ZIP 02878 — 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 02878

K-12 nearby

Public

Private

Avg enrollment

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ZIP 02878 (Tiverton, 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 71 K-12 schools (55 public, 16 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 6.9 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 5.0 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 University5.0 miles (8.0 km)4yr-private
Roger Williams University School of Law5.1 miles (8.2 km)4yr-private
Bristol Community College8.6 miles (13.8 km)2yr-public
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth9.3 miles (15.0 km)4yr-public
IYRS School of Technology & Trades11.1 miles (17.8 km)2yr-private
Salve Regina University11.2 miles (18.0 km)4yr-private
New England Institute of Technology17.0 miles (27.3 km)4yr-private
Community College of Rhode Island17.1 miles (27.5 km)2yr-public
College Unbound18.2 miles (29.3 km)4yr-private
Johnson & Wales University-Providence18.9 miles (30.4 km)4yr-private
Johnson & Wales University-Online18.9 miles (30.4 km)4yr-private
Brown University19.0 miles (30.5 km)4yr-private

Show all 100 colleges & universities

Rhode Island School of Design19.2 miles (30.9 km)4yr-private
University of Rhode Island19.7 miles (31.8 km)4yr-public
Providence College20.9 miles (33.7 km)4yr-private
Rhode Island College21.9 miles (35.2 km)4yr-public
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)24.9 miles (40.0 km)4yr-private
Lincoln Technical Institute-Lincoln27.5 miles (44.2 km)2yr-private
Bridgewater State University28.4 miles (45.7 km)4yr-public
Bryant University28.4 miles (45.7 km)4yr-private
Massachusetts Maritime Academy30.2 miles (48.7 km)4yr-public
Stonehill College31.7 miles (51.0 km)4yr-private
Massasoit Community College33.8 miles (54.4 km)2yr-public
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing34.6 miles (55.7 km)2yr-private
Dean College34.9 miles (56.1 km)4yr-private
FINE Mortuary College39.7 miles (63.9 km)2yr-private
Curry College43.7 miles (70.4 km)4yr-private
Cape Cod Community College44.0 miles (70.9 km)2yr-public
Boston Baptist College44.9 miles (72.2 km)4yr-private
Quincy College45.5 miles (73.3 km)4yr-public
Laboure College of Healthcare45.6 miles (73.4 km)4yr-private
Eastern Nazarene College46.7 miles (75.2 km)4yr-private
William James College47.5 miles (76.5 km)4yr-private
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering47.6 miles (76.6 km)4yr-private
Wellesley College47.7 miles (76.8 km)4yr-private
Babson College47.9 miles (77.0 km)4yr-private
Massachusetts Bay Community College48.9 miles (78.7 km)2yr-public
Nichols College48.9 miles (78.7 km)4yr-private
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology49.1 miles (79.1 km)4yr-private
University of Massachusetts-Boston49.4 miles (79.4 km)4yr-public
Framingham State University49.5 miles (79.6 km)4yr-public
University of Connecticut-Avery Point49.9 miles (80.3 km)4yr-public
Roxbury Community College50.1 miles (80.6 km)2yr-public
United States Coast Guard Academy50.2 miles (80.7 km)4yr-public
Connecticut College50.4 miles (81.0 km)4yr-private
Boston College50.4 miles (81.1 km)4yr-private
