CBE · Elementary
RegularTraditional Learning Centre (TLC)Thorncliffe School
K-6 · 5646 Thornton Rd NW Calgary, AB T2K 3B9
Achievement is up 14.2 pts since 2022. Share of students meeting Alberta's Acceptable Standard, first to latest year measured.
0.8 pts above the median CBE elementary in Calgary (median 74.4).
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 · Spring 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 Engagement81.9 · 83.9 provinceIssue
- Citizenship85.2 · 79.8 provinceExcellent
- Education Quality86.2 · 87.7 provinceIssue
- Welcoming, caring, respectful & safe92.7 · 84.4 provinceExcellent
- Access to supports & services85.5 · 80.1 provinceGood
- Parental Involvement87.6 · 80 provinceExcellent
Survey results reflect who chose to respond and can lag a recent change — how to read these.
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How enrolment works
- Grades
- K-6
- Programs
- Regular · Traditional Learning Centre (TLC)
- Address
- 5646 Thornton Rd NW Calgary, AB T2K 3B9
- Neighbourhood
- Thorncliffe (location, not catchment)
CBE schools are assigned by home address. Thorncliffe 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 Thorncliffe School's own page “Thorncliffe School no longer offers before and after school care.”
“One is the Kindergarten to Grade 6 regular school program for children who live in the community and the other is a Traditional Learning Centre Kindergarten 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 Thorncliffe School is
5646 Thornton Rd NW Calgary, AB T2K 3B9
Your catchment boundary is set by your home address, not the school’s location — look up your address to confirm zoning.
Sources for Thorncliffe School: Official school page (CBE) · Survey source (SIRR, PDF) · School Development Plan (PDF)
Last updated Sep 2026 · How we score schools