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ZIP 02478 — 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 02478
K-12 nearby
100
Public
64
Private
36
Avg enrollment
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ZIP 02478 (Belmont, MA) is associated with Arlington School District (LEA 2501980) 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 (64 public, 36 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 2.7 miles.
ACS estimates show about 0.9% 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 2.3 miles away (4yr-private).
District & higher education
School district
Arlington School District
LEA ID
2501980
Private school share (ACS)
0.9%
Colleges & universities (100)
- Bentley University2.3 miles (3.7 km)4yr-private
- Longy School of Music of Bard College3.1 miles (5.0 km)4yr-private
- Tufts University3.3 miles (5.3 km)4yr-private
- Lesley University3.4 miles (5.4 km)4yr-private
- Harvard University3.5 miles (5.6 km)4yr-private
- Saint John's Seminary3.7 miles (5.9 km)4yr-private
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing4.1 miles (6.6 km)2yr-private
- Boston College4.1 miles (6.6 km)4yr-private
- Brandeis University4.6 miles (7.3 km)4yr-private
- Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc4.6 miles (7.4 km)4yr-private
- Boston University4.8 miles (7.7 km)4yr-private
- Lasell University4.9 miles (7.9 km)4yr-private
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology5.1 miles (8.2 km)4yr-private
- Hebrew College5.2 miles (8.3 km)4yr-private
- Emmanuel College5.4 miles (8.8 km)4yr-private
- Cambridge College5.6 miles (9.0 km)4yr-private
- Simmons University5.6 miles (9.1 km)4yr-private
- New England College of Optometry5.6 miles (9.1 km)4yr-private
- MCPHS University5.7 miles (9.2 km)4yr-private
- Berklee College of Music5.7 miles (9.2 km)4yr-private
- Massachusetts College of Art and Design5.8 miles (9.3 km)4yr-public
- Boston Architectural College5.8 miles (9.4 km)4yr-private
- Bunker Hill Community College5.8 miles (9.4 km)2yr-public
- Hult International Business School5.9 miles (9.4 km)4yr-private
- Wentworth Institute of Technology6.0 miles (9.6 km)4yr-private
- Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology6.0 miles (9.7 km)4yr-private
- Northeastern University Professional Programs6.0 miles (9.7 km)4yr-private
- Northeastern University6.0 miles (9.7 km)4yr-private
- Fisher College6.1 miles (9.8 km)4yr-private
- The New England Conservatory of Music6.1 miles (9.8 km)4yr-private
- Roxbury Community College6.3 miles (10.1 km)2yr-public
- Sattler College6.5 miles (10.4 km)4yr-private
- Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology6.6 miles (10.6 km)4yr-private
- New England Law-Boston6.6 miles (10.6 km)4yr-private
- Emerson College6.6 miles (10.6 km)4yr-private
- MGH Institute of Health Professions6.6 miles (10.6 km)4yr-private
- University of Massachusetts-Central Office6.6 miles (10.6 km)4yr-public
- Urban College of Boston6.6 miles (10.6 km)2yr-private
- Suffolk University6.6 miles (10.7 km)4yr-private
- North Bennet Street School6.8 miles (10.9 km)2yr-private
- William James College7.0 miles (11.3 km)4yr-private
- Massachusetts Bay Community College7.2 miles (11.5 km)2yr-public
- Regis College7.3 miles (11.8 km)4yr-private
- Pope St John XXIII National Seminary7.7 miles (12.4 km)4yr-private
- Babson College8.0 miles (12.9 km)4yr-private
- Franklin W Olin College of Engineering8.2 miles (13.2 km)4yr-private
