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ZIP 02542 — 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 02542

K-12 nearby
31
Public
22
Private
9
Avg enrollment
—

ZIP 02542 (MA) is associated with Bourne School District (LEA 2502820) 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 31 K-12 schools (22 public, 9 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 6.6 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 Massachusetts Maritime Academy about 4.6 miles away (4yr-public).

District & higher education
School district
Bourne School District
LEA ID
2502820
Private school share (ACS)
0.9%

Colleges & universities (100)

  • Massachusetts Maritime Academy4.6 miles (7.4 km)4yr-public
  • Cape Cod Community College10.8 miles (17.4 km)2yr-public
  • University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth24.3 miles (39.1 km)4yr-public
  • Bridgewater State University29.3 miles (47.2 km)4yr-public
  • Bristol Community College29.6 miles (47.6 km)2yr-public
  • Massasoit Community College34.1 miles (55.0 km)2yr-public
  • Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing34.9 miles (56.2 km)2yr-private
  • Stonehill College36.7 miles (59.1 km)4yr-private
  • Roger Williams University37.1 miles (59.7 km)4yr-private
  • Roger Williams University School of Law37.2 miles (59.8 km)4yr-private
  • Wheaton College (Massachusetts)37.4 miles (60.2 km)4yr-private
  • Salve Regina University42.3 miles (68.1 km)4yr-private
Show all 100 colleges & universities
  • IYRS School of Technology & Trades42.7 miles (68.8 km)2yr-private
  • Quincy College44.4 miles (71.4 km)4yr-public
  • Brown University45.0 miles (72.4 km)4yr-private
  • College Unbound45.2 miles (72.8 km)4yr-private
  • Rhode Island School of Design45.3 miles (72.9 km)4yr-private
  • Johnson & Wales University-Online45.4 miles (73.0 km)4yr-private
  • Johnson & Wales University-Providence45.4 miles (73.0 km)4yr-private
  • Eastern Nazarene College45.7 miles (73.5 km)4yr-private
  • Laboure College of Healthcare46.4 miles (74.7 km)4yr-private
  • FINE Mortuary College46.7 miles (75.1 km)2yr-private
  • Providence College46.9 miles (75.5 km)4yr-private
  • Curry College46.9 miles (75.5 km)4yr-private
  • Boston Baptist College47.6 miles (76.6 km)4yr-private
  • Community College of Rhode Island48.3 miles (77.7 km)2yr-public
  • Rhode Island College48.3 miles (77.7 km)4yr-public
  • University of Massachusetts-Boston48.8 miles (78.6 km)4yr-public
  • New England Institute of Technology49.5 miles (79.7 km)4yr-private
  • Lincoln Technical Institute-Lincoln50.6 miles (81.4 km)2yr-private
  • Dean College51.0 miles (82.1 km)4yr-private
  • Roxbury Community College51.4 miles (82.7 km)2yr-public
  • Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology51.7 miles (83.2 km)4yr-private
  • Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology51.7 miles (83.2 km)4yr-private
  • Wentworth Institute of Technology51.8 miles (83.4 km)4yr-private
  • The New England Conservatory of Music51.8 miles (83.4 km)4yr-private
  • Northeastern University51.8 miles (83.4 km)4yr-private
  • Northeastern University Professional Programs51.8 miles (83.4 km)4yr-private
  • New England Law-Boston51.9 miles (83.4 km)4yr-private
  • Emerson College51.9 miles (83.5 km)4yr-private
  • Urban College of Boston51.9 miles (83.6 km)2yr-private
  • Massachusetts College of Art and Design51.9 miles (83.6 km)4yr-public
  • MCPHS University52.0 miles (83.7 km)4yr-private
  • Simmons University52.1 miles (83.8 km)4yr-private
  • Suffolk University52.1 miles (83.9 km)4yr-private
  • University of Massachusetts-Central Office52.2 miles (83.9 km)4yr-public
  • Berklee College of Music52.2 miles (84.0 km)4yr-private
  • Boston Architectural College52.2 miles (84.1 km)4yr-private
  • North Bennet Street School52.3 miles (84.1 km)2yr-private
  • Emmanuel College52.3 miles (84.1 km)4yr-private
  • Sattler College52.3 miles (84.2 km)4yr-private
  • Fisher College52.3 miles (84.2 km)4yr-private
  • New England College of Optometry52.5 miles (84.4 km)4yr-private
  • William James College52.8 miles (85.0 km)4yr-private
  • MGH Institute of Health Professions53.0 miles (85.2 km)4yr-private
  • Boston University53.0 miles (85.3 km)4yr-private
  • University of Rhode Island53.0 miles (85.3 km)4yr-public
  • Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc53.0 miles (85.3 km)4yr-private
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology53.1 miles (85.4 km)4yr-private
  • Hult International Business School53.1 miles (85.5 km)4yr-private
  • Bryant University53.3 miles (85.7 km)4yr-private
  • Bunker Hill Community College53.4 miles (85.9 km)2yr-public
  • Cambridge College53.8 miles (86.6 km)4yr-private
  • Boston College53.9 miles (86.8 km)4yr-private
  • Saint John's Seminary54.2 miles (87.2 km)4yr-private
  • Harvard University54.6 miles (87.9 km)4yr-private
  • Franklin W Olin College of Engineering54.7 miles (88.1 km)4yr-private
  • Lesley University54.9 miles (88.4 km)4yr-private
  • Babson College54.9 miles (88.4 km)4yr-private
  • Longy School of Music of Bard College55.0 miles (88.5 km)4yr-private
  • Massachusetts Bay Community College55.7 miles (89.6 km)2yr-public
  • Wellesley College56.2 miles (90.4 km)4yr-private
  • Hebrew College56.2 miles (90.4 km)4yr-private
  • Lasell University56.6 miles (91.1 km)4yr-private
  • Tufts University56.6 miles (91.1 km)4yr-private
  • Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing57.5 miles (92.5 km)2yr-private
  • Salem State University57.8 miles (92.9 km)4yr-public
  • Bentley University58.3 miles (93.9 km)4yr-private
  • Brandeis University58.4 miles (94.0 km)4yr-private
  • Pope St John XXIII National Seminary58.7 miles (94.5 km)4yr-private
  • Regis College59.3 miles (95.5 km)4yr-private
  • Endicott College60.3 miles (97.1 km)4yr-private
  • Montserrat College of Art60.6 miles (97.6 km)4yr-private
  • Framingham State University61.3 miles (98.6 km)4yr-public
  • Gordon College62.6 miles (100.8 km)4yr-private
  • Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary64.4 miles (103.7 km)4yr-private
  • North Shore Community College64.7 miles (104.1 km)2yr-public
  • National Aviation Academy of New England67.7 miles (108.9 km)2yr-private
  • Middlesex Community College67.7 miles (108.9 km)2yr-public
  • Merrimack College72.7 miles (117.0 km)4yr-private
  • University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School73.9 miles (118.9 km)4yr-public
  • College of the Holy Cross74.5 miles (119.8 km)4yr-private
  • Nichols College74.9 miles (120.6 km)4yr-private
  • Massachusetts School of Law75.2 miles (121.0 km)4yr-private
  • Clark University75.6 miles (121.6 km)4yr-private
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute75.8 miles (121.9 km)4yr-private
  • University of Massachusetts-Lowell76.6 miles (123.2 km)4yr-public
  • Quinsigamond Community College76.6 miles (123.3 km)2yr-public
  • Worcester State University77.1 miles (124.1 km)4yr-public
  • Assumption University77.4 miles (124.5 km)4yr-private
K-12 schools within ~10 miles

