CBE · Elementary
German BilingualRegularBowcroft School
K-6 · 3940 73 St NW Calgary, AB T3B 2L9
Achievement is down 13.4 pts since 2022. Share of students meeting Alberta's Acceptable Standard, first to latest year measured.
2.9 pts below the median CBE elementary in Calgary (median 73.5).
The methodology
The data behind this score
The Roost Rating weights AEAM above PAT, plus Roost field research, capped at 95. A missing source has its weight shared across the ones that remain, never counted as a zero. This school got 62.5% survey · 37.5% exams.
This rating comes from two independent sources: how this school’s Grade 6 students did on Alberta’s provincial exams, and the AEAM survey of parents, students, and teachers.
AEAM survey measures · Fall 2025
Each parent, student, and teacher survey measure beside the Alberta average. The verdict is Alberta Education’s own evaluation — it weighs the school’s achievement band and its own trend, so a measure can sit below the Alberta number without a concern or issue flag, or carry one while above it.
- Student Learning Engagement83.7 · 83.9 provinceAcceptable
- Citizenship80.3 · 79.8 provinceGood
- Education Quality90.6 · 87.7 provinceExcellent
- Welcoming, caring, respectful & safe88.7 · 84.4 provinceGood
- Access to supports & services76.1 · 80.1 provinceIssue
- Parental Involvement80.6 · 80 provinceGood
Survey results reflect who chose to respond and can lag a recent change — how to read these.
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This letter in context
Letters held by the 20 CBE elementary schools closest to this school on the two figures below (not on ratings, and not necessarily nearby):
- 0 rated A+ (Very strong)
- 0 rated A (Strong)
- 8 rated B (Solid)
- 7 rated C (Fair)
- 2 rated D (Developing)
- 3 not yet rated
Across CBE elementary schools, these two figures line up with about 45% of the differences in Roost Ratings between schools. The rest is not explained by them.
Based on the 2021 Census: the share of children in low-income households (2020 incomes) and the share of adults aged 25 to 64 with no certificate, diploma or degree, for the people living in each school's designated area (its catchment). That describes who lives nearby, not who enrols, and the two can differ.
This school also runs a program that draws students from outside its designated area, so these figures describe its students less well.
Context only: it does not change Bowcroft School's letter.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Comparison updated Nov 2026How this comparison works
Context
Classes and enrolment
Typical class size
- K to Grade 3
- 22Typical for these grades across CBE schools: 22from 9 classes
- Grades 4 to 6
- 22Typical for these grades across CBE schools: 25from 7 classes
Each figure is the middle class size in those grades for 2025/26, among the classes whose sizes are published. A class is one teacher with one group of students, so a group with several teachers counts once per teacher, and in junior and senior high each course section counts. The CBE figure is the middle of every CBE school's own figure for those grades, across Alberta's release.
Students enrolled
357 students in 2025/26 (preliminary)
Students enrolled each school year, 2016/17 to 2025/26
- 2016/17: 259 students
- 2017/18: 287 students
- 2018/19: 296 students
- 2019/20: 313 students
- 2020/21: 285 students
- 2021/22: 302 students
- 2022/23: 314 students
- 2023/24: 356 students
- 2024/25: 357 students
- 2025/26: 357 students
Enrolment moves with boundary changes, new schools nearby, the grades a school offers and how many children live close by. Most schools here had fewer students in 2020/21, the first school year of the pandemic.
Context only: these describe the school's situation, not how well it teaches, and neither is part of the Roost Rating.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Alberta. Source: Alberta Education and Childcare.
Class sizes as of Nov 24, 2025Enrolment 2025/26 is preliminary: Alberta replaces it with final figures later.About these figures
Enrolment
How enrolment works
- Grades
- K-6
- Programs
- German Bilingual · Regular
- Address
- 3940 73 St NW Calgary, AB T3B 2L9
- Neighbourhood
- Bowness (location, not catchment)
CBE schools are assigned by home address. Bowcroft School is the designated elementary only if your address falls inside its catchment — confirm yours with an address lookup. Alternative programs are application-based and many run an admission lottery — they are not guaranteed by address. See how and when applications work.
- Before & after care
From Bowcroft School's own page “Children Come First will operate before and after school care for Bowcroft School students – located in the school.”
- Classes & supports
- German Preschool Program — Children 3 and 4 years old
“Located in the beautiful Bow River valley, Bowcroft School houses the German Bilingual Program as well as the K-6 Regular Program.”
From the school's own CBE page — care arrangements and class placements change; confirm with the school before you decide.
Register through the Calgary Board of Education.
Where Bowcroft School is
3940 73 St NW Calgary, AB T3B 2L9
Your catchment boundary is set by your home address, not the school’s location — look up your address to confirm zoning.
Sources for Bowcroft School: Official school page (CBE) · Survey source (SIRR, PDF) · School Development Plan (PDF)
Last updated Nov 2026 · How we score schools