- University of Massachusetts-Boston9.3 miles (14.9 km)4yr-public
- Wellesley College9.6 miles (15.5 km)4yr-private
- Middlesex Community College10.1 miles (16.3 km)2yr-public
- Boston Baptist College10.4 miles (16.7 km)4yr-private
- Laboure College of Healthcare11.2 miles (18.0 km)4yr-private
- Curry College11.3 miles (18.2 km)4yr-private
- National Aviation Academy of New England11.5 miles (18.5 km)2yr-private
- Eastern Nazarene College12.2 miles (19.6 km)4yr-private
- Quincy College13.4 miles (21.5 km)4yr-public
- FINE Mortuary College14.8 miles (23.8 km)2yr-private
- Framingham State University14.8 miles (23.8 km)4yr-public
- Salem State University16.6 miles (26.7 km)4yr-public
- North Shore Community College17.3 miles (27.8 km)2yr-public
- Montserrat College of Art18.8 miles (30.3 km)4yr-private
- Merrimack College19.1 miles (30.7 km)4yr-private
- University of Massachusetts-Lowell19.3 miles (31.1 km)4yr-public
- Massachusetts School of Law19.8 miles (31.9 km)4yr-private
- Endicott College20.4 miles (32.9 km)4yr-private
- Gordon College22.7 miles (36.6 km)4yr-private
- Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary22.7 miles (36.6 km)4yr-private
- Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing23.3 miles (37.5 km)2yr-private
- Stonehill College23.8 miles (38.3 km)4yr-private
- Dean College24.1 miles (38.8 km)4yr-private
- Massasoit Community College24.2 miles (38.9 km)2yr-public
- Northpoint Bible College26.1 miles (42.0 km)4yr-private
- Rivier University27.6 miles (44.4 km)4yr-private
- Northern Essex Community College28.5 miles (45.9 km)2yr-public
- St Joseph School of Nursing28.8 miles (46.4 km)2yr-private
- Wheaton College (Massachusetts)29.6 miles (47.7 km)4yr-private
- Bridgewater State University30.1 miles (48.4 km)4yr-public
- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School30.8 miles (49.6 km)4yr-public
- Quinsigamond Community College31.9 miles (51.3 km)2yr-public
- Thomas More College of Liberal Arts32.4 miles (52.1 km)4yr-private
- Nashua Community College32.6 miles (52.5 km)2yr-public
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute33.1 miles (53.3 km)4yr-private
- Fitchburg State University33.8 miles (54.4 km)4yr-public
- Assumption University33.9 miles (54.5 km)4yr-private
- College of the Holy Cross33.9 miles (54.5 km)4yr-private
- Clark University34.4 miles (55.3 km)4yr-private
- Worcester State University35.0 miles (56.4 km)4yr-public
- Lincoln Technical Institute-Lincoln35.0 miles (56.4 km)2yr-private
- Bryant University37.6 miles (60.6 km)4yr-private
- Anna Maria College38.0 miles (61.1 km)4yr-private
- Providence College40.4 miles (65.0 km)4yr-private
- Rhode Island College40.9 miles (65.8 km)4yr-public
- Brown University41.0 miles (65.9 km)4yr-private
- Rhode Island School of Design41.0 miles (66.0 km)4yr-private
- Johnson & Wales University-Providence41.5 miles (66.8 km)4yr-private
- Johnson & Wales University-Online41.5 miles (66.8 km)4yr-private
- College Unbound42.4 miles (68.2 km)4yr-private
- Mount Wachusett Community College43.2 miles (69.5 km)2yr-public
- University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies Online43.4 miles (69.9 km)4yr-public
- University of New Hampshire at Manchester43.4 miles (69.9 km)4yr-public
- Saint Anselm College44.0 miles (70.9 km)4yr-private
K-12 schools within ~10 miles
Sorted table with type, grades, enrollment, and distance. Data from NCES CCD / EDGE extracts.
