Photo: Kiwibirdman · CC BY 3.0Results around Willow Creek No. 26 lean low: 7 of 10 schools in the lower two fifths in Alberta
The strongest results are at A B Daley Community School and Calvin Christian School. No single board runs them all: there are 5. Within 3 km of Willow Creek No. 26 are 7 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 15 schools for every grade, teaching 3,280 students.
What stands out about Willow Creek No. 26’s schools
Small elementary schools
At 137 students on average, against 274 in Alberta, the elementary schools are small. Every school ↓
The strongest results
Top of the area: A B Daley Community School (elementary), its results in the top fifth in Alberta. Results ↓
The comparisons are with the province’s schools, never across provinces.
How Willow Creek No. 26’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 | 10 | 63% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 10 | 7% | 13% |
On the standard of excellence the area trails, 7% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (10)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| A B Daley Community SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 84% · Excellence 23% | Top fifth |
| Calvin Christian SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 86% · Excellence 22% | Second fifth |
| Providence Christian SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 82% · Excellence 13% | Second fifth |
| J. T. Foster SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 71% · Excellence 10% | Fourth fifth |
| Willow Creek Composite High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 65% · Excellence 6% | Fourth fifth |
| F. P. Walshe SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–12 | Acceptable 56% · Excellence 7% | Fourth fifth |
| West Meadow Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 61% · Excellence 7% | Fourth fifth |
| Ecole Providence SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 | Acceptable 56% · Excellence 0% | Bottom fifth |
| Livingstone Range School Division Virtual SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 13% · Excellence 0% | Bottom fifth |
| Stavely Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 46% · 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.
The 5 boards that run schools here
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Livingstone Range School DivisionF. P. Walshe, Willow Creek, West Meadow, W. A. Day, A B Daley, J. T. Foster, Livingstone Range School Division Virtual, Stavely … | English public | 16 | 2,117 |
| The Westwind School DivisionStandoff Colony, Riverside Colony | English public | 2 | 42 |
| The Foothills School DivisionMacMillan Colony, Cayley Colony | English public | 2 | 53 |
| The Holy Family Catholic Separate School DivisionEcole Providence | English Catholic | 1 | 32 |
| The Palliser School DivisionWhite Lake Colony | English public | 1 | 16 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
Where the 24 schools in and around Willow Creek No. 26 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 Willow Creek No. 26
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.
For schooling in French, families look further afield.
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 Willow Creek No. 26’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
System by system: English public 21, English Catholic 1 and independent or other 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Willow Creek No. 26
Catholic schools
Catholic separate schools are publicly funded here; each separate board decides whom it admits, Catholic families first.
Independent schools
Fees and admissions are each independent school’s own; the province covers a share of costs for those that meet its rules.
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives sets the school: each board draws a catchment around every one of its schools, and a child living inside it has a place there. Other schools take children from outside when they have room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 24 schools in and around Willow Creek No. 26
High schools within reach of Willow Creek No. 26
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 2: 2 English public. First by distance comes Granum Schools, at 8.9 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granum SchoolsAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Livingstone Range School Division | English public | – | 42 | 8.9 km |
| Willow Creek Composite High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Livingstone Range School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 360 | 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acadia | 9,950 | 62 | 26,966 | 2 | 0.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Mission | 6,329 | 64 | 25,613 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| The Orchards At Ellerslie | 6,267 | 11 | 9,351 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Duggan | 6,247 | 44 | 17,952 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Beaver County | 6,245 | 5 | 555 | 0 | 4.2 km |
| Willow Creek No. 26 | 6,225 | 24 | 3,280 | 0 | 8.9 km |
| St. Paul | 6,218 | 7 | 1,764 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| Glenora | 6,197 | 68 | 29,614 | 3 | 0.4 km |
| Barrhead County No. 11 | 6,186 | 6 | 1,706 | 0 | 8.5 km |
| Vegreville | 6,153 | 7 | 1,218 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| … | |||||
| Country Hills | 3,702 | 30 | 19,605 | 0 | 0.9 km |
More schools are within reach in 178 of the 267 other towns. 119 of the 268 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 Willow Creek No. 26
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Creek No. 26 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 8.9 km |
| Claresholm 10 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 km |
No neighbour of the 1 counts more schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. A 3 km band around Willow Creek No. 26’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
- Boards and systems. The board is the public body that runs a school; this province has English and French boards, each public or Catholic.
- The year. The 2025/26 list.
- 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. Alberta publishes the share at each PAT standard and suppresses small groups, so the page gives fifths, not ranks.
Questions about schools in Willow Creek No. 26
Which boards run the schools in Willow Creek No. 26?
The Livingstone Range School Division (16), The Westwind School Division (2), The Foothills School Division (2), The Holy Family Catholic Separate School Division (1) and The Palliser School Division (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How do I get a place at a school in Willow Creek No. 26?
Start with the board for the system you want; your address sets the school.
How many schools are there in Willow Creek No. 26?
Inside the town there are 9; another 15 sit within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Willow Creek No. 26?
There is none in or near Willow Creek No. 26 (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
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).