Photo: R. Sieben · CC BY 3.0Results around Vulcan split both ways in Alberta: 1 of 3 schools high, 1 low
The strongest results are at Vulcan Prairieview Elementary School. The 3 km around Vulcan counts 1 elementary school, 2 secondary schools and 1 school for every grade, 585 students between them.
What stands out about Vulcan’s schools
The strongest results
Top of the area: Vulcan Prairieview Elementary School (elementary), its results in the top fifth in Alberta. Results ↓
Each finding compares the town’s schools with every school in its province.
How Vulcan’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 | 3 | 67% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 3 | 17% | 13% |
On the standard of excellence the area runs ahead, 17% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (3)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Vulcan Prairieview Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 88% · Excellence 34% | Top fifth |
| County Central High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 67% · Excellence 17% | Middle fifth |
| Palliser Beyond BordersSecondary · Grades 10–12 | Acceptable 24% · Excellence 1% | 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 4 schools in and around Vulcan are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
2 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 Vulcan
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.
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 Vulcan’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
No mix of systems here: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
2 boards, school by school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
The Palliser School Division runs the most, 3 of them, among 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Palliser School DivisionCounty Central, Vulcan Prairieview, Palliser Beyond Borders | English public | 3 | 567 |
| The Livingstone Range School DivisionLittle Bow Colony | English public | 1 | 18 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Vulcan
The neighbourhood school
A home address sets the designated school in each board’s attendance area. Registration is with the board; a school outside the area admits only where there is space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 4 schools in and around Vulcan
High schools within reach of Vulcan
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
County Central High School, 0.5 km away, is the only secondary school within 15 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Central High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Palliser School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 217 | 0.5 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Schools in the towns around Vulcan
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vulcan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Vulcan County 6.2 km | 16 | 0 | 1 | 5.7 km |
Vulcan County leads the neighbours with 16 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. The levels follow each school’s published grades: elementary below Grade 7 or 9, secondary above, all-grade when it runs the whole way.
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Vulcan or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- Boards and systems. A school’s system is its board’s: the language it teaches in, and whether the board is public or Catholic.
- The year. The province’s 2025/26 list.
- Bands, not ranks. Bands compare within Alberta only: never a place in a league table.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
Questions about schools in Vulcan
Which boards run the schools in Vulcan?
By number of schools: The Palliser School Division (3) and The Livingstone Range School Division (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Vulcan?
Registration is with the board, which assigns the school for the home address.
Is there a French-language school in Vulcan?
Not in or within 3 km of Vulcan; the French-language board can name the nearest.
How many schools are there in Vulcan?
The town holds all 4; none is outside 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).