Hebrew College50.4 miles (81.2 km)4yr-private
MCPHS University50.6 miles (81.4 km)4yr-private
Massachusetts College of Art and Design50.6 miles (81.4 km)4yr-public
Wentworth Institute of Technology50.6 miles (81.5 km)4yr-private
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc50.6 miles (81.5 km)4yr-private
Simmons University50.8 miles (81.7 km)4yr-private
Emmanuel College50.9 miles (81.8 km)4yr-private
Northeastern University50.9 miles (81.9 km)4yr-private
Northeastern University Professional Programs50.9 miles (81.9 km)4yr-private
Lasell University50.9 miles (81.9 km)4yr-private
Saint John's Seminary50.9 miles (82.0 km)4yr-private
The New England Conservatory of Music51.0 miles (82.0 km)4yr-private
Mitchell College51.0 miles (82.1 km)4yr-private
Pope St John XXIII National Seminary51.0 miles (82.1 km)4yr-private
Berklee College of Music51.3 miles (82.6 km)4yr-private
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology51.4 miles (82.7 km)4yr-private
Boston Architectural College51.5 miles (82.8 km)4yr-private
Boston University51.6 miles (83.0 km)4yr-private
New England College of Optometry51.7 miles (83.2 km)4yr-private
New England Law-Boston51.7 miles (83.3 km)4yr-private
Emerson College51.8 miles (83.4 km)4yr-private
Regis College51.9 miles (83.4 km)4yr-private
Urban College of Boston51.9 miles (83.5 km)2yr-private
Fisher College52.0 miles (83.7 km)4yr-private
Massachusetts Institute of Technology52.2 miles (84.0 km)4yr-private
Suffolk University52.3 miles (84.1 km)4yr-private
University of Massachusetts-Central Office52.3 miles (84.2 km)4yr-public
Sattler College52.4 miles (84.4 km)4yr-private
Brandeis University52.6 miles (84.6 km)4yr-private
North Bennet Street School52.6 miles (84.7 km)2yr-private
Hult International Business School53.0 miles (85.3 km)4yr-private
Harvard University53.1 miles (85.5 km)4yr-private
Bunker Hill Community College53.4 miles (85.9 km)2yr-public
Longy School of Music of Bard College53.4 miles (85.9 km)4yr-private
MGH Institute of Health Professions53.5 miles (86.1 km)4yr-private
Lesley University53.5 miles (86.1 km)4yr-private
Cambridge College53.8 miles (86.6 km)4yr-private
Bentley University53.9 miles (86.7 km)4yr-private
Eastern Connecticut State University54.1 miles (87.0 km)4yr-public
College of the Holy Cross54.1 miles (87.1 km)4yr-private
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School55.1 miles (88.7 km)4yr-public
Clark University55.3 miles (89.0 km)4yr-private
Tufts University55.5 miles (89.3 km)4yr-private
Worcester Polytechnic Institute56.3 miles (90.5 km)4yr-private
Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing56.7 miles (91.2 km)2yr-private
University of Connecticut56.8 miles (91.4 km)4yr-public
Worcester State University56.9 miles (91.6 km)4yr-public
Assumption University58.0 miles (93.3 km)4yr-private
Quinsigamond Community College58.1 miles (93.5 km)2yr-public
National Aviation Academy of New England60.0 miles (96.6 km)2yr-private
Anna Maria College62.7 miles (100.9 km)4yr-private
Middlesex Community College63.6 miles (102.3 km)2yr-public
Salem State University63.7 miles (102.6 km)4yr-public
Montserrat College of Art67.0 miles (107.9 km)4yr-private

