Editing Red Deer, Alberta (section)

== Education ==
=== Post-secondary ===
[[Red Deer Polytechnic|Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP)]], formerly Red Deer College, was founded in 1964 as Red Deer Junior College. RDP offers certificates, diplomas, advanced certificates, applied degrees, bachelor's degrees, academic upgrading and apprenticeship in over 75 different career and academic programs, including the creative and liberal arts, engineering, and trades.

=== Secondary ===
Three school authorities operate in Red Deer.

Founded in 1887, the [[Red Deer Public School District]]<ref>[http://www.rdpsd.ab.ca/ Red Deer Public School District]</ref> serves 10,000 students in thirty schools. Offering a wide range of programming, including French Immersion from K-12, the district hosts international students from around the world. They operate Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School and Hunting Hills High School.

Founded in 1909, when the Daughters of Wisdom, a religious order from France, accepted the challenge of the Tinchebray Fathers, also from France, to offer Catholic schooling in Red Deer, [[Red Deer Catholic Regional Division No. 39|Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools (RDCRS)]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rdcrd.ab.ca/ |title=Red Deer Catholic Regional Division |access-date=2012-06-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618003228/http://www.rdcrd.ab.ca/ |archive-date=2012-06-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref> welcomes over 10,000 students in six Central Alberta communities, including Red Deer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Schools |url=https://www.rdcrs.ca/schools/our-schools |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=www.rdcrs.ca}}</ref> They operate École Secondaire Notre Dame High School and St. Joseph's High School.

[[Greater North Central Francophone Education Region No. 2]]'s school École La Prairie is a French school near downtown Red Deer that offers pre-kindergarten through grade 9 programs. It offers all courses in French to a population of 119 students<ref name="student_population">{{cite web|url=http://education.alberta.ca/apps/eireports/pdf_files/eis1004_2011_Prelim/iar1004_2011_Prelim.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726070633/http://education.alberta.ca/apps/eireports/pdf_files/eis1004_2011_Prelim/iar1004_2011_Prelim.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 26, 2011|title=Student Population by Grade, School, and Authority, 2011, p. 31.|publisher=Alberta Education|access-date=2011-04-01}}</ref> whose first language is French.

;Public schools
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{{term|Elementary}}
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* Annie L. Gaetz Elementary (K–5)
* Aspen Heights Elementary (K–5)
* Barrie Wilson Elementary School (K–5)
* Don Campbell Elementary (K-5)
* Fairview Elementary (K–5)
* G.W. Smith Elementary (K–5)
* Gateway Christian School (K–5)
* G.H. Dawe Community School (K–8)
* Glendale School (PreK–8)
* Grandview Elementary (K–5)
* Joseph Welsh Elementary (K–5)
* Mattie McCullough Elementary (K–5)
* Mountview Elementary (K–5)
* Normandeau School (K–8)
* Oriole Park Elementary (K–5)
* Pines School (K–5)
* West Park Elementary (K–5)
}}
{{term|Middle school}}
{{defn|
* Central Middle School (6–8)
* Eastview Middle School (6–8)
* G.H. Dawe Community School (K–8)
* Gateway Christian School (6–8)
* Glendale School (PreK–8)
* Normandeau School (K–8)
* West Park Middle School (6–8)
}}
{{term|Secondary/high school}}
{{defn|
* École Secondaire Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School (9–12)
* Gateway Christian School (9–12)
* Hunting Hills High School (9–12)
* North Cottage High School (10–12)
}}
{{glossary end}}
}}

;Catholic schools
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{{glossary}}
{{term|Elementary}}
{{defn|
* École Camille J. Lerouge School (K–9)
* École Mother Teresa School (K–5)
* École Our Lady of the Rosary School (PreK–2)
* Father Henri Voisin School (K–5)
* Holy Family School (K–5)
* Maryview School (PreK–5)
* St. Elizabeth Seton School (K–5)
* St. Marguerite Bourgeoys School (PreK–5)
* St. Martin de Porres School (K–5)
* St. Patrick's Community School (K–9)
* St. Teresa of Avila School (PreK-5)
}}
{{term|Middle school}}
{{defn|
* École Camille J. Lerouge School (K–9)
* St. Francis of Assisi Middle School (6–9)
* St Lorenzo Ruiz Middle School (6–9)
* St. Patrick's Community School (K–9)
* St. Thomas Aquinas Middle School (6–9)
}}
{{term|Secondary/high school}}
{{defn|
* École Secondaire Notre Dame High School (10–12)
* St. Joseph's High School (10–12)
}}
{{glossary end}}
}}

;Private schools
* Destiny Christian School Society (ECS, K–9)
* Koinonia Christian School – Red Deer (ECS, K–12)
* Parkland School Special Education (1–12)
* South Side Christian School (ECS, K–12)