Calgary Catholic School District

The Calgary Catholic School District (CCSD) is the Catholic seperate school board in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. As a Catholic system in Alberta, the CCSD must accept Catholic students meeting residency and age requirements, but may refuse admission to non-Catholic students when accepting them could cause a space shortage or would threaten the Catholic majority of a school. The CCSD receives funding for all students from the provincial government of Alberta.

The CCSD is second in size to the city's other school board, the public Calgary Board of Education (CBE).

A group of seven elected trustees run the CCSD. Each trustee represents two wards in the city. They are elected every three years, in the regular municipal election. In the election, Calgary voters can only vote for a trustee to one (not both) of the two school boards. Voters for the CCSD will include Catholics and non-Catholics who support the Catholic system. The public (CBE) and Catholic (CCSD) systems operate independently of each other, and are both under the direct authority of the provincial government of Alberta.

For the 2004-2005 school year, there are approximately 43,000 students in the CCSD, with 96 schools in total. This is made up of 49 elementary schools, 28 elementary/junior high schools, 6 junior high schools, 8 senior high schools, 2 junior/senior high schools, 1 elementary/junior/senior high school and 2 schools for special needs students.