Photo: Carsell: Photographer · Public domainWainwright has one French-language school among its 6
The Greater North Central Francophone Education Region runs them: École Saint-Christophe. 3 boards run its schools. Counting a 3 km margin, Wainwright has 1 elementary school, 2 secondary schools and 3 schools for every grade, for 1,586 students.
What stands out about Wainwright’s schools
More Catholic schools
2 of 6 schools here are Catholic, against 18% in Alberta; The East Central Alberta Catholic Separate School Division run them. Who runs them ↓
Results on both sides
The results split: 1 of 4 schools in the upper two fifths in Alberta, 2 in the lower, with Blessed Sacrament School, Wainwright Elementary School and École Saint-Christophe on top. Results ↓
The strongest results
Blessed Sacrament School (all grades) posts the area’s strongest results: the top fifth in Alberta. Results ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
Schooling in English and French around Wainwright
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.
By name, in French: École Saint-Christophe (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.
The 3 boards that run schools here
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Buffalo Trail School DivisionWainwright, Wainwright, Autumn Leaf Colony | English public | 3 | 737 |
| 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’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 | 4 | 69% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 4 | 13% | 13% |
The widest gap is on the acceptable standard, where the area’s schools reach 69% against 67% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (4)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Blessed Sacrament SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 79% · Excellence 28% | Top 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 |
| 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 6 schools in and around Wainwright are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
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).
Who runs Wainwright’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Who runs them, in numbers: English public 3, 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
Catholic schools
Here the Catholic schools form a funded separate system; non-Catholic families may apply where a board allows it.
French-language schools
Section 23 rights-holders, francophone parents or those schooled in French in Canada, have a place; others apply to the board’s committee.
The neighbourhood school
Families enrol through the board, which assigns the school serving their street; transfers depend on space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 6 schools in and around Wainwright
High schools within reach of Wainwright
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 4: 2 English Catholic, 1 French public and 1 English public. The shortest trip is to Blessed Sacrament Outreach School, 0.6 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blessed Sacrament Outreach SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The East Central Alberta Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 52 | 0.6 km |
| Blessed Sacrament SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | The East Central Alberta Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Top fifth | 765 | 0.8 km |
| École Saint-ChristopheAll grades · Grades K–11 | The Greater North Central Francophone Education Region | French public | Fourth fifth | 32 | 0.8 km |
| Wainwright High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Buffalo Trail School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 305 | 0.8 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Alberta
Towns of a similar population, with their schools in or within 3 km; described, not ranked.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Bonavista | 11,154 | 63 | 28,636 | 2 | 1 km |
| … | |||||
| Sherbrooke | 7,131 | 84 | 41,010 | 2 | 0.8 km |
| Cougar Ridge | 7,101 | 38 | 16,760 | 2 | 0.3 km |
| Rhatigan Ridge | 7,066 | 37 | 20,366 | 0 | 1.5 km |
| Midnapore | 7,022 | 46 | 21,733 | 1 | 1 km |
| Wainwright | 6,996 | 6 | 1,586 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Devon | 6,965 | 5 | 1,363 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Willow Park | 6,891 | 69 | 27,990 | 2 | 0.5 km |
| Kiniski Gardens | 6,864 | 40 | 18,711 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Tamarack | 6,860 | 20 | 10,539 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Ozerna | 4,216 | 36 | 20,818 | 0 | 1.2 km |
Of the 242 others, 223 count more schools. 107 of the 243 have a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Wainwright
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wainwright | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| Wainwright No. 61 4.2 km | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3.4 km |
Wainwright No. 61 has the most schools nearby, 9.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. The area is Wainwright plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- The kinds of school. Elementary means kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary up to Grade 12 (Secondary V in Quebec); a few schools take every grade.
- The year. 2025/26, the latest open list.
- Boards and systems. The board is the public body that runs a school; this province has English and French boards, each public or Catholic.
- Bands, not ranks. The fifths are of schools, not students: a small school counts as much as a large one.
- What isn’t here. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, and Ontario’s private schools.
Questions about schools in Wainwright
How do I get a place at a school in Wainwright?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
Which boards run the schools in Wainwright?
The Buffalo Trail School Division (3), 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.
Is there a French-language school in Wainwright?
Yes: École Saint-Christophe, the French-language schools here.
How many schools are there in Wainwright?
All 6 are inside the town itself.
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).