Sorted table with type, grades, enrollment, and distance. Data from NCES CCD / EDGE extracts.

Grades
Forestdale Schoolpublic——2.2 miles (3.6 km)
Bourne Middle Schoolpublic——3.1 miles (5.0 km)
Upper Cape Cod Vocational Technicalpublic——3.1 miles (5.0 km)
THE SANDWICH MONTESSORI SCHOOLprivate——3.2 miles (5.1 km)
Bourne High Schoolpublic——3.2 miles (5.2 km)
Bourne Intermediate Schoolpublic——3.3 miles (5.3 km)
THE HUNDRED ACRE SCHL HERITAGE MUSEUMS AND GARDENSprivate——3.6 miles (5.8 km)
Bournedale Elementary Schoolpublic——4.0 miles (6.5 km)
WALDORF SCHOOL OF CAPE CODprivate——4.3 miles (7.0 km)
BRIDGEVIEW MONTESSORI SCHOOLprivate——4.5 miles (7.3 km)
Oak Ridgepublic——4.6 miles (7.5 km)
Sandwich Middle High Schoolpublic——4.9 miles (7.8 km)
North Falmouth Elementarypublic——6.2 miles (10.0 km)
CHRISTOPHER DONOVAN DAY SCHOOL- INCprivate——6.3 miles (10.2 km)
Quashnet Schoolpublic——6.4 miles (10.3 km)
Kenneth Coombs Schoolpublic——6.6 miles (10.7 km)
Mashpee Middle-High Schoolpublic——6.7 miles (10.8 km)
RIVERVIEW SCHOOLprivate——6.8 miles (10.9 km)
Wareham Elementary Schoolpublic——8.0 miles (12.9 km)
FAIR ACRES COUNTRY DAY SCHOOLprivate——8.3 miles (13.3 km)
West Villages Elementary Schoolpublic——8.7 miles (14.0 km)
Falmouth Highpublic——8.8 miles (14.1 km)
Barnstable United Elementary Schoolpublic——8.8 miles (14.2 km)
BAYBERRY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLprivate——9.1 miles (14.6 km)
East Falmouth Elementarypublic——9.1 miles (14.6 km)
CAPE COD ACADEMYprivate——9.2 miles (14.9 km)
South Elementarypublic——9.4 miles (15.1 km)
Wareham Senior Highpublic——9.6 miles (15.4 km)
Wareham Cooperative Alternative Schoolpublic——9.6 miles (15.4 km)
Wareham Middlepublic——9.8 miles (15.8 km)
Teaticketpublic——10.0 miles (16.0 km)

Schools FAQ for ZIP 02542

What school district is ZIP code 02542 in?
ZIP 02542 (MA) maps to Bourne School District (LEA ID 2502820) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.
How many schools are near ZIP code 02542?
US5 lists 31 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 22 public and 9 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.
What share of students in 02542 attend private school?
About 0.9% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 02542 attend private school (ACS estimate).

Schools & Education key statistics

Education statistics
Education
Bachelor's or higher36.4%
High school17.9%
Less than HS4.1%
School districtBourne School District