ZIP 02871 — 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 02871

K-12 nearby

Public

Private

Avg enrollment

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ZIP 02871 (Melville, RI) is associated with Portsmouth School District (LEA 4400870) 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 55 K-12 schools (44 public, 11 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 7.3 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 Roger Williams University about 4.4 miles away (4yr-private).

District & higher education

School district

Portsmouth School District

LEA ID

4400870

Private school share (ACS)

0.3%

Colleges & universities (100)

Roger Williams University4.4 miles (7.1 km)4yr-private
Roger Williams University School of Law4.5 miles (7.2 km)4yr-private
IYRS School of Technology & Trades7.8 miles (12.6 km)2yr-private
Salve Regina University8.2 miles (13.3 km)4yr-private
Bristol Community College11.8 miles (19.0 km)2yr-public
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth13.5 miles (21.7 km)4yr-public
New England Institute of Technology13.6 miles (21.9 km)4yr-private
Community College of Rhode Island14.4 miles (23.2 km)2yr-public
University of Rhode Island15.6 miles (25.0 km)4yr-public
College Unbound17.1 miles (27.6 km)4yr-private
Johnson & Wales University-Providence18.0 miles (28.9 km)4yr-private
Johnson & Wales University-Online18.0 miles (28.9 km)4yr-private

