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Calgary · CBE · updated Nov 2026

Calgary school ratings, grouped by tier

The Roost Rating blends Alberta Education’s accountability survey (AEAM) and Grade-6 PAT achievement into one 0–100 number. Where a school has both, the split is 62.5% AEAM and 37.5% PAT; where only exam results are published, the rating rests on PAT alone. The Fraser score is shown on each school’s page but is not part of the rating. full methodology. It measures reported school performance. It does not measure school quality, your child’s fit, or the teaching you’d see in a classroom — and test-based measures track neighbourhood income, which is why we publish that critique beside the score.

There is no #1 school here. Schools are grouped into five tiers and listed alphabetically inside each one: a half-point gap is not a meaningful difference, so we don’t pretend it is.

Which school your child attends is set by your address, not by this list: every family in a catchment goes to the same school.

Elementary104 of 160 rated

A+ · Very strong · 5 of 160 elementaries

These are citywide listings: to see the schools your address is zoned to, look up your address.

A · Strong · 32 of 160 elementaries

B · Solid · 33 of 160 elementaries

C · Fair · 26 of 160 elementaries

D · Developing · 8 of 160 elementaries

Pending: not yet rated (56)

Pending means we don’t have the data, not that the school is weaker. Most of these are K-4 and K-5 schools with no Grade 6 in the building, so the provincial measures we rate on don’t exist for them.

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Junior High38 of 55 rated

A+ · Very strong · 4 of 55 junior highs

A · Strong · 10 of 55 junior highs

B · Solid · 10 of 55 junior highs

C · Fair · 9 of 55 junior highs

D · Developing · 5 of 55 junior highs

Pending: not yet rated (17)

Pending means we don’t have the data, not that the school is weaker. The measures we rate on are anchored at Grade 6 (provincial PAT results and AEAM surveys from elementary-level schools), so junior highs without elementary grades can’t be scored yet. Where a junior high does show a rating, it is anchored in the school’s own elementary grades.

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Senior High0 of 21 rated

0 of 21 CBE senior highs currently have enough data to rate. We show that honestly rather than pad the list.

Pending: not yet rated (21)

Pending means we don’t have the data, not that the school is weaker. Senior highs aren’t rated yet: we don’t publish a diploma-level score.

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Ratings last updated Nov 2026 · Sources: Alberta Education AEAM + Grade-6 PAT, and Roost field research. Fraser Institute is shown but not scored. Weights and critique in the Roost Rating methodology.

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