourth fifth |
| School of HopeAll grades · Grades 1–12 | Acceptable 11% · Excellence 5% | 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 26 schools in and around Vermilion River County are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists; Alberta’s missing ones from OpenStreetMap’s Nominatim (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Schooling in English and French around Vermilion River County
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.
In French: École Sans-Frontières. The public ones of the 1 come under The Greater North Central Francophone Education Region.
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 Vermilion River County’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Grouped by system: English public 16, English Catholic 8, French-language 1 and independent or other 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Vermilion River County
The neighbourhood school
Attendance zones do the sorting here. Inside the zone a child is in; outside it, the answer turns on how full the school is.
Independent schools
An independent school decides whom it takes and what it charges; provincial grants cover part of the cost.
Catholic schools
Catholic separate schools are publicly funded here; each separate board decides whom it admits, Catholic families first.
French-language schools
French-language schools are for children of section 23 rights-holders first; the board may admit others case by case.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 26 schools in and around Vermilion River County
Towns its size in Alberta
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Signal Hill | 13,293 | 44 | 20,736 | 1 | 0.8 km |
| … | |||||
| Somerset | 8,416 | 30 | 16,305 | 0 | 1.2 km |
| King Edward Park | 8,399 | 93 | 38,569 | 7 | 0.9 km |
| Marlborough Park | 8,378 | 52 | 23,752 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Strathcona | 8,283 | 62 | 27,171 | 7 | 0.2 km |
| Vermilion River County | 8,282 | 26 | 8,194 | 1 | 19 km |
| Ponoka | 8,212 | 4 | 1,953 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Secord | 8,205 | 8 | 5,605 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Walden | 8,190 | 15 | 10,704 | 0 | 1.3 km |
| South Terwillegar | 8,183 | 15 | 10,446 | 0 | 1 km |
| … | |||||
| Webber Greens | 5,035 | 23 | 9,622 | 0 | 0.3 km |
Of the 222 others, 145 count more schools. Teaching in French: 93 of the 223 have it.
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
- The year. The province’s school list, 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. Public and Catholic boards are both publicly funded here, in English and in French; an independent school answers to no board.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
- Bands, not ranks. The fifths are of schools, not students: a small school counts as much as a large one.
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Vermilion River County or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- The kinds of school. Middle and junior high schools count as secondary when they start at Grade 7 or later, elementary otherwise.
Questions about schools in Vermilion River County
How do I get a place at a school in Vermilion River County?
Each board registers its own students; its website gives the school for an address.
Which boards run the schools in Vermilion River County?
The Buffalo Trail School Division (6), Lloydminster Public School Division (5), Lloydminster Roman Catholic Separate School Division (5), The East Central Alberta Catholic Separate School Division (3) and Lloydminster SD 99 (3), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How many schools are there in Vermilion River County?
4 in the town, 22 just beyond it, within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Vermilion River County?
Yes, there are French-language schools: École Sans-Frontières.
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).