ZIP 02872 — 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 02872

K-12 nearby

Public

Private

Avg enrollment

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ZIP 02872 (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 76 K-12 schools (56 public, 20 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 8.2 miles.

ACS estimates show about 0.0% 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 School of Law about 4.8 miles away (4yr-private).

District & higher education

School district

Portsmouth School District

LEA ID

4400870

Private school share (ACS)

0.0%

Colleges & universities (100)

Roger Williams University School of Law4.8 miles (7.8 km)4yr-private
Roger Williams University4.8 miles (7.8 km)4yr-private
IYRS School of Technology & Trades8.0 miles (12.9 km)2yr-private
Salve Regina University8.7 miles (14.0 km)4yr-private
New England Institute of Technology10.4 miles (16.8 km)4yr-private
Community College of Rhode Island11.5 miles (18.5 km)2yr-public
University of Rhode Island13.2 miles (21.2 km)4yr-public
Bristol Community College13.5 miles (21.8 km)2yr-public
College Unbound15.2 miles (24.5 km)4yr-private
Johnson & Wales University-Online16.1 miles (25.9 km)4yr-private
Johnson & Wales University-Providence16.1 miles (25.9 km)4yr-private
Brown University16.4 miles (26.4 km)4yr-private

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University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth16.5 miles (26.5 km)4yr-public
Rhode Island School of Design16.5 miles (26.6 km)4yr-private
Providence College18.0 miles (29.0 km)4yr-private
Rhode Island College18.5 miles (29.8 km)4yr-public
Lincoln Technical Institute-Lincoln24.9 miles (40.1 km)2yr-private
Bryant University25.0 miles (40.2 km)4yr-private
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)26.5 miles (42.6 km)4yr-private
Bridgewater State University32.4 miles (52.1 km)4yr-public
Dean College34.0 miles (54.7 km)4yr-private
Stonehill College34.2 miles (55.1 km)4yr-private
Massasoit Community College37.2 miles (59.8 km)2yr-public
Massachusetts Maritime Academy37.3 miles (60.0 km)4yr-public
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing37.9 miles (61.0 km)2yr-private
FINE Mortuary College40.9 miles (65.9 km)2yr-private
University of Connecticut-Avery Point43.1 miles (69.4 km)4yr-public
United States Coast Guard Academy43.2 miles (69.5 km)4yr-public
Connecticut College43.4 miles (69.8 km)4yr-private
Nichols College44.0 miles (70.9 km)4yr-private
Mitchell College44.2 miles (71.1 km)4yr-private
Curry College45.5 miles (73.3 km)4yr-private
Boston Baptist College46.7 miles (75.1 km)4yr-private
Eastern Connecticut State University47.1 miles (75.9 km)4yr-public
Laboure College of Healthcare47.8 miles (77.0 km)4yr-private
Wellesley College48.0 miles (77.2 km)4yr-private
Quincy College48.1 miles (77.5 km)4yr-public
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering48.2 miles (77.6 km)4yr-private
Babson College48.5 miles (78.0 km)4yr-private
William James College48.6 miles (78.2 km)4yr-private
Framingham State University48.8 miles (78.5 km)4yr-public
Eastern Nazarene College49.2 miles (79.2 km)4yr-private
Massachusetts Bay Community College49.5 miles (79.7 km)2yr-public