Show all 100 colleges & universities

Brown University18.2 miles (29.2 km)4yr-private
Rhode Island School of Design18.3 miles (29.5 km)4yr-private
Providence College19.9 miles (32.1 km)4yr-private
Rhode Island College20.6 miles (33.2 km)4yr-public
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)26.5 miles (42.7 km)4yr-private
Lincoln Technical Institute-Lincoln26.8 miles (43.1 km)2yr-private
Bryant University27.2 miles (43.8 km)4yr-private
Bridgewater State University31.3 miles (50.4 km)4yr-public
Stonehill College33.9 miles (54.6 km)4yr-private
Massachusetts Maritime Academy34.4 miles (55.4 km)4yr-public
Dean College35.2 miles (56.7 km)4yr-private
Massasoit Community College36.5 miles (58.7 km)2yr-public
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing37.3 miles (60.0 km)2yr-private
FINE Mortuary College41.2 miles (66.4 km)2yr-private
Curry College45.6 miles (73.4 km)4yr-private
University of Connecticut-Avery Point45.7 miles (73.6 km)4yr-public
United States Coast Guard Academy46.0 miles (74.0 km)4yr-public
Connecticut College46.2 miles (74.3 km)4yr-private
Boston Baptist College46.8 miles (75.2 km)4yr-private
Mitchell College46.8 miles (75.4 km)4yr-private
Nichols College46.8 miles (75.4 km)4yr-private
Laboure College of Healthcare47.7 miles (76.8 km)4yr-private
Quincy College47.9 miles (77.0 km)4yr-public
Cape Cod Community College48.2 miles (77.5 km)2yr-public
Wellesley College48.8 miles (78.5 km)4yr-private
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering48.8 miles (78.6 km)4yr-private
Eastern Nazarene College49.0 miles (78.8 km)4yr-private
William James College49.0 miles (78.9 km)4yr-private
Babson College49.1 miles (79.0 km)4yr-private
Framingham State University49.9 miles (80.4 km)4yr-public
Massachusetts Bay Community College50.1 miles (80.7 km)2yr-public
Eastern Connecticut State University50.4 miles (81.1 km)4yr-public
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology50.9 miles (81.9 km)4yr-private
University of Massachusetts-Boston51.5 miles (82.8 km)4yr-public
Hebrew College51.8 miles (83.3 km)4yr-private
Boston College52.0 miles (83.7 km)4yr-private
Roxbury Community College52.0 miles (83.7 km)2yr-public
Pope St John XXIII National Seminary52.1 miles (83.8 km)4yr-private
Lasell University52.2 miles (84.0 km)4yr-private
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc52.4 miles (84.3 km)4yr-private
MCPHS University52.5 miles (84.4 km)4yr-private
Massachusetts College of Art and Design52.5 miles (84.5 km)4yr-public
Wentworth Institute of Technology52.5 miles (84.5 km)4yr-private
Saint John's Seminary52.6 miles (84.6 km)4yr-private
Simmons University52.6 miles (84.7 km)4yr-private
Emmanuel College52.7 miles (84.8 km)4yr-private
Northeastern University Professional Programs52.8 miles (85.0 km)4yr-private
Northeastern University52.8 miles (85.0 km)4yr-private
The New England Conservatory of Music52.9 miles (85.1 km)4yr-private
Regis College52.9 miles (85.1 km)4yr-private
College of the Holy Cross53.1 miles (85.5 km)4yr-private
Berklee College of Music53.2 miles (85.7 km)4yr-private
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology53.4 miles (85.9 km)4yr-private
University of Connecticut53.4 miles (85.9 km)4yr-public
Boston University53.4 miles (85.9 km)4yr-private
Boston Architectural College53.4 miles (85.9 km)4yr-private
New England College of Optometry53.6 miles (86.3 km)4yr-private
New England Law-Boston53.7 miles (86.5 km)4yr-private
Emerson College53.8 miles (86.6 km)4yr-private
Brandeis University53.8 miles (86.6 km)4yr-private
Urban College of Boston53.9 miles (86.7 km)2yr-private
Fisher College54.0 miles (86.8 km)4yr-private
Massachusetts Institute of Technology54.1 miles (87.0 km)4yr-private
Clark University54.2 miles (87.3 km)4yr-private
Suffolk University54.3 miles (87.3 km)4yr-private
University of Massachusetts-Central Office54.3 miles (87.4 km)4yr-public
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School54.3 miles (87.4 km)4yr-public
Sattler College54.4 miles (87.6 km)4yr-private
North Bennet Street School54.6 miles (88.0 km)2yr-private
Harvard University54.9 miles (88.4 km)4yr-private
Hult International Business School55.0 miles (88.5 km)4yr-private
Longy School of Music of Bard College55.2 miles (88.8 km)4yr-private
Bentley University55.3 miles (88.9 km)4yr-private
Worcester Polytechnic Institute55.3 miles (89.0 km)4yr-private
Lesley University55.3 miles (89.0 km)4yr-private
Bunker Hill Community College55.3 miles (89.0 km)2yr-public
MGH Institute of Health Professions55.5 miles (89.3 km)4yr-private
Cambridge College55.7 miles (89.7 km)4yr-private
Worcester State University55.8 miles (89.8 km)4yr-public
Assumption University57.0 miles (91.7 km)4yr-private
Tufts University57.3 miles (92.1 km)4yr-private
Quinsigamond Community College57.3 miles (92.2 km)2yr-public
Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing58.5 miles (94.1 km)2yr-private
National Aviation Academy of New England60.9 miles (97.9 km)2yr-private
Anna Maria College61.6 miles (99.1 km)4yr-private
Middlesex Community College64.8 miles (104.3 km)2yr-public
Salem State University66.1 miles (106.4 km)4yr-public
Montserrat College of Art69.4 miles (111.7 km)4yr-private

