Photo: R. Sieben · CC BY 3.0The schools around Wheatland County answer to 5 boards
Most belong to The Golden Hills School Division (25); The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division, The Grasslands School Division and The Palliser School Division run the remainder. The 13 with results split, 3 in the upper two fifths in Alberta and 6 in the lower. Within 3 km of Wheatland County are 9 elementary schools, 4 secondary schools and 18 schools for every grade, teaching 5,582 students.
What stands out about Wheatland County’s schools
The strongest results
Top of the area: Sacred Heart Academy (elementary), its results in the top fifth in Alberta. Results ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
5 boards, school by school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Golden Hills School DivisionGolden Hills Learning Academy, Strathmore, Crowther Memorial Junior, George Freeman, Westmount, Wheatland, Trinity Christian Academy, Brentwood … | English public | 25 | 4,422 |
| The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School DivisionHoly Cross Collegiate, Sacred Heart Academy | English Catholic | 2 | 633 |
| The Grasslands School DivisionNewell Colony | English public | 1 | 19 |
| The Palliser School DivisionRiverbend Colony | English public | 1 | 18 |
| The Rocky View School DivisionSarah Thompson | English public | 1 | 300 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How Wheatland 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 | 13 | 69% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 13 | 7% | 13% |
On the standard of excellence the area trails, 7% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (13)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart AcademyElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 91% · Excellence 38% | Top fifth |
| Holy Cross CollegiateSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 79% · Excellence 24% | Second fifth |
| Carseland SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 83% · Excellence 13% | Second fifth |
| Trinity Christian AcademyAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 74% · Excellence 12% | Middle fifth |
| Crowther Memorial Junior High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Acceptable 63% · Excellence 15% | Middle fifth |
| Wheatland Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 69% · Excellence 11% | Middle fifth |
| Wintering HillsAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 83% · Excellence 0% | Middle fifth |
| George Freeman SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 69% · Excellence 7% | Fourth fifth |
| Westmount SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 55% · Excellence 6% | Fourth fifth |
| Huxley Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades K–11 | Acceptable 57% · Excellence 0% | Bottom fifth |
| École Brentwood Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 53% · Excellence 3% | Bottom fifth |
| Golden Hills Learning AcademyAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 12% · Excellence 1% | Bottom fifth |
| Hines SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 29% · Excellence 0% | 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 31 schools in and around Wheatland County 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 Wheatland County
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Alberta.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
All teach in the province’s majority language; none 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 Wheatland County’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 28, English Catholic 2 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 Wheatland County
The neighbourhood school
Each school serves a defined area. A place elsewhere is possible when that school has room.
Independent schools
Admission to an independent school is by its own rules; fees apply, lowered by partial provincial funding.
Catholic schools
Catholic schools are public here, run by separate boards that set their own admissions.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 31 schools in and around Wheatland County
High schools within reach of Wheatland County
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
20 secondary schools are within 15 km: 19 English public and 1 English Catholic. Nearest: Three Hills Colony School, 11 km off.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three Hills Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–9 | The Golden Hills School Division | English public | – | 25 | 11 km |
| Twin Creeks SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–9 | The Golden Hills School Division | English public | – | 25 | 11 km |
| Sayre SchoolAll grades · Grades K–10 | The Golden Hills School Division | English public | – | 29 | 11 km |
| Sandhills SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–10 | The Golden Hills School Division | English public | – | 18 | 11 km |
| Rosebud River SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–9 | The Golden Hills School Division | English public | – | 11 | 11 km |
| Hines SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Golden Hills School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 39 | 11 km |
| Crawling Valley SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–9 | The Golden Hills School Division | English public | – | 16 | 11 km |
| Huxley Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades K–11 | The Golden Hills School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 24 | 11 km |
| Wintering HillsAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Golden Hills School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 40 | 11 km |
| George Freeman SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Golden Hills School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 448 | 11 km |
All 20 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Cross CollegiateSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 333 | 12 km |
| Golden Hills Learning AcademyAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Golden Hills School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 1,160 | 12 km |
| Trinity Christian AcademyAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Golden Hills School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 254 | 13 km |
| Crowther Memorial Junior High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Golden Hills School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 519 | 13 km |
| Strathmore High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Golden Hills School Division | English public | – | 796 | 13 km |
| Glenrose Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Golden Hills School Division | English public | – | 30 | 13 km |
| Towers SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–10 | The Golden Hills School Division | English public | – | 20 | 13 km |
| Poplar Row SchoolAll grades · Grades K–10 | The Golden Hills School Division | English public | – | 13 | 13 km |
| Rosebud Creek SchoolAll grades · Grades K–10 | The Golden Hills School Division | English public | – | 26 | 13 km |
| Valleyview Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Golden Hills School Division | English public | – | 15 | 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorncliffe | 15,570 | 57 | 27,386 | 1 | 1 km |
| … | |||||
| Falconridge | 10,218 | 43 | 26,671 | 1 | 0.2 km |
| Citadel | 10,196 | 29 | 12,276 | 0 | 0.6 km |
| Glenbrook | 10,185 | 63 | 24,866 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| Taber | 10,175 | 28 | 2,730 | 0 | 0.1 km |
| Wheatland County | 10,150 | 31 | 5,582 | 0 | 11 km |
| Hinton | 10,124 | 6 | 1,745 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Pineridge | 10,062 | 53 | 27,600 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Penbrooke Meadows | 10,001 | 48 | 21,757 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Acadia | 9,950 | 62 | 26,966 | 2 | 0.3 km |
| … | |||||
| MacEwan | 6,102 | 16 | 10,786 | 0 | 1.4 km |
Of the 183 others, 93 count more schools. 75 towns of the 184 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 Wheatland County
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheatland County | 31 | 0 | 3 | 11 km |
| Strathmore 12 km | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0.8 km |
It outnumbers its 1 neighbours on schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. Listed for 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. Every public school has a board: English or French, and in this province public or Catholic too. Independent schools have none.
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- Bands, not ranks. A band is the fifth of Alberta’s schools a result falls in, averaged over the two PAT measures; suppressed groups would make places misleading.
- Which schools count. Counted: Wheatland County’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- 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.
Questions about schools in Wheatland County
How do I get a place at a school in Wheatland County?
The board’s school locator gives the designated school; registration is with the board or the school.
Which boards run the schools in Wheatland County?
By number of schools: The Golden Hills School Division (25), The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division (2), The Grasslands School Division (1), The Palliser School Division (1) and The Rocky View School Division (1).
How many schools are there in Wheatland County?
Inside the town there are 1; another 30 sit within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Wheatland County?
Not near Wheatland County: within 3 km there is none, and the French-language board points to the closest.
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).