Photo: Wilson Hui from Calgary, Canada · CC BY 2.00 above the middle in Alberta, 1 below: Westlock’s 3 tested schools
The 3 km around Westlock counts 2 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 school for every grade, 1,371 students between them.
How Westlock’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 | 66% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 3 | 11% | 13% |
On the standard of excellence the area trails, 11% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (3)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Richard F Staples Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 64% · Excellence 11% | Middle fifth |
| St. Mary Catholic SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 66% · Excellence 11% | Middle fifth |
| Westlock Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 66% · 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 5 schools in and around Westlock are
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
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).
Schooling in English and French around Westlock
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Alberta.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
There is no French-language school among them.
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 Westlock’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Split by system, that is English public 3, English Catholic 1 and independent or other 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Which of the 2 boards runs which school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
The Pembina Hills School Division has 3 of the area’s schools, the most of the 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Pembina Hills School DivisionRichard F Staples, Westlock, Westlock Outreach | English public | 3 | 1,060 |
| The Evergreen Catholic Separate School DivisionSt. Mary | English Catholic | 1 | 291 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Westlock
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.
Independent schools
Independent schools here charge fees but receive some provincial funding if they meet its standards.
Catholic schools
A separate (Catholic) board runs its own schools with public money and its own admission rules.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 5 schools in and around Westlock
High schools within reach of Westlock
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 4: 3 English public and 1 English Catholic. For the shortest journey, Richard F Staples Secondary School: 0.7 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard F Staples Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Pembina Hills School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 573 | 0.7 km |
| Westlock OutreachSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Pembina Hills School Division | English public | – | 25 | 1.1 km |
| St. Mary Catholic SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Evergreen Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 291 | 1.1 km |
| Eleanor Hall SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Pembina Hills School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 194 | 14 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Alberta
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nolan Hill | 8,581 | 11 | 6,570 | 0 | 1.6 km |
| … | |||||
| Hillview | 5,473 | 47 | 19,752 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Larkspur | 5,472 | 24 | 10,709 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Woodlands | 5,391 | 39 | 16,737 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| West Meadowlark Park | 5,386 | 52 | 19,486 | 2 | 0.6 km |
| Westlock | 5,363 | 5 | 1,371 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| Belvedere | 5,337 | 66 | 31,217 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Aldergrove | 5,311 | 49 | 23,055 | 1 | 1.8 km |
| Belmont | 5,299 | 29 | 12,514 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Kirkness | 5,279 | 31 | 16,092 | 0 | 1 km |
| … | |||||
| Jasper Park | 3,219 | 55 | 21,139 | 2 | 0.6 km |
Set against 284 others, 257 have more schools in reach. A French-language school is within reach in 130 of the 285.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Westlock
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westlock | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0.7 km |
| Westlock County 9.5 km | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8.7 km |
9 schools make Westlock County the best supplied neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. Schools as listed for 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. Boards come in one language each, and where the province funds Catholic schools, as public or Catholic; independent schools stand outside them.
- Bands, not ranks. Top fifth means a result among the best fifth of Alberta’s schools; the card shows a school’s average fifth.
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Westlock or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- 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.
Questions about schools in Westlock
How do I get a place at a school in Westlock?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
Which boards run the schools in Westlock?
By number of schools: The Pembina Hills School Division (3) and The Evergreen Catholic Separate School Division (1).
Is there a French-language school in Westlock?
None within 3 km of Westlock. The French-language board serves it from schools further off.
How many schools are there in Westlock?
The town holds all 5; 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).