Top 7 Rental Buildings Near Top-Rated Schools in Edmonton

The strongest rental buildings near top-rated schools Edmonton renters can shortlist sit in Garneau, the Strathcona area, west Edmonton, and Windermere, but the school that ranks tied first of 292 in Alberta, Old Scona, admits by application, while Windsor Park School is a kindergarten to Grade 6 neighbourhood school with a lottery of its own. This guide pairs seven buildings with the nearest ranked elementary or high school from the Fraser Institute, quotes owner rents read between September 28 and October 1, 2026, and marks every place where an address does not guarantee a seat. Catchments change, so each address needs a check with the school board.

What do the Fraser Institute rankings tell an Edmonton renter?

Fraser Institute report cards score each Alberta school out of 10 on provincial test results and related academic indicators, and the rank compares a school with every school in Alberta, not only with Edmonton schools. This post uses the Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools 2024 (published September 4, 2024, ranking 730 schools, with data to the 2022/23 school year) and the Report Card on Alberta’s High Schools 2025 (published September 11, 2025, ranking 292 schools, with data to 2023/24). Fraser’s report card listings showed no newer Alberta elementary or high school edition on October 1, 2026, so the elementary ranks are two years old.

A rank measures academic indicators such as test results, not teaching quality, and it says nothing about whether a child can enrol. Independent schools rank highly in both reports but typically set their own admission rules instead of assigning students by home address, so this guide leaves them out and sticks to public and Catholic schools, where a building’s address can matter.

Does living near a top-ranked school get a child a seat?

No. Edmonton Public Schools (EPSB) says on its school pages that students who live inside a school’s attendance area are eligible to attend, and that students outside the area may still enrol if the school has room and has not closed its boundaries. Several top-ranked schools also run a lottery for new students. The school page for Windsor Park lists open boundaries for 2025 to 2026, with limited spaces for out-of-area students and a lottery for new students.

Constable Daniel Woodall School in Windermere is stricter. Its school page for Constable Daniel Woodall says it is a school with closed boundaries where only resident students who live in the attendance area, and siblings of current students returning to the school, can enrol, and that it is also subject to a lottery. The EPSB page for Old Scona describes an academic alternative and International Baccalaureate program for Grades 10 to 12 that is subject to a lottery, and its application page said on October 1, 2026 that information for the 2027 to 2028 school year would be available in December 2026. Old Scona is application-based, so ask the school whether a nearby address helps at all before counting on it.

Catholic schools follow their own rules. Archbishop MacDonald High School belongs to Edmonton Catholic Schools, and the division’s registration page did not spell out priority rules for Catholic or non-Catholic students when read on October 1, 2026, so ask the division directly before counting on a seat.

How do you find which school an Edmonton apartment is zoned for?

Enter the exact street address in the school board’s own tool, then ask the school to confirm in writing, because attendance areas are set school year by school year and a neighbouring building can sit on the other side of a boundary. EPSB posts attendance area maps for 2026 to 2027 on each school’s page and asks families to contact the school to confirm eligibility or bus service, and Edmonton Catholic Schools points families to its Find your designated school tool.

For the commute leg, the City of Edmonton’s trip planner shows routes and alerts for the address you are considering. Catchment must be confirmed with the school board, and the walking distances below are either quoted from an owner or approximate, so confirm on a map.

Is it more expensive to rent near a top-rated school in Edmonton?

The sources read for this guide do not measure a school premium, but rents do vary by Edmonton sector. liv.rent’s September 2026 Calgary and Edmonton rent report puts Edmonton’s Southwest sector highest for unfurnished one-bedroom asking rents at $1,345, against a citywide average of $1,254 and $1,183 in the Northeast, the lowest sector on that measure. Windermere Village Apartments is in the Windermere area of southwest Edmonton, but the report draws its own sector lines, so this guide does not claim the building falls in the Southwest sector.

The report counts asking rents across the whole city, so it is a market gauge and not what any single building charges. The building rents below are “from” asking rents read on owner websites between September 28 and October 1, 2026, and they change often, from $1,050 for a one-bedroom at Garneau Towers to $1,366 at Windsor Park Plaza & Lofts.

Which rental buildings are near Windsor Park School in Garneau?

Windsor Park School (8720 118 Street NW, kindergarten to Grade 6) is tied 21st of 730 with a 9.0 rating in Fraser’s 2024 elementary ranking. Three rental buildings in Garneau sit roughly one to two kilometres from it by street numbers (approx., confirm on a map): Garneau Towers, Windsor Park Plaza & Lofts, and Terrace Tower. None of the three owners names the school, so the link is by address only and the distances were not measured.

