Level 3 lottery · 2026–27 · EPSB

Riverbend is full for 2026–27. Here's where the overflow goes.

Riverbend is one of eleven Edmonton Public schools at capacity for 2026–27. Designated addresses go into a lottery, and students who don't get a spot are assigned Avalon — 3.5 km away.

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Overflow this year

Named backups — not the school next door.

Attendance areas as published 2021 · confirm current on EPSB

3.5 km

Avalon · 7-9

Named overflow if Riverbend is full for these grades.

Riverbend junior-high overflow is Avalon, 3.5 km away for grades 7–9. When Riverbend is Level 3, new resident students enter a lottery; students who don't get in are assigned to Avalon at that distance — not whichever school the listing happened to mention.

How to check this address

Three steps — ends at the board's finder.

Look up the address

Type the listing address in School Explorer for Riverbend's attendance area — not a neighbourhood name.

Confirm on FAST

Run the same address on EPSB Find a School. If our map and the board disagree, the board wins.

Check lottery and overflow

See whether Riverbend is Level 3 this year on the Growth Control Model. Lottery details: EPSB lottery process.

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Designated vs nearby — in plain words.

Designated school — the regular-program school assigned to your address by attendance area. This is the one that matters when you buy.
Nearby school — a school close to the house. Marketing language. It carries no enrolment right.

Full glossary — lottery, overflow, apply-not-catchment: Edmonton school catchments hub.

What this page won't tell you.

We don't publish school ratings or test scores. The province's file didn't hold up when we went to join it, and a made-up ranking is worse than none.

A designated school is not a reserved desk. Enrolment is the board's call, every year.

FAQ

Is Riverbend my designated school if I live nearby?

Only if the address sits in the attendance area for Riverbend. Living near the building is not the same test — confirm on EPSB Find a School.

Is Riverbend full for 2026–27?

Yes — Riverbend is on Edmonton Public's Level 3 lottery list for 2026–27. New resident students enter a lottery. Confirm current status on the Growth Control Model.

Where do overflow students from Riverbend go?

If the lottery doesn't go your way, EPSB names overflow schools: Avalon (7-9), 3.5 km. Distances are school building to school building where we have both locations on file.

Look up the address you're actually considering.

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