ZIP 03870 — 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 03870

K-12 nearby

Public

Private

Avg enrollment

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ZIP 03870 (NH) is associated with Rye School District (LEA 3306030) 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 38 K-12 schools (30 public, 8 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 6.2 miles.

ACS estimates show about 1.0% 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 Great Bay Community College about 4.8 miles away (2yr-public).

District & higher education

School district

Rye School District

LEA ID

3306030

Private school share (ACS)

1.0%

Colleges & universities (100)

Great Bay Community College4.8 miles (7.8 km)2yr-public
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus12.4 miles (20.0 km)4yr-public
Northern Essex Community College20.8 miles (33.4 km)2yr-public
York County Community College22.3 miles (35.8 km)2yr-public
Northpoint Bible College23.4 miles (37.6 km)4yr-private
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary27.7 miles (44.5 km)4yr-private
The Landing School28.7 miles (46.2 km)2yr-private
Gordon College29.1 miles (46.8 km)4yr-private
Merrimack College29.9 miles (48.2 km)4yr-private
North Shore Community College30.8 miles (49.6 km)2yr-public
Endicott College31.7 miles (51.1 km)4yr-private
Massachusetts School of Law31.8 miles (51.1 km)4yr-private

Show all 100 colleges & universities

Montserrat College of Art32.2 miles (51.9 km)4yr-private
Southern New Hampshire University35.1 miles (56.5 km)4yr-private
Salem State University35.5 miles (57.2 km)4yr-public
University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies Online35.9 miles (57.8 km)4yr-public
University of New Hampshire at Manchester35.9 miles (57.8 km)4yr-public
University of New England36.3 miles (58.4 km)4yr-private
Manchester Community College36.6 miles (59.0 km)2yr-public
Saint Anselm College37.7 miles (60.7 km)4yr-private
University of Massachusetts-Lowell37.9 miles (60.9 km)4yr-public
Thomas More College of Liberal Arts39.3 miles (63.2 km)4yr-private
University System of New Hampshire System Office39.7 miles (64.0 km)4yr-public
Rivier University40.0 miles (64.3 km)4yr-private
St Joseph School of Nursing40.6 miles (65.3 km)2yr-private
Nashua Community College41.5 miles (66.7 km)2yr-public
NHTI-Concord's Community College41.8 miles (67.2 km)2yr-public
University of New Hampshire-Franklin Pierce School of Law42.0 miles (67.6 km)4yr-public
Middlesex Community College42.5 miles (68.4 km)2yr-public
Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing44.1 miles (70.9 km)2yr-private
Tufts University45.3 miles (72.9 km)4yr-private
Cambridge College46.2 miles (74.4 km)4yr-private
MGH Institute of Health Professions46.3 miles (74.5 km)4yr-private
Bunker Hill Community College46.6 miles (74.9 km)2yr-public
Hult International Business School46.9 miles (75.5 km)4yr-private
Lesley University47.1 miles (75.8 km)4yr-private
North Bennet Street School47.1 miles (75.8 km)2yr-private
Longy School of Music of Bard College47.3 miles (76.2 km)4yr-private
Sattler College47.4 miles (76.2 km)4yr-private
University of Massachusetts-Central Office47.5 miles (76.4 km)4yr-public
Harvard University47.5 miles (76.4 km)4yr-private
Suffolk University47.5 miles (76.5 km)4yr-private
Urban College of Boston47.9 miles (77.1 km)2yr-private
Fisher College47.9 miles (77.1 km)4yr-private
Emerson College48.0 miles (77.2 km)4yr-private
Massachusetts Institute of Technology48.0 miles (77.2 km)4yr-private
New England Law-Boston48.1 miles (77.4 km)4yr-private
New England College of Optometry48.4 miles (77.8 km)4yr-private
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology48.5 miles (78.0 km)4yr-private
Boston Architectural College48.6 miles (78.1 km)4yr-private
Berklee College of Music48.7 miles (78.4 km)4yr-private
Boston University48.8 miles (78.5 km)4yr-private
The New England Conservatory of Music49.0 miles (78.9 km)4yr-private
Bentley University49.1 miles (79.0 km)4yr-private
Northeastern University Professional Programs49.2 miles (79.1 km)4yr-private
Northeastern University49.2 miles (79.1 km)4yr-private
Emmanuel College49.4 miles (79.5 km)4yr-private
Simmons University49.4 miles (79.5 km)4yr-private
National Aviation Academy of New England49.4 miles (79.6 km)2yr-private
Lakes Region Community College49.4 miles (79.6 km)2yr-public
Wentworth Institute of Technology49.5 miles (79.6 km)4yr-private
Massachusetts College of Art and Design49.5 miles (79.7 km)4yr-public
MCPHS University49.6 miles (79.8 km)4yr-private
Roxbury Community College50.0 miles (80.4 km)2yr-public
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc50.0 miles (80.5 km)4yr-private
University of Massachusetts-Boston50.1 miles (80.7 km)4yr-public
Saint John's Seminary50.3 miles (80.9 km)4yr-private
Boston College50.9 miles (82.0 km)4yr-private
Brandeis University51.2 miles (82.4 km)4yr-private
Maine College of Art & Design51.2 miles (82.4 km)4yr-private
University of Southern Maine51.3 miles (82.6 km)4yr-public
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology51.4 miles (82.7 km)4yr-private
Southern Maine Community College51.5 miles (82.8 km)2yr-public
Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts51.8 miles (83.3 km)4yr-private
Lasell University52.2 miles (84.1 km)4yr-private
Eastern Nazarene College52.5 miles (84.6 km)4yr-private
Hebrew College52.6 miles (84.6 km)4yr-private
Regis College53.4 miles (85.9 km)4yr-private
Quincy College53.7 miles (86.5 km)4yr-public
Laboure College of Healthcare53.9 miles (86.7 km)4yr-private
Pope St John XXIII National Seminary54.1 miles (87.1 km)4yr-private
William James College54.3 miles (87.3 km)4yr-private
Massachusetts Bay Community College54.5 miles (87.8 km)2yr-public
New England College54.9 miles (88.4 km)4yr-private
Boston Baptist College55.1 miles (88.7 km)4yr-private
Babson College55.5 miles (89.3 km)4yr-private
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering55.7 miles (89.6 km)4yr-private
Curry College56.3 miles (90.6 km)4yr-private
Wellesley College56.9 miles (91.5 km)4yr-private
Saint Joseph's College of Maine58.1 miles (93.6 km)4yr-private
Magdalen College58.2 miles (93.7 km)4yr-private
Fitchburg State University59.8 miles (96.3 km)4yr-public
Framingham State University60.1 miles (96.7 km)4yr-public
FINE Mortuary College61.3 miles (98.6 km)2yr-private
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing64.7 miles (104.2 km)2yr-private
Massasoit Community College65.6 miles (105.5 km)2yr-public
Unity Environmental University66.9 miles (107.6 km)4yr-private
Colby-Sawyer College67.3 miles (108.4 km)4yr-private
Stonehill College67.6 miles (108.9 km)4yr-private
Franklin Pierce University67.7 miles (108.9 km)4yr-private