K-12 schools within ~10 miles

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

		Grades
Tiverton High School	public	—	—	1.7 miles (2.8 km)
Fort Barton School	public	—	—	1.9 miles (3.0 km)
Tiverton Middle School	public	—	—	1.9 miles (3.1 km)
Ranger School	public	—	—	2.0 miles (3.2 km)
Howard Hathaway School	public	—	—	3.3 miles (5.3 km)
Portsmouth High School	public	—	—	3.5 miles (5.6 km)
Pocasset School	public	—	—	4.1 miles (6.6 km)
PORTSMOUTH ABBEY SCHOOL	private	—	—	4.5 miles (7.3 km)
Henry Lord Community School	public	—	—	4.6 miles (7.4 km)
Stone PK-12 School	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.6 km)
FRPS Early Learning Center	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.6 km)
Letourneau Elementary School	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.7 km)
Atlantis Charter School	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.7 km)
Melville School	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.8 km)
ST PHILOMENA SCHOOL OF THE SACRED HEART	private	—	—	4.9 miles (7.8 km)
THE PENNFIELD SCHOOL	private	—	—	5.2 miles (8.4 km)
Carlton M. Viveiros Elementary School	public	—	—	5.5 miles (8.9 km)
William S Greene	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.2 km)
Argosy Collegiate Charter School	public	—	—	5.8 miles (9.3 km)
ST STANISLAUS SCHOOL	private	—	—	5.8 miles (9.4 km)
Matthew J Kuss Middle	public	—	—	5.9 miles (9.5 km)
Samuel Watson	public	—	—	6.0 miles (9.6 km)
Alice A Macomber	public	—	—	6.1 miles (9.8 km)
ESPIRITO SANTO PAROCHIAL SCHOOL	private	—	—	6.1 miles (9.8 km)
Westport Middle-High School	public	—	—	6.2 miles (9.9 km)
Westport Elementary	public	—	—	6.2 miles (10.0 km)
EAST GATE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	6.3 miles (10.2 km)
Portsmouth Middle School	public	—	—	6.4 miles (10.3 km)
OUR LADY OF MT CARMEL	private	—	—	6.5 miles (10.4 km)
John J Doran	public	—	—	6.5 miles (10.4 km)
Colt Andrews School	public	—	—	6.6 miles (10.7 km)
Talbot Innovation School	public	—	—	6.7 miles (10.7 km)
MASTERY SCHOOL OF INDEPENDENT LEARNING	private	—	—	6.7 miles (10.8 km)
Wilbur and McMahon Schools	public	—	—	6.8 miles (10.9 km)
Guiteras School	public	—	—	6.9 miles (11.1 km)
Mary Fonseca Elementary School	public	—	—	6.9 miles (11.1 km)
Resiliency Preparatory Academy	public	—	—	7.0 miles (11.2 km)
Early Learning Center	public	—	—	7.0 miles (11.3 km)
Diman Regional Vocational Technical High	public	—	—	7.1 miles (11.4 km)
Mt. Hope High School	public	—	—	7.2 miles (11.5 km)
Westall Elementary	public	—	—	7.2 miles (11.6 km)
FALL RIVER DEACONESS HOME SCHOOL	private	—	—	7.3 miles (11.7 km)
ANTIOCH SCHOOL	private	—	—	7.3 miles (11.7 km)
HOLY NAME SCHOOL	private	—	—	7.7 miles (12.3 km)
Morton Middle	public	—	—	7.7 miles (12.5 km)
Forest Avenue School	public	—	—	7.8 miles (12.5 km)
Spencer Borden	public	—	—	7.8 miles (12.6 km)
Gaudet Learning Academy	public	—	—	7.9 miles (12.7 km)
Gaudet Middle School	public	—	—	7.9 miles (12.7 km)
B M C Durfee High	public	—	—	7.9 miles (12.7 km)
ALL SAINTS ACADEMY	private	—	—	8.0 miles (12.9 km)
Rockwell School	public	—	—	8.1 miles (13.0 km)
Middletown High School	public	—	—	8.2 miles (13.2 km)
James Tansey	public	—	—	8.2 miles (13.2 km)
Gardner	public	—	—	8.2 miles (13.2 km)
ST MICHAEL SCHOOL	private	—	—	8.3 miles (13.3 km)
Hugh Cole School	public	—	—	8.9 miles (14.3 km)
South	public	—	—	9.0 miles (14.5 km)
Aquidneck School	public	—	—	9.2 miles (14.8 km)
Somerset Middle School	public	—	—	9.2 miles (14.8 km)
Claiborne Pell Elementary	public	—	—	9.3 miles (15.0 km)
Kickemuit Middle School	public	—	—	9.3 miles (15.0 km)
George H Potter	public	—	—	9.4 miles (15.1 km)
North End Elementary	public	—	—	9.5 miles (15.3 km)
Somerset Berkley Regional High School	public	—	—	9.5 miles (15.3 km)
Joseph G Luther	public	—	—	9.6 miles (15.4 km)
STEVENS SCHOOL	private	—	—	9.8 miles (15.7 km)
Elizabeth S Brown	public	—	—	9.8 miles (15.7 km)
SWANSEA WOOD SCHOOL	private	—	—	9.8 miles (15.8 km)
THE MEADOWRIDGE ACADEMY	private	—	—	9.8 miles (15.9 km)
Joseph Case Jr High	public	—	—	9.9 miles (15.9 km)

Schools FAQ for ZIP 02878

What school district is ZIP code 02878 in?

ZIP 02878 (Tiverton, 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 02878?

US5 lists 71 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 55 public and 16 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.

What share of students in 02878 attend private school?

About 0.3% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 02878 attend private school (ACS estimate).

Education
Bachelor's or higher	40.1%
High school	24.9%
Less than HS	7.4%
School district	Portsmouth School District

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