Annually-updated enrollment data reported to Alberta Education by public, separate, francophone, charter, and private school authorities. Preliminary data for the most recent school year is replaced by final figures when available. The dataset is published by the Government of Alberta.
Use Cases
- Analyze enrollment trends across different school authorities based on the reported categories
- Compare enrollment figures between public, separate, and charter schools
- Track grade-level enrollment changes over time based on annual updates
- Assess the impact of Early Childhood Services operators on enrollment
Strengths
- Data is updated annually, ensuring regular refresh
- Includes enrollment from multiple school authority types (public, separate, francophone, charter, private)
- Preliminary data is replaced with final figures, improving accuracy
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
Provenance
- Source
- Government of Alberta
- Collection Method
- Reported to Alberta Education by school authorities
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 14:48:56.101830; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Alberta, Canada