University of Connecticut50.1 miles (80.7 km)4yr-public
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology50.7 miles (81.6 km)4yr-private
College of the Holy Cross50.9 miles (81.9 km)4yr-private
Hebrew College51.2 miles (82.4 km)4yr-private
Cape Cod Community College51.2 miles (82.4 km)2yr-public
Pope St John XXIII National Seminary51.3 miles (82.6 km)4yr-private
University of Massachusetts-Boston51.6 miles (83.0 km)4yr-public
Lasell University51.6 miles (83.1 km)4yr-private
Boston College51.7 miles (83.2 km)4yr-private
Roxbury Community College51.9 miles (83.5 km)2yr-public
Clark University52.0 miles (83.7 km)4yr-private
Regis College52.1 miles (83.9 km)4yr-private
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc52.2 miles (84.0 km)4yr-private
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School52.2 miles (84.1 km)4yr-public
Saint John's Seminary52.3 miles (84.1 km)4yr-private
MCPHS University52.4 miles (84.2 km)4yr-private
Massachusetts College of Art and Design52.4 miles (84.3 km)4yr-public
Wentworth Institute of Technology52.4 miles (84.3 km)4yr-private
Simmons University52.5 miles (84.5 km)4yr-private
Emmanuel College52.6 miles (84.6 km)4yr-private
Northeastern University52.7 miles (84.8 km)4yr-private
Northeastern University Professional Programs52.7 miles (84.8 km)4yr-private
The New England Conservatory of Music52.8 miles (85.0 km)4yr-private
Worcester Polytechnic Institute53.1 miles (85.5 km)4yr-private
Berklee College of Music53.1 miles (85.5 km)4yr-private
Brandeis University53.2 miles (85.6 km)4yr-private
Boston University53.2 miles (85.7 km)4yr-private
Boston Architectural College53.3 miles (85.8 km)4yr-private
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology53.3 miles (85.8 km)4yr-private
New England College of Optometry53.5 miles (86.1 km)4yr-private
Worcester State University53.6 miles (86.2 km)4yr-public
New England Law-Boston53.7 miles (86.4 km)4yr-private
Emerson College53.8 miles (86.6 km)4yr-private
Urban College of Boston53.9 miles (86.7 km)2yr-private
Fisher College53.9 miles (86.8 km)4yr-private
Massachusetts Institute of Technology54.0 miles (86.8 km)4yr-private
Suffolk University54.3 miles (87.3 km)4yr-private
University of Massachusetts-Central Office54.3 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 University54.7 miles (88.1 km)4yr-private
Bentley University54.8 miles (88.1 km)4yr-private
Assumption University54.8 miles (88.2 km)4yr-private
Hult International Business School54.9 miles (88.4 km)4yr-private
Longy School of Music of Bard College55.0 miles (88.4 km)4yr-private
Lesley University55.1 miles (88.7 km)4yr-private
Quinsigamond Community College55.2 miles (88.8 km)2yr-public
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 (89.6 km)4yr-private
Tufts University57.0 miles (91.8 km)4yr-private
Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing58.3 miles (93.8 km)2yr-private
Anna Maria College59.3 miles (95.4 km)4yr-private
National Aviation Academy of New England59.9 miles (96.4 km)2yr-private
Middlesex Community College64.1 miles (103.2 km)2yr-public
Salem State University66.4 miles (106.9 km)4yr-public
Holy Apostles College and Seminary68.6 miles (110.3 km)4yr-private

