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Alberta Classroom Complexity

Find your school. Understand what's happening in Alberta classrooms.

Data from November 24, 2025 (2025-2026 school year)

What is classroom complexity?

Alberta Education publishes classroom complexity data through the Alberta Classroom Insights Portal (ACIP). This page organizes that public data to make it easier to search and compare schools. All definitions and thresholds below are set by Alberta Education.

Composition

Alberta Education counts how many types of learning needs coexist in one classroom. Students may be identified in multiple categories simultaneously. The 9 categories are:

EAL · Mild/Moderate · Severe · IPP · First Nations, Métis and Inuit · Gifted · Refugee · Waitlist for Assessment · Other

  • Low: 0–3 categories
  • Medium: 4–6 categories
  • High: 7+ categories

Occurrence

Alberta Education counts how many students in each classroom have needs requiring direct instructional support. Only 3 of the 9 categories are counted here:

EAL · Mild/Moderate · Severe

  • Low: 0–4 students
  • Medium: 5–10 students
  • High: 11+ students
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Schools in Alberta
1,549
85,209 classrooms analyzed
Alberta Avg Class Size
25.3
20.4% of classrooms over 30
CBE Avg Class Size
27.3
234 schools | 28.6% over 30
CCSD Avg Class Size
25.9
115 schools | 17.8% over 30
EPSB Avg Class Size
27.2
210 schools | 30.3% over 30
ECSD Avg Class Size
26.7
91 schools | 27.4% over 30

Methodology

Per Alberta Education: A classroom is based on the portion of time a group of students is instructed by a teacher. As each teacher with a unique student group counts as a separate classroom, the same student information may be recorded in multiple classrooms. Includes classrooms with enrolment between 1 and 60 students, with a valid grade range, and for subjects other than special education. Data is suppressed for classrooms with fewer than 10 students and for schools with fewer than 10 reportable classrooms.

Students do not need a formal special education code to be counted. School authorities may use Alberta's Special Education Coding Criteria, or locally developed indicators such as assessments, teacher observations, or school-based team reviews.