Alberta Classroom Composition Data by School

Alberta Education and Childcare provides data on classroom composition, defined as the number of complexity categories per classroom. The data is sourced from the Alberta Classrooms Insights Portal and was last updated on March 18, 2026. To protect privacy, data is suppressed for classrooms with fewer than 10 students and for schools with fewer than 10 reportable classrooms.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of classroom complexity across schools based on the reported composition categories.
• Study resource allocation and support needs based on classroom composition data.
• Identify trends in classroom complexity over time for educational planning.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative government body, Alberta Education and Childcare.
• Includes specific privacy suppression rules for classrooms with <10 students and schools with <10 reportable classrooms.
• Last updated on March 18, 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the province of Alberta.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta

Collection Method

Collected through the Alberta Classrooms Insights Portal.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 07:02:37.614580; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Alberta, Canada