K-12 schools within ~10 miles

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

		Grades
ST PHILOMENA SCHOOL OF THE SACRED HEART	private	—	—	2.3 miles (3.7 km)
PORTSMOUTH ABBEY SCHOOL	private	—	—	2.6 miles (4.3 km)
Melville School	public	—	—	2.8 miles (4.5 km)
Portsmouth Middle School	public	—	—	3.4 miles (5.5 km)
Portsmouth High School	public	—	—	3.9 miles (6.2 km)
Howard Hathaway School	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.7 km)
THE PENNFIELD SCHOOL	private	—	—	4.7 miles (7.6 km)
ALL SAINTS ACADEMY	private	—	—	5.1 miles (8.3 km)
Forest Avenue School	public	—	—	5.2 miles (8.4 km)
OUR LADY OF MT CARMEL	private	—	—	5.7 miles (9.1 km)
Colt Andrews School	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.2 km)
Middletown High School	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.2 km)
Gaudet Middle School	public	—	—	5.8 miles (9.3 km)
Gaudet Learning Academy	public	—	—	5.8 miles (9.3 km)
Guiteras School	public	—	—	6.0 miles (9.7 km)
Fort Barton School	public	—	—	6.1 miles (9.8 km)
Claiborne Pell Elementary	public	—	—	6.2 miles (9.9 km)
Suzanne M. Henseler Quidnesset	public	—	—	6.2 miles (10.0 km)
Fishing Cove El. School	public	—	—	6.4 miles (10.3 km)
ROCKY HILL COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL	private	—	—	6.7 miles (10.8 km)
Mt. Hope High School	public	—	—	6.8 miles (11.0 km)
Forest Park El. School	public	—	—	7.0 miles (11.3 km)
Warwick Neck School	public	—	—	7.0 miles (11.3 km)
Hamilton School	public	—	—	7.1 miles (11.4 km)
North Kingstown Sr. High	public	—	—	7.2 miles (11.6 km)
Aquidneck School	public	—	—	7.2 miles (11.6 km)
Frank E. Thompson Middle	public	—	—	7.3 miles (11.7 km)
Rockwell School	public	—	—	7.3 miles (11.8 km)
Jamestown School-Melrose	public	—	—	7.3 miles (11.8 km)
Jamestown School-Lawn	public	—	—	7.4 miles (11.9 km)
Wickford Middle School	public	—	—	7.5 miles (12.1 km)
Davisville Middle School	public	—	—	7.6 miles (12.2 km)
ST MICHAELS COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL	private	—	—	7.8 miles (12.5 km)
LITTLE RED HEN PRESCHOOL & KINDERGARTEN	private	—	—	7.8 miles (12.5 km)
WEST BAY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (ELEMENTARY)	private	—	—	7.9 miles (12.7 km)
OUR LADY OF MERCY SCHOOL	private	—	—	8.1 miles (13.0 km)
Oakland Beach School	public	—	—	8.1 miles (13.1 km)
James H. Eldredge School	public	—	—	8.1 miles (13.1 km)
Archie R. Cole MS	public	—	—	8.2 miles (13.3 km)
Park School	public	—	—	8.3 miles (13.3 km)
Tiverton High School	public	—	—	8.3 miles (13.4 km)
Ranger School	public	—	—	8.4 miles (13.6 km)
Pocasset School	public	—	—	8.4 miles (13.6 km)
BISHOP HENDRICKEN HIGH SCHOOL	private	—	—	8.4 miles (13.6 km)
George Hanaford School	public	—	—	8.5 miles (13.6 km)
SOUTH COUNTY MONTESSORI SCHOOL	private	—	—	8.5 miles (13.7 km)
Stony Lane El. School	public	—	—	8.5 miles (13.7 km)
Tiverton Middle School	public	—	—	8.6 miles (13.9 km)
ELEANOR BRIGGS SCHOOL	private	—	—	8.7 miles (14.0 km)
Meadowbrook Farms School	public	—	—	8.7 miles (14.0 km)
Warwick Veterans Middle School	public	—	—	8.7 miles (14.0 km)
ST KEVIN SCHOOL	private	—	—	8.8 miles (14.1 km)
THE STORK'S NEST CHILD ACADEMY - EAST GREENWICH	private	—	—	8.9 miles (14.3 km)
Rogers High School	public	—	—	8.9 miles (14.3 km)
Newport Area Career Tech Ctr	public	—	—	8.9 miles (14.3 km)
East Greenwich High	public	—	—	8.9 miles (14.3 km)
Stone PK-12 School	public	—	—	8.9 miles (14.4 km)
FRPS Early Learning Center	public	—	—	8.9 miles (14.4 km)
MONTESSORI OF GREENWICH BAY	private	—	—	9.0 miles (14.4 km)
BUTTONWOODS SCHOOL FOR YOUNG CHILDREN	private	—	—	9.0 miles (14.4 km)
Nayatt School	public	—	—	9.2 miles (14.8 km)
Sherman School	public	—	—	9.2 miles (14.9 km)
Lippitt School	public	—	—	9.3 miles (14.9 km)
Robertson School	public	—	—	9.3 miles (15.0 km)
SWEET PEAS VILLAGE EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL	private	—	—	9.4 miles (15.1 km)
Henry Lord Community School	public	—	—	9.4 miles (15.2 km)
Hugh Cole School	public	—	—	9.5 miles (15.2 km)
Cedar Hill School	public	—	—	9.5 miles (15.4 km)
ST ROSE OF LIMA SCHOOL	private	—	—	9.6 miles (15.4 km)
Kickemuit Middle School	public	—	—	9.7 miles (15.6 km)
QUEST MONTESSORI SCHOOL	private	—	—	9.7 miles (15.6 km)
Carlton M. Viveiros Elementary School	public	—	—	9.7 miles (15.6 km)
Frenchtown School	public	—	—	9.7 miles (15.6 km)
Wilbur and McMahon Schools	public	—	—	9.7 miles (15.6 km)
Matthew J Kuss Middle	public	—	—	9.8 miles (15.8 km)
Hoxsie School	public	—	—	10.0 miles (16.1 km)

Schools FAQ for ZIP 02872

What school district is ZIP code 02872 in?

ZIP 02872 (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 02872?

US5 lists 76 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 56 public and 20 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.

What share of students in 02872 attend private school?

About 0.0% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 02872 attend private school (ACS estimate).

Education
Bachelor's or higher	36.2%
High school	49.5%
Less than HS	0.0%
School district	Portsmouth School District

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