Photo: Amqui · CC BY-SA 4.03 school boards share Wainwright No. 61
The Buffalo Trail School Division has 6 of them, and The East Central Alberta Catholic Separate School Division and The Greater North Central Francophone Education Region share the others. On the tests, 1 of 6 schools land above the middle in Alberta, 3 under it. The 3 km around Wainwright No. 61 counts 1 elementary school, 2 secondary schools and 6 schools for every grade, 2,061 students between them.
What stands out about Wainwright No. 61’s schools
The strongest results
The area’s best results are at Blessed Sacrament School (all grades), in the top fifth in Alberta. Results ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
Which of the 3 boards runs which school
The boards and their schools here.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Buffalo Trail School DivisionWainwright, Wainwright, Irma, Edgerton, Ribstone Colony, Holt Colony | English public | 6 | 1,212 |
| The East Central Alberta Catholic Separate School DivisionBlessed Sacrament, Blessed Sacrament Outreach | English Catholic | 2 | 817 |
| The Greater North Central Francophone Education RegionSaint-Christophe | French public | 1 | 32 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How Wainwright No. 61’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 | 6 | 69% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 6 | 11% | 13% |
The widest gap is on the standard of excellence, where the area’s schools reach 11% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (6)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Blessed Sacrament SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 79% · Excellence 28% | Top fifth |
| Irma SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 76% · Excellence 13% | Middle fifth |
| Wainwright Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 64% · Excellence 16% | Middle fifth |
| École Saint-ChristopheAll grades · Grades K–11 | Acceptable 75% · Excellence 0% | Fourth fifth |
| Edgerton Public SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 61% · Excellence 8% | Fourth fifth |
| Wainwright High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 53% · Excellence 10% | 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 9 schools in and around Wainwright No. 61 are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists; Alberta’s missing ones from OpenStreetMap’s Nominatim (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Schooling in English and French around Wainwright No. 61
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Alberta.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
École Saint-Christophe teach in French; The Greater North Central Francophone Education Region runs the public ones among the 1.
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 Wainwright No. 61’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Counted by who runs them: English public 6, English Catholic 2 and French-language 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Wainwright No. 61
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.
French-language schools
French-language schools are for children of section 23 rights-holders first; the board may admit others case by case.
Catholic schools
The province funds Catholic separate schools beside the public ones. Each separate board sets its own admission rules, usually giving Catholic families first place.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 9 schools in and around Wainwright No. 61
High schools within reach of Wainwright No. 61
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
4 secondary schools are within 15 km: 2 English Catholic, 1 French public and 1 English public. First by distance comes Blessed Sacrament School, at 3.5 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blessed Sacrament SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | The East Central Alberta Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Top fifth | 765 | 3.5 km |
| Blessed Sacrament Outreach SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The East Central Alberta Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 52 | 3.7 km |
| École Saint-ChristopheAll grades · Grades K–11 | The Greater North Central Francophone Education Region | French public | Fourth fifth | 32 | 3.8 km |
| Wainwright High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Buffalo Trail School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 305 | 4.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavanagh | 7,300 | 34 | 22,567 | 0 | 1.6 km |
| … | |||||
| Jasper | 4,627 | 5 | 466 | 1 | 0.2 km |
| Britannia Youngstown | 4,616 | 53 | 21,217 | 2 | 0.3 km |
| Carlisle | 4,609 | 50 | 22,796 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| Raymond | 4,594 | 4 | 1,195 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Wainwright No. 61 | 4,576 | 9 | 2,061 | 1 | 3.4 km |
| Blue Quill | 4,567 | 26 | 16,425 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Warner County No. 5 | 4,533 | 13 | 1,655 | 0 | 7.8 km |
| Vulcan County | 4,465 | 16 | 1,022 | 0 | 5.7 km |
| Oxford | 4,460 | 26 | 11,216 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| … | |||||
| Lee Ridge | 2,722 | 43 | 17,787 | 0 | 0.3 km |
More schools are within reach in 232 of the 280 other towns. A French-language school is within reach in 122 of the 281.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Wainwright No. 61
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wainwright No. 61 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3.4 km |
| Wainwright 4.2 km | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0.6 km |
It outnumbers its 1 neighbours on schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Bands, not ranks. Fifths are worked out among every Alberta school with a PAT result, then averaged per school.
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- 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 open list of 2025/26.
- The kinds of school. Elementary schools run from kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary ones to Grade 12; some cover every grade, and alternative, adult and online schools are listed apart.
- Which schools count. Every school inside Wainwright No. 61’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
Questions about schools in Wainwright No. 61
How many schools are there in Wainwright No. 61?
4 in the town, 5 just beyond it, within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Wainwright No. 61?
Yes: École Saint-Christophe, the French-language schools here.
Which boards run the schools in Wainwright No. 61?
The Buffalo Trail School Division (6), The East Central Alberta Catholic Separate School Division (2) and The Greater North Central Francophone Education Region (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Wainwright No. 61?
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).