This is a list of schools (at the elementary and secondary level) that are located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. The three main school divisions encompassing the city are the Regina Board of Education (also known as the Regina public school board; the largest school division in the province), Regina Catholic Schools, the Roman Catholic school board, and the Conseil des Écoles Fransaskoises - also known as CÉF, the provincial Francophone school division. The public system has approximately 21,000 students enrolled across the city; the Catholic board has an enrolment number of approximately 10,000 students; and CÉF has about 500 students in this city. There are also a number of independent schools located in Regina, including Luther College High School and Regina Christian School.
Historically, the publicly funded separate schools were exclusively for the children of Catholic and Francophone families, who were, by way of ensuring continued support for the separate school system and also as a matter of Catholic doctrine, discouraged from enrolling in the public schools, which were officially secular but which originally maintained a degree of de facto Protestant religious education. Latterly, with a broadly secular ethos having taken hold across Canadian society and the general school population being considerably lower than in the past, enrollment by non-Catholic children in separate schools and by Catholic children in public schools has been less discouraged. This reflects that curricula for all schools in Saskatchewan are set by the provincial department of education, known as Saskatchewan Learning.
Francophone Education in Regina was inaugurated in 1980 when the city's francophone parents opened their own school. In the coming years, they would successfully seek to obtain control of their own school board through the courts, which eventually led to an amended Education Act in 1995 that effectively created a third public and legal entity of education in the province: la Division scolaire francophone No. 310.
In Saskatchewan, elementary school generally takes place from Kindergarten until completion of Grade 8; education to this level has always been mandatory. Secondary school generally takes place from Grade 9 until completion of Grade 12, with the exception of some schools which offer specialized K-12 programs and alternative schools. With exception to Mother Teresa Middle School in Regina and Sion Middle School in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan has declined to introduce specialized "junior high schools".
The first school opened in Regina in 1883, a year after the city was officially incorporated. It was located in the home of Miss Fanny Laidlaw.[1]
Al Pickard School – Closed in 1997. Demolished and is now a housing development.
Alexandra School (Red School) – Closed in 1910.
Assiniboine School - 3301 Robinson Street. Closed in 1985. Land redeveloped into a housing development called Lakeview Estates.
Athabasca School - 3905 Princess Drive. Closed in 2011. Repurposed as the Sikh Society of Regina.
Benson School – Closed in 1997. Demolished and replaced with Benson Manor, a seniors' residence.
Boyle School
Birchwood School - 23 Birchwood Road. Closed in 1986. Repurposed as Southside Pentecostal Assembly. Old playground redeveloped into condo units.
Crescent School - now Cornwall Alternative School.
Dieppe School - Closed in 2012.
Dover School - Demolished and replaced with houses.
Earl Grey School – Closed in 1933.
Elsie Dorsey School – 4201 Castle Road. Closed in 1997. Demolished and is now a housing development. The old playground remains as Elsie Dorsey Park.
Haultain Community School - Closed in 2012.
Herchmer Community School – Closed in 2008.
Highland Park School - Demolished and replaced with the Highland Mews housing development.
Innismore School - Demolished and replaced with the Subsurface Geological Laboratory.
Jean M. Brown School
Ken Jenkins Community School - Closed in 2010.
King Edward School
Lorne School - Demolished and replaced with Sinclair Supply Ltd.
Mable Brown School - Demolished and replaced with condominiums. The school's park remains intact.
McCannel School - 4040 Garnet Street. Closed in June 1984. Demolished a few year after closing and is now the site of McCannel Condominiums.
McLeod School - 3500 Queen Street. Repurposed as St. Mark's Lutheran Church.
McNab School - Building is still standing, but is now a church.
McNiven School - 1110 McNiven Avenue. Now Selo Gardens Personal Care Home and Community Centre.
Pasqua School - was the Pasqua Neighborhood Recreation Centre until it was demolished in 2011.
Peart School – Closed in 1997. Demolished and replaced with Wascana Villa housing development.
Queen Elizabeth School - Demolished and is now Queen Elizabeth Park.
R.J. Davidson School - Demolished and replaced with houses.
Regent Park School – Closed in 1997. Repurposed as The Gathering Place
Stewart Russell School – Closed in 2008. Demolished.
Strathcona School – 14th Ave & Broad Street. Closed in 1984. Demolished and now the site of the Strathcona Centre strip mall.
Transcona School - Demolished and is now the site of Transcona Park housing development.
Union School/White School (K-12) – Closed in 1905. Demolished and replaced with Simpsons Department Store. Is now the site of the Canada Trust Building.
old Victoria School – closed in 1958. Demolished and replaced with the downtown YMCA.
new Victoria School - 1915 Retallack Street. Closed in 2014.
W.C. Howe School - 30 Lockwood Road. Closed in 1997. Demolished and redeveloped as detached homes.
Wascana School - 4210 4th Ave. Closed in 2014. Redeveloped in Regina Adult Campus.
Wetmore School – 800-block 15th Avenue. Closed in 1997. Demolished and replaced with Wetmore Court housing development.
Gratton Catholic School – Closed in 1908. The contents were subsequently moved to the site of the original St. Mary School.
St. Andrew School - closed in 2017. Now École du Parc (francophone)
St. Anne School - Now a Catholic Family Services office.
St. James School - 2272 Pasqua Street. Repurposed as the Saskatchewan Express Musical Theatre Studio.
St. John School - 1601 Cowan Crescent. Now École Monseigneur de Laval.
St. Joseph School – Closed in 1989. Demolished and is now the site of a housing development.
St. Leo School - 4715 McTavish Street. Repurposed as the Beth Jacob Synagogue and Montessori School of Regina.
St. Mark School - Now Regina Church of Christ.
original St. Mary School – Closed in 1939. The school later re-opened in the north end. The SaskPower building now occupies the site of the original school.
St. Patrick School - Now Rosewood Park Alliance Church.
St. Paul School - Closed in June 1988. Demolished except for the gym. The gym is now part of the newly built Eastview Community Centre. St. Paul Place, seniors home, was built at the same time as the Eastview Community Centre on the land where the classrooms and part of the open school yard were located.
St. Philip School - Now Regina Huda School.
St. Thomas School - Demolished and replaced with Access Communications and Access Community Park.
Campion College High School – closed in 1975; now Regina Christian School.
Central Collegiate Institute (originally Regina Collegiate) – closed in 1985; demolished and is now the College Gardens, College Court and College Park condominium development.