K-12 schools within ~10 miles

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

		Grades
Melville School	public	—	—	0.6 miles (1.0 km)
PORTSMOUTH ABBEY SCHOOL	private	—	—	1.1 miles (1.9 km)
ST PHILOMENA SCHOOL OF THE SACRED HEART	private	—	—	1.2 miles (2.0 km)
Portsmouth High School	public	—	—	1.9 miles (3.0 km)
Howard Hathaway School	public	—	—	2.2 miles (3.6 km)
THE PENNFIELD SCHOOL	private	—	—	2.4 miles (3.8 km)
Portsmouth Middle School	public	—	—	2.5 miles (4.1 km)
Fort Barton School	public	—	—	3.7 miles (5.9 km)
Forest Avenue School	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.2 km)
ALL SAINTS ACADEMY	private	—	—	4.6 miles (7.3 km)
Gaudet Learning Academy	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.7 km)
Gaudet Middle School	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.7 km)
Middletown High School	public	—	—	5.0 miles (8.0 km)
Tiverton High School	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.1 km)
Ranger School	public	—	—	5.8 miles (9.4 km)
OUR LADY OF MT CARMEL	private	—	—	5.9 miles (9.5 km)
Claiborne Pell Elementary	public	—	—	5.9 miles (9.5 km)
Tiverton Middle School	public	—	—	5.9 miles (9.5 km)
Colt Andrews School	public	—	—	6.0 miles (9.7 km)
Aquidneck School	public	—	—	6.3 miles (10.2 km)
Guiteras School	public	—	—	6.3 miles (10.2 km)
Pocasset School	public	—	—	6.7 miles (10.8 km)
Wilbur and McMahon Schools	public	—	—	6.9 miles (11.1 km)
Mt. Hope High School	public	—	—	7.0 miles (11.3 km)
Frank E. Thompson Middle	public	—	—	7.1 miles (11.4 km)
Stone PK-12 School	public	—	—	7.3 miles (11.7 km)
FRPS Early Learning Center	public	—	—	7.3 miles (11.7 km)
ST MICHAELS COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL	private	—	—	7.3 miles (11.8 km)
Henry Lord Community School	public	—	—	7.6 miles (12.2 km)
Rockwell School	public	—	—	7.8 miles (12.6 km)
Letourneau Elementary School	public	—	—	8.0 miles (12.9 km)
Carlton M. Viveiros Elementary School	public	—	—	8.1 miles (13.1 km)
Atlantis Charter School	public	—	—	8.3 miles (13.4 km)
Matthew J Kuss Middle	public	—	—	8.4 miles (13.5 km)
ST STANISLAUS SCHOOL	private	—	—	8.6 miles (13.8 km)
Jamestown School-Melrose	public	—	—	8.6 miles (13.9 km)
Jamestown School-Lawn	public	—	—	8.7 miles (13.9 km)
Argosy Collegiate Charter School	public	—	—	8.7 miles (14.0 km)
Rogers High School	public	—	—	8.8 miles (14.1 km)
Newport Area Career Tech Ctr	public	—	—	8.8 miles (14.1 km)
William S Greene	public	—	—	8.8 miles (14.2 km)
John J Doran	public	—	—	9.2 miles (14.8 km)
Warwick Neck School	public	—	—	9.4 miles (15.1 km)
Samuel Watson	public	—	—	9.5 miles (15.2 km)
Suzanne M. Henseler Quidnesset	public	—	—	9.5 miles (15.3 km)
ESPIRITO SANTO PAROCHIAL SCHOOL	private	—	—	9.5 miles (15.3 km)
Hugh Cole School	public	—	—	9.5 miles (15.3 km)
Fishing Cove El. School	public	—	—	9.6 miles (15.4 km)
MASTERY SCHOOL OF INDEPENDENT LEARNING	private	—	—	9.6 miles (15.5 km)
EAST GATE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	9.7 miles (15.6 km)
Hamilton School	public	—	—	9.8 miles (15.7 km)
ROCKY HILL COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL	private	—	—	9.8 miles (15.7 km)
Kickemuit Middle School	public	—	—	9.8 miles (15.9 km)
Resiliency Preparatory Academy	public	—	—	9.9 miles (15.9 km)
Gardner	public	—	—	10.0 miles (16.1 km)

Schools FAQ for ZIP 02871

What school district is ZIP code 02871 in?

ZIP 02871 (Melville, RI) maps to Portsmouth School District (LEA ID 4400870) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.

How many schools are near ZIP code 02871?

US5 lists 55 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 44 public and 11 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.

What share of students in 02871 attend private school?

About 0.3% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 02871 attend private school (ACS estimate).

Education
Bachelor's or higher	59.6%
High school	15.6%
Less than HS	3.7%
School district	Portsmouth School District

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