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Waltham city, MA
ZIP 02451 — Schools & Education
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2019–2023 5-Year Estimates. Page data updated 2026-08-02.
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School district, nearby K-12 schools, and universities
Schools & Education in ZIP 02451
K-12 nearby
100
Public
67
Private
33
Avg enrollment
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ZIP 02451 (Waltham, MA) is associated with Waltham School District (LEA 2512000) on US5’s NCES EDGE district mapping. District assignment is ZIP/ZCTA-based and can span multiple attendance boundaries — confirm school assignment with the district for enrollment.
Within about 10 miles, US5 lists 100 K-12 schools (67 public, 33 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 4.0 miles.
ACS estimates show about 0.3% of school-enrolled residents in this ZIP attending private school — a ZIP-level share, not a per-campus rate.
The nearest college/university on US5 is Bentley University about 1.9 miles away (4yr-private).
District & higher education
School district
Waltham School District
LEA ID
2512000
Private school share (ACS)
0.3%
Colleges & universities (100)
- Bentley University1.9 miles (3.0 km)4yr-private
- Brandeis University2.2 miles (3.6 km)4yr-private
- Lasell University3.9 miles (6.3 km)4yr-private
- Regis College4.3 miles (6.9 km)4yr-private
- Hebrew College4.3 miles (7.0 km)4yr-private
- Pope St John XXIII National Seminary4.9 miles (7.9 km)4yr-private
- Massachusetts Bay Community College5.9 miles (9.5 km)2yr-public
- Saint John's Seminary6.0 miles (9.7 km)4yr-private
- Boston College6.1 miles (9.9 km)4yr-private
- Longy School of Music of Bard College6.9 miles (11.1 km)4yr-private
- Babson College7.0 miles (11.2 km)4yr-private
- Tufts University7.0 miles (11.3 km)4yr-private
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- Lesley University7.2 miles (11.5 km)4yr-private
- Harvard University7.2 miles (11.6 km)4yr-private
- Franklin W Olin College of Engineering7.2 miles (11.6 km)4yr-private
- Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc7.5 miles (12.0 km)4yr-private
- William James College7.6 miles (12.2 km)4yr-private
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing7.6 miles (12.3 km)2yr-private
- Wellesley College7.8 miles (12.5 km)4yr-private
- National Aviation Academy of New England8.1 miles (13.0 km)2yr-private
- Boston University8.2 miles (13.2 km)4yr-private
- Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology8.5 miles (13.7 km)4yr-private
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology8.7 miles (14.0 km)4yr-private
- Emmanuel College8.7 miles (14.0 km)4yr-private
- Middlesex Community College8.8 miles (14.2 km)2yr-public
- Simmons University8.9 miles (14.4 km)4yr-private
- MCPHS University8.9 miles (14.4 km)4yr-private
- Massachusetts College of Art and Design9.0 miles (14.5 km)4yr-public
- New England College of Optometry9.2 miles (14.8 km)4yr-private
- Berklee College of Music9.2 miles (14.8 km)4yr-private
- Wentworth Institute of Technology9.2 miles (14.9 km)4yr-private
- Boston Architectural College9.3 miles (15.0 km)4yr-private
- Northeastern University Professional Programs9.4 miles (15.1 km)4yr-private
- Cambridge College9.4 miles (15.1 km)4yr-private
- Northeastern University9.4 miles (15.1 km)4yr-private
- Roxbury Community College9.4 miles (15.2 km)2yr-public
- The New England Conservatory of Music9.5 miles (15.3 km)4yr-private
- Hult International Business School9.6 miles (15.5 km)4yr-private
- Bunker Hill Community College9.7 miles (15.5 km)2yr-public
- Fisher College9.7 miles (15.6 km)4yr-private
- Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology10.1 miles (16.3 km)4yr-private