| Grades | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE GLOBAL MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 0.3 miles (0.4 km) |
| BELMONT DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 0.3 miles (0.5 km) |
| Roger E Wellington | public | — | — | 0.5 miles (0.8 km) |
| ARLINGTON SCHOOL | private | — | — | 0.6 miles (1.0 km) |
| Belmont High | public | — | — | 0.7 miles (1.1 km) |
| Belmont Middle School | public | — | — | 0.7 miles (1.2 km) |
| Daniel Butler | public | — | — | 0.8 miles (1.2 km) |
| Winthrop L Chenery Upper Elementary | public | — | — | 0.8 miles (1.3 km) |
| Winn Brook | public | — | — | 0.8 miles (1.3 km) |
| Mary Lee Burbank | public | — | — | 0.9 miles (1.5 km) |
| Brackett | public | — | — | 1.2 miles (1.9 km) |
| James Russell Lowell | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.1 km) |
| FAYERWEATHER STREET SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.2 km) |
| Cyrus E Dallin | public | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.6 km) |
| Cunniff | public | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.6 km) |
| Menotomy Preschool | public | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.6 km) |
| Watertown Middle | public | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.7 km) |
| Watertown High | public | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) |
| Ottoson Middle | public | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) |
| James Fitzgerald Elementary School | public | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) |
| Arlington High | public | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) |
| GANN ACADEMY-THE NEW JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| Haggerty | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| Hardy | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| CNS/PATHWAYS ACADEMY | private | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) |
| Hosmer | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) |
| CAMBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL M-GYMNASIUM LLD | private | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.3 km) |
| STAR ACADEMY FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED | private | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.3 km) |
| ARLINGTON CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL/SAINT AGNES SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.3 km) |
| Gibbs School | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.3 km) |
| ST AGNES SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| NEW COVENANT SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.5 km) |
| LESLEY ELLIS SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.5 km) |
| ST STEPHEN'S ARMENIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.5 km) |
| ATRIUM SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.6 km) |
| Northeast Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| Peirce | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND | private | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| JEWISH COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL, INC DBA JCDS BOSTONS | private | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.8 km) |
| John A Bishop | public | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.8 km) |
| Thompson | public | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.9 km) |
| M Norcross Stratton | public | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.9 km) |
| Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| Waltham Valor High School | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.1 km) |
| Dual Language School | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.1 km) |
| Lincoln-Eliot | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| CAMBRIDGE FRIENDS SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| Peabody | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.3 km) |
| Rindge Avenue Upper School | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.3 km) |
| John F Kennedy Middle | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.3 km) |
| WALDORF SCHOOL OF LEXINGTON | private | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.3 km) |
| WILD ROSE MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.3 km) |
| OUR LADYS ACADEMY | private | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.3 km) |
| SHADY HILL SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.4 km) |
| Bowman | public | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.4 km) |
| ST PETER SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) |
| WALNUT PARK MONTESSORI | private | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) |
| Underwood | public | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) |
| JACKSON SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) |
| Horace Mann | public | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) |
| West Somerville Neighborhood | public | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.6 km) |
| CHAPEL HILL CHAUNCY HALL SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.6 km) |
| Bigelow Middle | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.6 km) |
| LEXINGTON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | private | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.6 km) |
| CLEARWAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.6 km) |
| DEARBORN ACADEMY | private | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) |
| John W. McDevitt Middle School | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) |
| Graham and Parks | public | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.8 km) |
| F A Day Middle | public | — | — | 3.1 miles (4.9 km) |
| Waltham Sr High | public | — | — | 3.1 miles (5.0 km) |
| Lyon High School | public | — | — | 3.1 miles (5.1 km) |
| Lyon K-8 School | public | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.2 km) |
| Brooks School | public | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.2 km) |
| Henry Whittemore Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.2 km) |
| Newton Early Childhood Program | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.3 km) |
| ST COLUMBKILLE PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.3 km) |
| GERMAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL BOSTON | private | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.3 km) |
| Thomas R Plympton Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.3 km) |
| Cabot | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.4 km) |
| John F Kennedy | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.4 km) |
| Gardner Pilot Academy | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.4 km) |
| COTTING SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.4 km) |
| Maria L. Baldwin | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.4 km) |
| Benjamin G Brown | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.4 km) |
| MESIVTA HIGH SCHOOL OF GREATER BOSTON | private | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.4 km) |
| Jonas Clarke Middle | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| Lexington Children's Place | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| NEWTON COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| Winship Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.7 km) |
| MEADOWRIDGE PELHAM ACADEMY | private | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.7 km) |
| SHALOH HOUSE HEBREW DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.7 km) |
| Franklin | public | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.7 km) |
| Boston Green Academy Horace Mann Charter School | public | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.7 km) |
| Harrington | public | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.8 km) |
| Edison Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.8 km) |
| Douglas MacArthur Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.8 km) |
| KENNEDY DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.9 km) |
| Medford High | public | — | — | 3.7 miles (5.9 km) |
| Brighton High School | public | — | — | 3.7 miles (5.9 km) |
| Ambrose Elementary | public | — | — | 3.7 miles (5.9 km) |
Schools FAQ for ZIP 02478
What school district is ZIP code 02478 in?
ZIP 02478 (Belmont, MA) maps to Arlington School District (LEA ID 2501980) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.
How many schools are near ZIP code 02478?
US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 64 public and 36 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.
What share of students in 02478 attend private school?
About 0.9% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 02478 attend private school (ACS estimate).
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Schools & Education key statistics
| Education | |
|---|---|
| Bachelor's or higher | 80.1% |
| High school | 7.8% |
| Less than HS | 2.4% |
| School district | Arlington School District |