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ZIP 02461 — 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 02461
K-12 nearby
100
Public
60
Private
40
Avg enrollment
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ZIP 02461 (Newton, MA) is associated with Newton School District (LEA 2508610) 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 (60 public, 40 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 3.0 miles.
ACS estimates show about 0.6% 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 William James College about 1.6 miles away (4yr-private).
District & higher education
School district
Newton School District
LEA ID
2508610
Private school share (ACS)
0.6%
Colleges & universities (100)
- William James College1.6 miles (2.5 km)4yr-private
- Hebrew College2.2 miles (3.5 km)4yr-private
- Boston College2.3 miles (3.7 km)4yr-private
- Lasell University2.5 miles (4.1 km)4yr-private
- Massachusetts Bay Community College2.9 miles (4.7 km)2yr-public
- Saint John's Seminary2.9 miles (4.7 km)4yr-private
- Babson College3.3 miles (5.2 km)4yr-private
- Franklin W Olin College of Engineering3.3 miles (5.4 km)4yr-private
- Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology3.9 miles (6.3 km)4yr-private
- Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc4.0 miles (6.5 km)4yr-private
- Brandeis University4.3 miles (7.0 km)4yr-private
- Bentley University4.8 miles (7.7 km)4yr-private
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- Wellesley College5.4 miles (8.7 km)4yr-private
- Emmanuel College5.5 miles (8.8 km)4yr-private
- MCPHS University5.5 miles (8.9 km)4yr-private
- Boston University5.5 miles (8.9 km)4yr-private
- Pope St John XXIII National Seminary5.5 miles (8.9 km)4yr-private
- Massachusetts College of Art and Design5.6 miles (9.1 km)4yr-public
- Simmons University5.7 miles (9.1 km)4yr-private
- Roxbury Community College5.7 miles (9.2 km)2yr-public
- Regis College5.8 miles (9.4 km)4yr-private
- Wentworth Institute of Technology5.8 miles (9.4 km)4yr-private
- Harvard University6.0 miles (9.6 km)4yr-private
- Longy School of Music of Bard College6.0 miles (9.6 km)4yr-private
- Northeastern University6.2 miles (10.0 km)4yr-private
- Northeastern University Professional Programs6.2 miles (10.0 km)4yr-private
- Lesley University6.3 miles (10.1 km)4yr-private
- Berklee College of Music6.3 miles (10.2 km)4yr-private
- The New England Conservatory of Music6.3 miles (10.2 km)4yr-private
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology6.5 miles (10.4 km)4yr-private
- Boston Architectural College6.5 miles (10.5 km)4yr-private
- New England College of Optometry6.6 miles (10.6 km)4yr-private
- Boston Baptist College6.6 miles (10.6 km)4yr-private
- Curry College7.2 miles (11.5 km)4yr-private
- Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology7.2 miles (11.7 km)4yr-private
- Fisher College7.3 miles (11.7 km)4yr-private
- New England Law-Boston7.5 miles (12.1 km)4yr-private
- Emerson College7.6 miles (12.2 km)4yr-private
- Urban College of Boston7.7 miles (12.3 km)2yr-private
- Tufts University7.7 miles (12.5 km)4yr-private
- Hult International Business School7.8 miles (12.6 km)4yr-private
- Suffolk University8.0 miles (12.8 km)4yr-private
- Sattler College8.0 miles (12.8 km)4yr-private
- University of Massachusetts-Central Office8.0 miles (12.8 km)4yr-public
- Bunker Hill Community College8.1 miles (13.0 km)2yr-public
- Cambridge College8.1 miles (13.1 km)4yr-private