Garneau Towers

The property manager’s listing (Uniti, at unitiipm.com) read on September 28, 2026 shows Garneau Towers at 8510 111 Street NW with studios from $985 (430 square feet), one-bedrooms from $1,050 (630 square feet), and two-bedrooms from $1,250 (840 square feet). Heat, water, sewage, and garbage collection are included, and the page lists a fitness room, storage lockers, on-site laundry, and a dog run. The listing says the University of Alberta campus is “just minutes away” and describes “excellent public transit connections”. The liv.rent building page adds a business centre and a barbecue patio.

Windsor Park Plaza & Lofts

The owner’s site, run by Westcorp Property Management Inc., gives the address as 8210 111 Street NW, and liv.rent lists Windsor Park Plaza & Lofts under 11135 83 Avenue NW, so confirm the exact address with the manager before you visit. On October 1, 2026 the floor plans page showed loft studios from $1,385 (455 square feet), one-bedrooms from $1,366 (775 to 820 square feet), and two-bedrooms from $2,043 (882 square feet), with one month free offered under stated terms. Amenities include a gym and pool, co-working space, and conference centre, plus a Starbucks on the main floor and a connection to H-Mart, and up to two small pets are welcome. The owner says the building is minutes from the University of Alberta campus.

Terrace Tower

Boardwalk’s Terrace Tower page lists 11025 82 Avenue NW with one-bedrooms from $1,339 (600 square feet), two-bedrooms from $1,614 (970 square feet), and heat and water included, and it showed every suite type on a waitlist when read again on October 1, 2026. Cats and dogs are allowed, and the amenities are a fitness room, a kids club, an on-site hair salon, and card-operated laundry, with outside parking at $60 a month. It is not on liv.rent’s building list from September 2026, and the page names no schools or transit routes.

What can you rent near Old Scona and Strathcona High on 106 Street?

Old Scona (10523 84 Avenue NW, Grades 10 to 12) is tied for first of 292 (with two Calgary schools) with a 10.0 rating in Fraser’s 2025 high school report card, and Strathcona High School (10450 72 Avenue NW, Grades 10 to 12) is tied 33rd at 8.1. Both are EPSB schools, and the EPSB page for each says it is subject to a lottery for new students, so treat both as places to apply and confirm, not places a lease secures. Two buildings on the 106 Street corridor sit a few blocks from Old Scona by street numbers, roughly 0.6 kilometres (approx., confirm on a map).

Southpark on Whyte

Southpark on Whyte at 8122 106 Street NW is managed by Integro Management Services Inc. according to its own website, which showed two-bedrooms from $1,900 and a promotion of six weeks of free rent. The one-bedroom rent was not shown on the pages read, so ask the manager. Amenities listed are a fitness centre, a rooftop lounge patio, a dog spa, a guest suite, and LEED certification, and the owner quotes a Walk Score of 94 with bike lanes at the door. No school is named, and the building is roughly 0.6 kilometres from Old Scona by street numbers (approx., confirm on a map). Strathcona High, at 10450 72 Avenue NW, is farther south by street numbers.

Tower on the Hill

Boardwalk’s Tower on the Hill page lists 8708 106 Street NW with one-bedrooms from $1,270 (670 to 755 square feet, on a waitlist) and two-bedrooms from $1,599 (1,067 to 1,142 square feet, available), with heat and water included. It allows cats only and lists a social room, coffee station, barbecue patio, kids club, and underground parking at $80 a month. Like Southpark on Whyte, it is a few blocks from Old Scona by street numbers (approx., confirm on a map), and it is not on liv.rent’s building list from September 2026.

Which building is near Archbishop MacDonald High School?

Kings Court at 11065 149 Street NW is the one building here whose owner names a ranked high school and quotes a walk time. Archbishop MacDonald is ninth of 292 with a 9.1 rating in Fraser’s 2025 ranking, and Mainstreet Equity’s page says the school is a 15 to 17 minute walk or a four-minute drive away.

On September 28, 2026 the Mainstreet Equity listing showed one-bedrooms from $1,219 (607 to 640 square feet), two-bedrooms from $1,439, and three-bedrooms from $1,549, with electricity, heat, and water included, a $499 security deposit, and pets welcome. The same page says Coronation School, an International Baccalaureate primary school, is a 15 to 18 minute walk. Coronation is tied 169th of 730 at 7.3 in Fraser’s 2024 elementary ranking, so this building suits a parent who weighs the high school more heavily than the elementary. Those are the owner’s walk times, not ours.

What about a family-sized rental in Windermere?

Windermere Village Apartments at 3707 and 3711 Whitelaw Lane is the family-sized option in southwest Edmonton. The manager’s page, run by Centurion Property Associates Inc., listed two-bedrooms from $1,599 with heat included, water and hydro extra, laundry listed as included, and pets welcome, plus an advertised offer of up to two months free rent and an October 10, 2026 move-in date.

The owner names St. John XXIII Edmonton Catholic School nearby without a distance, and Fraser’s 2024 ranking has it tied 169th of 730 at 7.3. A highly ranked elementary school in the same part of southwest Edmonton is Constable Daniel Woodall School (315 Windermere Road NW), tied 31st at 8.8, but its closed boundaries mean whether Whitelaw Lane falls inside the attendance area is a question for EPSB, not something to assume. No top-rated high school could be tied to this address from the sources read.