- New England Law-Boston10.2 miles (16.4 km)4yr-private
- Emerson College10.2 miles (16.4 km)4yr-private
- Sattler College10.2 miles (16.4 km)4yr-private
- Urban College of Boston10.3 miles (16.5 km)2yr-private
- University of Massachusetts-Central Office10.3 miles (16.6 km)4yr-public
- Suffolk University10.3 miles (16.6 km)4yr-private
- MGH Institute of Health Professions10.4 miles (16.8 km)4yr-private
- North Bennet Street School10.6 miles (17.0 km)2yr-private
- Framingham State University11.6 miles (18.7 km)4yr-public
- Boston Baptist College12.4 miles (20.0 km)4yr-private
- University of Massachusetts-Boston12.6 miles (20.3 km)4yr-public
- Curry College13.1 miles (21.1 km)4yr-private
- Laboure College of Healthcare13.8 miles (22.3 km)4yr-private
- Eastern Nazarene College15.3 miles (24.5 km)4yr-private
- FINE Mortuary College15.3 miles (24.6 km)2yr-private
- Quincy College16.3 miles (26.3 km)4yr-public
- University of Massachusetts-Lowell18.0 miles (29.0 km)4yr-public
- North Shore Community College19.8 miles (31.8 km)2yr-public
- Massachusetts School of Law19.9 miles (31.9 km)4yr-private
- Merrimack College19.9 miles (31.9 km)4yr-private
- Salem State University20.0 miles (32.2 km)4yr-public
- Montserrat College of Art22.0 miles (35.4 km)4yr-private
- Dean College22.8 miles (36.6 km)4yr-private
- Endicott College23.7 miles (38.2 km)4yr-private
- Stonehill College25.1 miles (40.3 km)4yr-private
- Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing25.3 miles (40.7 km)2yr-private
- Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary25.6 miles (41.2 km)4yr-private
- Rivier University25.7 miles (41.3 km)4yr-private
- Gordon College25.8 miles (41.6 km)4yr-private
- Massasoit Community College26.1 miles (42.0 km)2yr-public
- St Joseph School of Nursing26.9 miles (43.2 km)2yr-private
- Northpoint Bible College26.9 miles (43.3 km)4yr-private
- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School27.2 miles (43.7 km)4yr-public
- Quinsigamond Community College28.1 miles (45.3 km)2yr-public
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute29.5 miles (47.4 km)4yr-private
- Northern Essex Community College29.5 miles (47.5 km)2yr-public
- Wheaton College (Massachusetts)30.0 miles (48.3 km)4yr-private
- Assumption University30.1 miles (48.5 km)4yr-private
- Fitchburg State University30.2 miles (48.6 km)4yr-public
- College of the Holy Cross30.3 miles (48.8 km)4yr-private
- Thomas More College of Liberal Arts30.6 miles (49.2 km)4yr-private
- Nashua Community College30.6 miles (49.3 km)2yr-public
- Clark University30.7 miles (49.5 km)4yr-private
- Worcester State University31.4 miles (50.5 km)4yr-public
- Bridgewater State University31.8 miles (51.2 km)4yr-public
- Lincoln Technical Institute-Lincoln33.7 miles (54.3 km)2yr-private
- Anna Maria College34.2 miles (55.0 km)4yr-private
- Bryant University36.1 miles (58.0 km)4yr-private
- Providence College39.5 miles (63.5 km)4yr-private
- Mount Wachusett Community College39.5 miles (63.6 km)2yr-public
- Rhode Island College39.9 miles (64.1 km)4yr-public
- Rhode Island School of Design40.2 miles (64.7 km)4yr-private
- Brown University40.2 miles (64.7 km)4yr-private
- Johnson & Wales University-Providence40.7 miles (65.5 km)4yr-private
- Johnson & Wales University-Online40.7 miles (65.5 km)4yr-private
- College Unbound41.6 miles (67.0 km)4yr-private
- University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies Online42.1 miles (67.8 km)4yr-public
- University of New Hampshire at Manchester42.1 miles (67.8 km)4yr-public
- Nichols College42.3 miles (68.1 km)4yr-private
K-12 schools within ~10 miles
Sorted table with type, grades, enrollment, and distance. Data from NCES CCD / EDGE extracts.