K-12 schools within ~10 miles

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

		Grades
Rye Junior High School	public	—	—	0.7 miles (1.2 km)
Rye Elementary School	public	—	—	1.4 miles (2.2 km)
Mary C. Dondero Elementary School	public	—	—	2.1 miles (3.3 km)
LEARNING SKILLS ACADEMY	private	—	—	2.4 miles (3.8 km)
RYE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL	private	—	—	2.4 miles (3.9 km)
ST PATRICK ACADEMY	private	—	—	2.8 miles (4.5 km)
Portsmouth High School	public	—	—	3.5 miles (5.7 km)
Little Harbour School	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.5 km)
PEEP School - Pre School Program	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.5 km)
North Hampton School	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.7 km)
Greenland Central School	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.7 km)
Portsmouth Middle School	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.2 km)
Maude H. Trefethen School	public	—	—	4.6 miles (7.4 km)
New Franklin School	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.8 km)
SQUAMSCOTT RIVER ACADEMY	private	—	—	5.1 miles (8.2 km)
Robert W Traip Academy	public	—	—	5.5 miles (8.9 km)
Adeline C. Marston School	public	—	—	5.9 miles (9.4 km)
Horace Mitchell Primary School	public	—	—	6.0 miles (9.7 km)
Hampton Academy	public	—	—	6.1 miles (9.8 km)
ACORN SCHOOL	private	—	—	6.2 miles (9.9 km)
Hampton Centre School	public	—	—	6.3 miles (10.1 km)
Winnacunnet High School	public	—	—	6.5 miles (10.4 km)
Stratham Memorial School	public	—	—	6.6 miles (10.6 km)
Shapleigh School	public	—	—	7.4 miles (11.9 km)
Cooperative Middle School	public	—	—	7.4 miles (11.9 km)
Newington Public School	public	—	—	7.7 miles (12.3 km)
Eliot Elementary School	public	—	—	8.1 miles (13.0 km)
Virtual Learning Academy (H)	public	—	—	8.1 miles (13.1 km)
Virtual Learning Academy (E)	public	—	—	8.1 miles (13.1 km)
Coastal Waters Chartered Public School (H)	public	—	—	8.3 miles (13.4 km)
Coastal Waters Chartered Public School (E)	public	—	—	8.3 miles (13.4 km)
HERONFIELD ACADEMY	private	—	—	8.3 miles (13.4 km)
Lincoln Akerman School	public	—	—	8.4 miles (13.5 km)
SEACOAST WALDORF SCHOOL	private	—	—	9.3 miles (14.9 km)
Newfields Elementary School	public	—	—	9.6 miles (15.4 km)
Seabrook Elementary School	public	—	—	9.9 miles (15.9 km)
Seabrook Middle School	public	—	—	9.9 miles (16.0 km)
PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY	private	—	—	10.0 miles (16.0 km)

Schools FAQ for ZIP 03870

What school district is ZIP code 03870 in?

ZIP 03870 (NH) maps to Rye School District (LEA ID 3306030) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.

How many schools are near ZIP code 03870?

US5 lists 38 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 30 public and 8 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.

What share of students in 03870 attend private school?

About 1.0% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 03870 attend private school (ACS estimate).

Education
Bachelor's or higher	57.9%
High school	16.9%
Less than HS	2.0%
School district	Rye School District

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