bateman once had a school that covered grades k–12, but closed due to the consolidation of schools. in 1966, bateman lost its grade 12 classes, and a few years after that the school would again lose grades 10 and 11, to the neighbouring town of gravelbourg, leaving only grade nine for the high-school level, eventually being moved there as well, leaving just the elementary classes. in 1996, bateman's school finally closed for good.