| Grades | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MILESTONES DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 0.2 miles (0.3 km) |
| Douglas MacArthur Elementary School | public | — | — | 0.5 miles (0.8 km) |
| Waltham Sr High | public | — | — | 0.8 miles (1.3 km) |
| John F Kennedy Middle | public | — | — | 1.2 miles (1.9 km) |
| THE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL OF WESTON | private | — | — | 1.2 miles (1.9 km) |
| Thomas R Plympton Elementary School | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.0 km) |
| CHAPEL HILL CHAUNCY HALL SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.0 km) |
| Waltham Valor High School | public | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.2 km) |
| Dual Language School | public | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.2 km) |
| OUR LADYS ACADEMY | private | — | — | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) |
| COMMUNITY THERAPEUTIC DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.6 km) |
| Northeast Elementary School | public | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.7 km) |
| John W. McDevitt Middle School | public | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.8 km) |
| COTTING SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) |
| GANN ACADEMY-THE NEW JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.2 km) |
| William F. Stanley Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| GIFFORD SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.8 km) |
| Bowman | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| Jonas Clarke Middle | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| James Fitzgerald Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| Henry Whittemore Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| Bridge | public | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.6 km) |
| Franklin | public | — | — | 3.1 miles (4.9 km) |
| MEADOWBROOK SCHOOL OF WESTON | private | — | — | 3.1 miles (5.0 km) |
| JEWISH COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL, INC DBA JCDS BOSTONS | private | — | — | 3.1 miles (5.0 km) |
| Country | public | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.1 km) |
| Cunniff | public | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.2 km) |
| ARLINGTON SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.2 km) |
| C C Burr | public | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.2 km) |
| Field Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.2 km) |
| Maria Hastings | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.4 km) |
| Lexington High | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.4 km) |
| Lexington Children's Place | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.4 km) |
| Woodland | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.4 km) |
| WALDORF SCHOOL OF LEXINGTON | private | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| MEADOWRIDGE PELHAM ACADEMY | private | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| Minuteman Regional High | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| F A Day Middle | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| Lincoln School | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| Horace Mann | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.7 km) |
| Daniel Butler | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.7 km) |
| BELMONT DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.7 km) |
| BIRCHES SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.7 miles (5.9 km) |
| Newton Early Childhood Program | public | — | — | 3.7 miles (5.9 km) |
| Watertown Middle | public | — | — | 3.7 miles (6.0 km) |
| Watertown High | public | — | — | 3.7 miles (6.0 km) |
| Cyrus E Dallin | public | — | — | 3.7 miles (6.0 km) |
| LEARNING PREP SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.7 miles (6.0 km) |
| Williams | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.2 km) |
| THE CARROLL SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.3 km) |
| James Russell Lowell | public | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.4 km) |
| CNS/PATHWAYS ACADEMY | private | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.4 km) |
| Peirce | public | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.5 km) |
| THE GLOBAL MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| Lincoln-Eliot | public | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| LEXINGTON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | private | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| DEARBORN ACADEMY | private | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.7 km) |
| Brackett | public | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.7 km) |
| CLEARWAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.7 km) |
| JACKSON SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.8 km) |
| Hanscom School | public | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.8 km) |
| WALNUT PARK MONTESSORI | private | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.8 km) |
| NEW COVENANT SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.3 miles (6.8 km) |
| Roger E Wellington | public | — | — | 4.3 miles (6.9 km) |
| Newton North High | public | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.0 km) |
| Harrington | public | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.0 km) |
| Winthrop L Chenery Upper Elementary | public | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.1 km) |
| Ottoson Middle | public | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.1 km) |
| Cabot | public | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.2 km) |
| Peirce | public | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.2 km) |
| Belmont High | public | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.3 km) |
| FUSE SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.3 km) |
| Fiske | public | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.4 km) |
| Belmont Middle School | public | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.4 km) |
| Winn Brook | public | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.5 km) |
| Weston Middle | public | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.6 km) |
| Mary Lee Burbank | public | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.6 km) |
| Underwood | public | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.6 km) |
| Weston High | public | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.6 km) |
| Wm Diamond Middle | public | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.7 km) |
| PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND | private | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.7 km) |
| Claypit Hill School | public | — | — | 4.9 miles (7.8 km) |
| Bigelow Middle | public | — | — | 4.9 miles (7.8 km) |
| NEWTON COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.9 miles (7.9 km) |
| Hosmer | public | — | — | 4.9 miles (7.9 km) |
| Arlington High | public | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.0 km) |
| M Norcross Stratton | public | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.0 km) |
| Menotomy Preschool | public | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.1 km) |
| THE TREMONT SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.1 km) |
| A E Angier | public | — | — | 5.1 miles (8.1 km) |
| ST JOHN SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.1 miles (8.2 km) |
| Zervas | public | — | — | 5.1 miles (8.2 km) |
| FAYERWEATHER STREET SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.2 miles (8.4 km) |
| Schofield | public | — | — | 5.3 miles (8.6 km) |
| Mason-Rice | public | — | — | 5.3 miles (8.6 km) |
| ST STEPHEN'S ARMENIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.4 miles (8.7 km) |
| Haggerty | public | — | — | 5.4 miles (8.8 km) |
| John A Bishop | public | — | — | 5.5 miles (8.8 km) |
| Vinson-Owen Elementary | public | — | — | 5.5 miles (8.8 km) |
| ARLINGTON CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL/SAINT AGNES SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.5 miles (8.8 km) |
Schools FAQ for ZIP 02451
What school district is ZIP code 02451 in?
ZIP 02451 (Waltham, MA) maps to Waltham School District (LEA ID 2512000) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.
How many schools are near ZIP code 02451?
US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 67 public and 33 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.
What share of students in 02451 attend private school?
About 0.3% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 02451 attend private school (ACS estimate).
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Schools & Education key statistics
| Education | |
|---|---|
| Bachelor's or higher | 54.7% |
| High school | 20.6% |
| Less than HS | 6.5% |
| School district | Waltham School District |