2026
Roost Edition 01  ·  Calgary, AB

The parent-decision tool for school + neighbourhood choices in Canada.

Whether you're relocating, switching schools, or planning K registration.

Schools, neighbourhoods, and the data behind every score. Multi-layer ratings — PAT, Fraser, AEAM, ops flags — tied to live catchment maps, application timelines, and the methodology we publish in full.

166 Calgary elementary schools Multi-layer ratings (PAT + Fraser + parent surveys) Catchment-accurate Last updated Dec 16, 2025

The decision is hard. The tooling is finally good.

How it works
01

Enter an address

A house you're considering, your current address, or a neighbourhood you're researching. We resolve it to the catchment for K–6, 7–9, 10–12.

Free · 3 lookups / month
02

See the layers

Composite score from Alberta Ed PATs, Fraser /10, AEAM parent surveys, and Roost field research. Trend lines, not just last year's number.

Family+ · unlimited
03

Save your project

Configure your family — ages, K-start year, language priority, budget. We keep your shortlist, alert you when listings open, and track applications by board.

Family+ · 1 active project

Whether you're moving in, moving across town, choosing first, or just exploring.

Built for

Four situations, one decision logic. Catchment-accurate, multi-layer-rated, methodology published.

Situation 01

Relocating

New to Calgary — or moving to it. Neighbourhood, catchment, listings, and daycare in one decision, on a calendar with a real deadline.

Situation 02

Switching

Already in Calgary, weighing a move across town — or a charter / private application — because the current school isn't working.

Situation 03

Choosing first

K registration this year, or a specialty-program decision (EFI, Mandarin, Montessori) that locks in your address for the next decade.

Situation 04

Exploring

Not moving. Just curious how your catchment actually compares — and which alternative programs (EFI, Montessori, Mandarin) or lottery picks your address opens. 38 CBE programs are in active lottery this year.


The methodology

Four layers,
one composite.

Every Canadian competitor leans on a single rating — Fraser, EQAO, or a black-box school score from Local Logic. We combine four independent layers, publish the math, and show you what each one contributes.

Read the methodology →
Layer 01 Provincial Achievement Test
3-yr mean

Alberta Education's annual PAT scores, smoothed across 3 years to control for cohort noise. The raw signal — what's the school actually scoring on standardized assessment.

Layer 02 Fraser Institute /10
5-yr trend

Fraser's normalized score, with a published critique of its blind spots. We use it because parents do; we don't blindly trust it.

Layer 03 AEAM parent-satisfaction
SIRR annual

The Alberta Education Assurance Measure — parent-reported satisfaction, declared Concerns and Issues. From each school's own SIRR PDF. No Canadian competitor surfaces this.

Layer 04 Roost field research
Quarterly refresh

Grade truncation, recent incidents, leadership churn, capacity pressure, strong-community signal. Manually curated from news, school-council posts, and Reddit. The stuff a PDF can't tell you.


Built openly, on a public calendar

What you'll be able to do in the next 60 days

Full roadmap →
Day 15
Find Catholic, charter & private schools too
Not just public CBE. CCSD, FFCA charter, and the top 25 Calgary privates show up in your catchment with the same multi-layer ratings.
Day 30
Plan your kid's full K–9 path
From any elementary catchment, see exactly which junior high they'd feed into. No more guessing what happens after grade 6.
Day 45
See daycare in every catchment
Every neighbourhood now shows daycares within 1 km — waitlist length, ages served, monthly cost. Pick a school AND a daycare in one decision.
Day 60
Ask in plain language
Type “EFI under $1.2M with walkable schools” — get a ranked shortlist with reasoning, not just a search box.

Plans

Decision-window pricing.
Not subscriptions you forget about.

The decision happens over 1–6 months, not forever. Pay for the window you need. Or pick Annual if you're going to keep coming back.

See all plans →
Free
$0
3 lookups/mo
Most picked
Family+
$29/1mo
or $99/6mo · $149/yr
Project Report
$299
+ 30-min consult
An independent product

We're not paid by school boards, realtors, or developers.
Our methodology is published in full. Read it.