St. Pius X Catholic Elementary School

What St. Pius X Catholic Elementary School does

St. Pius X Catholic Elementary School is a publicly funded Catholic elementary school located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, operating as a school within the Edmonton Catholic School Division (ECSD). It serves families in its designated catchment area by providing Kindergarten through Grade 6 education grounded in Catholic faith formation and the Alberta Education K-6 curriculum. Core programs include full-day Kindergarten, which pairs a certified teacher-led half-day program with an Early Childhood Educator-led Extensions play-based program based on Alberta's Flight framework, and the 100 Voices Pre-Kindergarten program, a specialized early intervention service for children aged 3-4 with moderate to severe developmental delays funded through Program Unit Funding (PUF). Supplementary offerings include before and after school care, sensory spaces, a snack program, universal online speech and language screening for incoming kindergarteners, and access to division-wide yellow bus transportation via contracted carriers managed through BusPlanner.

The school operates on a public-funding model: there is no tuition, and the institution is financed through provincial Alberta Ministry of Education education funding allocated to ECSD. Its customer base is geographically constrained to ECSD-eligible families, with enrollment handled through the division's centralized registration system. Technology infrastructure is conventional and division-shared — PowerSchool for student information, Microsoft 365 (Outlook, OneDrive) for productivity, Azure Active Directory for identity, and the school's website maintained by Imagine Everything Inc. The institution is governed by ECSD's elected Board of Trustees and is accountable to Alberta Education for meeting provincial assurance measures. A notable recent operational event was a July 12, 2025 fire that damaged the playground; a grand reopening is planned for September 2026 following the rebuild.

Name

St. Pius X Catholic Elementary School

Legal name

St. Pius X Catholic Elementary School

Website

https://stpiusx.ecsd.net

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

St. Pius X Catholic Elementary School is a publicly funded Catholic K-6 school in Edmonton, Alberta, operating within the Edmonton Catholic School Division. It offers full-day Kindergarten, the 100 Voices Pre-K program for children with developmental delays, before/after care, and faith-based education to ECSD catchment families.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based (Religious) K–12 Schools (EDAJABAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Elementary Schools (EDAJAAAB), Faith-Based Before/After Care Programs (Early Years) (EDACAHAE), Preschool Programs within Private K–12 Schools (EDACABAM)

Keywords

• Catholic elementary education
• Kindergarten programming
• Faith-based schooling
• Special needs preschool
• Before after school care

Headquarters

HQ city

Edmonton

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

St. Pius X Catholic Elementary School delivers publicly funded Catholic elementary education for students from Kindergarten through Grade 6 in Edmonton, Alberta. Its core offering is full-day Kindergarten programming that pairs certified teacher-led curriculum with an Early Childhood Educator-led Extensions play-based program, supplemented by the 100 Voices Pre-Kindergarten program for children with developmental delays, speech and language screening, before and after school care, sensory spaces, and a snack program, all within a Christ-centred faith-based environment.

Product overview

St. Pius X Catholic Elementary School is a Christ-centered Catholic elementary school that provides a comprehensive educational program for students. The core educational offering is the Kindergarten with Full-Day Programming, which combines certified teacher-led curriculum with an Extensions play-based program. The school also offers the 100 Voices Pre-Kindergarten program for children with developmental delays, speech and language screening services, yellow bus transportation, before and after school care, sensory spaces, and a snack program. All programs are grounded in Catholic faith and Alberta Education curriculum standards, with the school operating as part of the Edmonton Catholic Schools division.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kindergarten with Full-Day Programming

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Edmonton Public Library (EPL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEdmonton Public Library partners with ECSD to provide free public library cards to all students. The library card application process is integrated into PowerSchool under School Engage. EPL provides access to over 14 million physical and digital items including books, movies, music, magazines, and technology courses on LinkedIn Learning. This partnership supports literacy and instills a love of reading in students.
• Yellow Bus Carriers (Cunningham, First Student, Golden Arrow, Southland, Stock)coreOthersEdmonton Catholic Schools contracts with five Yellow School Carriers (Cunningham, First Student, Golden Arrow, Southland, and Stock) to provide safe and efficient yellow bus service for more than 12,500 students every school day. These carriers must adhere to rigorous safety standards including driver qualifications, vehicle maintenance, and safety inspections.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools: Saskatchewan-based publicly funded Catholic school division with similar K-12 faith-based public funding model; relevant peer for understanding how smaller Catholic divisions operate and compete in prairie markets.
• Vancouver Catholic Independent Schools: Faith-based independent school association in BC; comparable on faith-based programming and K-12 mission but operates on a tuition-funded rather than publicly funded model, contrasting St. Pius X's structure.

Broad incumbents

• KinderCare Learning Companies: Major US childcare and early learning provider with extensive before/after school programs; relevant comparator for the wraparound care and Kindergarten-age programming side of St. Pius X's offering.
• Toronto Catholic District School Board: One of Canada's largest publicly funded Catholic school boards; directly comparable in mission (faith-based K-12 within a public funding model) and program breadth, providing scale-relevant benchmarking.
• Calgary Catholic School District: Alberta's other large publicly funded Catholic school division; comparable in mission (faith-based K-12), funding model (provincial grants), and program scope (inclusive education, transportation), serving as a strong regional peer.
• Bright Horizons Family Solutions: Large publicly listed provider of early childhood education, before/after school care, and K-12 enrichment; comparable on the before/after care and early-years programming dimensions that St. Pius X bundles into its offering.
• Edmonton Catholic Schools (ECSD): The parent public Catholic school division overseeing St. Pius X; directly comparable as the organizational structure that funds, governs, and supports the school, with shared programs (100 Voices Pre-K, transportation, EPL partnership).

Others

• Nord Anglia Education: Global premium K-12 school operator; comparable as a multi-site faith/values-aligned school operator with wraparound services, though operates on a fee-paying model rather than public funding.
• Cognita Schools: International group of K-12 schools; comparable as a multi-site school operator providing faith/values-driven education with extended services (before/after care, enrichment) — useful for benchmarking scale school-management practices.

Direct peers

• Edmonton Public Schools: Neighboring public school division serving the same Edmonton catchment; competes for the same families on academic programming, extracurriculars, and before/after care, making it the closest direct comparator for enrollment dynamics.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/stpiusxecsd
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/st.-pius-x-catholic-elementary-school

Compliance2 records

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Funding overview

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Investments

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