CBE · Elementary
RegularPenbrooke Meadows School
K-6 · 5645 Pensacola Cres SE Calgary, AB T2A 2G4
20.5 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 is rated entirely on exams.
This rating comes from one test: how this school’s Grade 6 students did on Alberta’s provincial exams. We have no survey of parents, students, and teachers for this school, and its absence does not count against the score. A test-only rating does track neighbourhood income more closely than one with survey results behind it, so ask the school what the exams do not show.
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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)
- 1 rated B (Solid)
- 12 rated C (Fair)
- 4 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.
Context only: it does not change Penbrooke Meadows 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
- 23Typical for these grades across CBE schools: 22from 4 classes
- Grades 4 to 6
- 22Typical for these grades across CBE schools: 25from 5 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
224 students in 2025/26 (preliminary)
Students enrolled each school year, 2016/17 to 2025/26
- 2016/17: 214 students
- 2017/18: 185 students
- 2018/19: 182 students
- 2019/20: 196 students
- 2020/21: 195 students
- 2021/22: 173 students
- 2022/23: 224 students
- 2023/24: 226 students
- 2024/25: 250 students
- 2025/26: 224 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
- Regular
- Address
- 5645 Pensacola Cres SE Calgary, AB T2A 2G4
- Neighbourhood
- Penbrooke Meadows (location, not catchment)
CBE schools are assigned by home address. Penbrooke Meadows School is the designated elementary only if your address falls inside its catchment — confirm yours with an address lookup.
- Classes & supports
- LEAD (Literacy Education Academic Development) — for students new to Canada
“We are the designated school for students in Kindergarten to grade 6 living within our designated boundary as well as students enrolled in system LEAD (Literacy Education Academic Development) classes for students new to Canada.”
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 Penbrooke Meadows School is
5645 Pensacola Cres SE Calgary, AB T2A 2G4
Your catchment boundary is set by your home address, not the school’s location — look up your address to confirm zoning.
Sources for Penbrooke Meadows School: Official school page (CBE) · Survey source (SIRR, PDF) · School Development Plan (PDF)
Last updated Nov 2026 · How we score schools