How do the seven buildings compare?

The table sets each building beside the nearest ranked school the research could support, using Fraser ranks from the 2024 elementary and 2025 high school editions and owner rents read between September 28 and October 1, 2026.

Building	Nearest ranked school	Fraser rating and rank	Owner “from” rent	Distance basis	Admission point to check
Garneau Towers	Windsor Park School (elementary)	9.0, tied 21st of 730	One-bedroom from $1,050	Estimated by street numbers, confirm on a map	Open boundaries for 2025 to 2026 and lottery per EPSB
Windsor Park Plaza & Lofts	Windsor Park School (elementary)	9.0, tied 21st of 730	One-bedroom from $1,366	Estimated by street numbers, confirm on a map	Open boundaries for 2025 to 2026 and lottery per EPSB
Terrace Tower	Windsor Park School (elementary)	9.0, tied 21st of 730	One-bedroom from $1,339 (waitlist)	Estimated by street numbers, confirm on a map	Open boundaries for 2025 to 2026 and lottery per EPSB
Southpark on Whyte	Old Scona (high school)	10.0, tied first of 292	Two-bedroom from $1,900	About 0.6 km by street numbers, confirm on a map	Application and lottery, information for 2027 to 2028 due December 2026
Tower on the Hill	Old Scona (high school)	10.0, tied first of 292	One-bedroom from $1,270 (waitlist)	About 0.6 km by street numbers, confirm on a map	Application and lottery, information for 2027 to 2028 due December 2026
Kings Court	Archbishop MacDonald (high school)	9.1, ninth of 292	One-bedroom from $1,219	Owner: 15 to 17 minute walk	Confirm with Edmonton Catholic Schools
Windermere Village Apartments	Constable Daniel Woodall (elementary)	8.8, tied 31st of 730	Two-bedroom from $1,599	Not measured	Closed boundaries and lottery per EPSB

What should Alberta renters know about rent increases near a sought-after school?

Alberta does not cap rent increases, so a building near a sought-after school can raise rent by any amount once an increase is allowed. According to Alberta.ca guidance on rent increases during a tenancy (read October 1, 2026), a landlord must give three full tenancy months’ written notice for a month-to-month tenancy, cannot raise rent during a fixed term, and cannot raise it until 365 days have passed since the tenancy began or the last increase, whichever is later. This is general information, not legal advice.

Before you sign, confirm the school question in writing and the rent terms in the lease. Our guides to rent deposits in Alberta and landlord and tenant responsibilities in Alberta cover the lease side, and current Edmonton listings show what is available now.

Which Edmonton schools rank highest in the Fraser Institute report cards?

Among Edmonton high schools, Fraser’s 2025 Alberta edition ranks Old Scona tied first of 292 at 10.0 and Archbishop MacDonald ninth at 9.1. Among elementary schools, the 2024 edition ranks Stratford tied fifth of 730 at 9.8, and Windsor Park is tied 21st at 9.0. Ranks are provincewide academic measures, not guarantees of a seat.

Does renting near a top-rated school guarantee my child a spot in Edmonton?

No. Edmonton Public Schools makes students who live inside a school’s attendance area eligible to attend, and several schools also run lotteries or have closed boundaries. Constable Daniel Woodall School lists closed boundaries, and Windsor Park lists open boundaries for 2025 to 2026, with limited spaces. Confirm the exact address with the school before signing a lease.

How do I find which school my Edmonton apartment is zoned for?

Use the school board’s own tools with the full street address. Edmonton Public Schools posts attendance area maps on each school’s page, and Edmonton Catholic Schools has a Find your designated school tool. Then ask the school to confirm eligibility in writing, because attendance areas are set school year by school year.

Can I get into Old Scona just by living nearby?

No. Edmonton Public Schools describes Old Scona as an academic alternative and International Baccalaureate program for Grades 10 to 12 that is subject to a lottery for new students. Its application page said on October 1, 2026 that information for 2027 to 2028 would be available in December 2026.

Is it more expensive to rent near top-rated schools in Edmonton?

It depends on the sector, and the sources read do not measure a school premium. liv.rent‘s September 2026 Calgary and Edmonton rent report puts the Southwest’s unfurnished one-bedroom average at $1,345, the highest sector, against $1,254 citywide. Owner “from” one-bedroom rents in this post ran from $1,050 to $1,366 between September 28 and October 1, 2026.

How old are the Fraser school rankings for Alberta?

The newest Alberta elementary edition found is the 2024 report, published September 4, 2024, with data to the 2022/23 school year. The newest high school edition found is 2025, published September 11, 2025. Fraser’s report card listings showed no newer Alberta edition on October 1, 2026, so treat the elementary ranks as two years old.