- North Bennet Street School8.4 miles (13.5 km)2yr-private
- Laboure College of Healthcare8.5 miles (13.7 km)4yr-private
- University of Massachusetts-Boston8.7 miles (14.0 km)4yr-public
- MGH Institute of Health Professions8.8 miles (14.1 km)4yr-private
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing8.9 miles (14.4 km)2yr-private
- FINE Mortuary College9.4 miles (15.1 km)2yr-private
- Eastern Nazarene College10.5 miles (16.9 km)4yr-private
- Quincy College11.3 miles (18.2 km)4yr-public
- Framingham State University11.9 miles (19.1 km)4yr-public
- National Aviation Academy of New England13.6 miles (21.9 km)2yr-private
- Middlesex Community College14.7 miles (23.7 km)2yr-public
- Dean College18.8 miles (30.2 km)4yr-private
- Stonehill College19.0 miles (30.5 km)4yr-private
- Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing19.3 miles (31.0 km)2yr-private
- Massasoit Community College20.1 miles (32.3 km)2yr-public
- Salem State University20.6 miles (33.2 km)4yr-public
- North Shore Community College22.4 miles (36.1 km)2yr-public
- Montserrat College of Art23.3 miles (37.5 km)4yr-private
- University of Massachusetts-Lowell24.0 miles (38.6 km)4yr-public
- Wheaton College (Massachusetts)24.3 miles (39.0 km)4yr-private
- Merrimack College24.6 miles (39.6 km)4yr-private
- Endicott College24.8 miles (39.9 km)4yr-private
- Massachusetts School of Law25.2 miles (40.6 km)4yr-private
- Bridgewater State University25.7 miles (41.4 km)4yr-public
- Gordon College27.2 miles (43.8 km)4yr-private
- Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary27.5 miles (44.2 km)4yr-private
- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School28.5 miles (45.9 km)4yr-public
- Lincoln Technical Institute-Lincoln29.6 miles (47.7 km)2yr-private
- Quinsigamond Community College30.1 miles (48.4 km)2yr-public
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute30.9 miles (49.7 km)4yr-private
- College of the Holy Cross31.3 miles (50.3 km)4yr-private
- Northpoint Bible College31.6 miles (50.9 km)4yr-private
- Rivier University31.8 miles (51.1 km)4yr-private
- Assumption University31.9 miles (51.3 km)4yr-private
- Clark University31.9 miles (51.3 km)4yr-private
- Bryant University32.3 miles (52.0 km)4yr-private
- Worcester State University32.8 miles (52.7 km)4yr-public
- St Joseph School of Nursing33.0 miles (53.0 km)2yr-private
- Northern Essex Community College34.1 miles (54.8 km)2yr-public
- Providence College34.9 miles (56.1 km)4yr-private
- Fitchburg State University35.1 miles (56.5 km)4yr-public
- Rhode Island College35.4 miles (57.0 km)4yr-public
- Brown University35.4 miles (57.0 km)4yr-private
- Rhode Island School of Design35.4 miles (57.0 km)4yr-private
- Johnson & Wales University-Online36.0 miles (57.9 km)4yr-private
- Johnson & Wales University-Providence36.0 miles (57.9 km)4yr-private
- Anna Maria College36.4 miles (58.6 km)4yr-private
- Thomas More College of Liberal Arts36.7 miles (59.0 km)4yr-private
- Nashua Community College36.7 miles (59.1 km)2yr-public
- College Unbound36.9 miles (59.3 km)4yr-private
- Bristol Community College41.4 miles (66.6 km)2yr-public
- Nichols College41.6 miles (66.9 km)4yr-private
- Mount Wachusett Community College44.0 miles (70.8 km)2yr-public
- Community College of Rhode Island44.1 miles (71.0 km)2yr-public
K-12 schools within ~10 miles
Sorted table with type, grades, enrollment, and distance. Data from NCES CCD / EDGE extracts.
| Grades | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Countryside | public | — | — | 0.4 miles (0.6 km) |
| FUSION ACADEMY NEWTON | private | — | — | 0.9 miles (1.4 km) |
| Oak Hill Middle | public | — | — | 0.9 miles (1.5 km) |
| WELLAN MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 0.9 miles (1.5 km) |
| Bowen | public | — | — | 1.0 miles (1.6 km) |
| Charles E Brown Middle | public | — | — | 1.0 miles (1.6 km) |
| Zervas | public | — | — | 1.0 miles (1.7 km) |
| Newton South High | public | — | — | 1.0 miles (1.7 km) |
| Mason-Rice | public | — | — | 1.1 miles (1.8 km) |
| NEEHAM MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.2 miles (1.9 km) |
| RIVERSIDE SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.2 miles (1.9 km) |
| A E Angier | public | — | — | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) |
| Memorial Spaulding | public | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) |
| SOLOMON SCHECHTER DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| SOLOMON SCHECHTEE DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| John Eliot | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| Newton North High | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) |
| NEWTON COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.3 km) |
| BEAVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| Joseph E Fiske | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| John Ward | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| William Mitchell | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| Peirce | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| Preschool at Wellesley Schools | public | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.5 km) |
| MOUNT ALVERNIA ACADEMY | private | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.6 km) |
| Cabot | public | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.6 km) |
| B C CAMPUS SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.6 km) |
| BRIMMER & MAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.8 km) |
| LEARNING PREP SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.9 km) |
| Schofield | public | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.9 km) |
| Sunita L. Williams Elementary | public | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.9 km) |
| Needham High | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| Newton Early Childhood Program | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| Broadmeadow | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| DEARBORN ACADEMY | private | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.3 km) |
| Edith C Baker | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.3 km) |
| CLEARWAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.3 km) |
| YESHIVA OHR YISRAEL HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS | private | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.4 km) |
| JACKSON SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.4 km) |
| WALNUT PARK MONTESSORI | private | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) |
| Williams | public | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) |
| ST JOSEPH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) |
| Bigelow Middle | public | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) |
| F A Day Middle | public | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.6 km) |
| Underwood | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.6 km) |
| ST JOHN SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) |
| Lincoln-Eliot | public | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.8 km) |
| Brookline Early Education Program at Putterham | public | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.8 km) |
| Horace Mann | public | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.8 km) |
| Pollard Middle | public | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.8 km) |
| C C Burr | public | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.9 km) |
| Franklin | public | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.9 km) |
| Edison Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.1 miles (4.9 km) |
| Roland Hayes | public | — | — | 3.1 miles (4.9 km) |
| BAIS YAAKOV OF BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.1 miles (5.0 km) |
| Lyon K-8 School | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.3 km) |
| Winship Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.4 km) |
| Lyon High School | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.4 km) |
| ST SEBASTIANS SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.4 km) |
| SHALOH HOUSE HEBREW DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| Lyndon K-8 School | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| CATHOLIC MEMORIAL | private | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND | private | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| APPLE ORCHARD SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| John D Runkle | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| Henry Whittemore Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| THE RASHI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| High Rock School | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.7 km) |
| Newman Elementary | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.7 km) |
| Riverdale | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.7 km) |
| DEXTER SOUTHFIELD | private | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.7 km) |
| JEWISH COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL, INC DBA JCDS BOSTONS | private | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.7 km) |
| HOLY NAME PARISH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.8 km) |
| THE PARK SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.7 miles (5.9 km) |
| MESIVTA HIGH SCHOOL OF GREATER BOSTON | private | — | — | 3.7 miles (5.9 km) |
| ST THERESA SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.7 miles (5.9 km) |
| ST COLUMBKILLE PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.7 miles (5.9 km) |
| TORAH ACADEMY | private | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.1 km) |
| Baldwin Early Learning Pilot Academy | public | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.1 km) |
| Watertown High | public | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.1 km) |
| Brighton High School | public | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.1 km) |
| Boston Green Academy Horace Mann Charter School | public | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.2 km) |
| Kilmer K-8 School | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.2 km) |
| Wellesley Sr High | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.2 km) |
| Watertown Middle | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.3 km) |
| Manning Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.3 km) |
| Michael Driscoll | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.3 km) |
| KENNEDY DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.4 km) |
| BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BOSTON | private | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.4 km) |
| MAIMONIDES SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.4 km) |
| MAIMONIDES | private | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.4 km) |
| William H Lincoln | public | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.5 km) |
| Hosmer | public | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.5 km) |
| Brookline Early Education Program at Clark Road | public | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.5 km) |
| Brookline High | public | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| William F. Stanley Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| Cunniff | public | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| Mozart Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.7 km) |
| PALLOTTA DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.7 km) |
| MEADOWBROOK SCHOOL OF WESTON | private | — | — | 4.3 miles (6.9 km) |
Schools FAQ for ZIP 02461
What school district is ZIP code 02461 in?
ZIP 02461 (Newton, MA) maps to Newton School District (LEA ID 2508610) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.
How many schools are near ZIP code 02461?
US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 60 public and 40 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.
What share of students in 02461 attend private school?
About 0.6% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 02461 attend private school (ACS estimate).
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Schools & Education key statistics
| Education | |
|---|---|
| Bachelor's or higher | 88.0% |
| High school | 4.9% |
| Less than HS | 3.5% |
| School district | Newton School District |