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Trenton city, NJ
ZIP 08638 — Schools & Education
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2019–2023 5-Year Estimates. Page data updated 2026-08-02.
Middle ClassLow Snow Area
School district, nearby K-12 schools, and universities
Schools & Education in ZIP 08638
K-12 nearby
100
Public
81
Private
19
Avg enrollment
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ZIP 08638 (Trenton, NJ) is associated with Ewing Township School District (LEA 3404920) 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 100 K-12 schools (81 public, 19 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 3.2 miles.
ACS estimates show about 0.2% 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 The College of New Jersey about 1.3 miles away (4yr-public).
District & higher education
School district
Ewing Township School District
LEA ID
3404920
Private school share (ACS)
0.2%
Colleges & universities (100)
- The College of New Jersey1.3 miles (2.1 km)4yr-public
- Rider University2.2 miles (3.5 km)4yr-private
- Thomas Edison State University2.3 miles (3.7 km)4yr-public
- Capital Health School of Radiologic Technology2.8 miles (4.5 km)2yr-private
- Capital Health School of Nursing2.8 miles (4.6 km)2yr-private
- Mercer County Community College5.9 miles (9.6 km)2yr-public
- Princeton Theological Seminary8.2 miles (13.1 km)4yr-private
- Princeton University8.5 miles (13.7 km)4yr-private
- Cairn University-Langhorne9.8 miles (15.8 km)4yr-private
- Bucks County Community College10.7 miles (17.3 km)2yr-public
- Pennco Tech-Bristol12.2 miles (19.6 km)2yr-private
- Strayer University-Pennsylvania13.2 miles (21.2 km)4yr-private
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- Automotive Training Center-Warminster16.9 miles (27.1 km)2yr-private
- Won Institute of Graduate Studies17.0 miles (27.4 km)4yr-private
- Orleans Technical College17.3 miles (27.8 km)2yr-private
- Bryn Athyn College of the New Church17.7 miles (28.5 km)4yr-private
- Holy Family University17.8 miles (28.7 km)4yr-private
- Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Philadelphia18.1 miles (29.1 km)2yr-private
- Lincoln Technical Institute-Philadelphia18.9 miles (30.3 km)2yr-private
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington20.6 miles (33.2 km)4yr-public
- Rowan College at Burlington County20.7 miles (33.3 km)2yr-public
- Delaware Valley University21.1 miles (33.9 km)4yr-private
- Manor College21.4 miles (34.4 km)4yr-private
- Chamberlain University-New Jersey22.5 miles (36.2 km)4yr-private
- Salus University22.6 miles (36.3 km)4yr-private
- PITC Institute22.9 miles (36.8 km)2yr-private
- Reconstructionist Rabbinical College23.4 miles (37.7 km)4yr-private
- Gratz College23.4 miles (37.7 km)4yr-private
- American Institute-Somerset23.5 miles (37.9 km)2yr-private
- Rutgers University-New Brunswick23.8 miles (38.2 km)4yr-public
- New Brunswick Theological Seminary23.8 miles (38.3 km)4yr-private
- Arcadia University23.9 miles (38.5 km)4yr-private
- Westminster Theological Seminary24.3 miles (39.1 km)4yr-private
- Theological Seminary of the Reformed Episcopal Church24.5 miles (39.4 km)4yr-private
- Raritan Valley Community College24.9 miles (40.1 km)2yr-public
- Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-Overbrook25.0 miles (40.2 km)4yr-private
- Gwynedd Mercy University25.3 miles (40.7 km)4yr-private
- La Salle University25.4 miles (40.9 km)4yr-private
- American Institute-Cherry Hill25.5 miles (41.0 km)2yr-private
- ASPIRA City College25.5 miles (41.1 km)2yr-private
- Rabbi Jacob Joseph School25.7 miles (41.4 km)4yr-private
- Strayer University-New Jersey25.7 miles (41.4 km)4yr-private
- Middlesex College27.1 miles (43.7 km)2yr-public
- Chestnut Hill College27.1 miles (43.7 km)4yr-private
- Talmudical Academy-New Jersey27.2 miles (43.8 km)4yr-private
- American Institute of Medical Sciences & Education27.3 miles (43.9 km)2yr-private
- Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield27.3 miles (44.0 km)2yr-private
- Lansdale School of Business27.6 miles (44.4 km)2yr-private
- Montgomery County Community College27.6 miles (44.4 km)2yr-public
- Temple University28.1 miles (45.2 km)4yr-public
- Roxborough Memorial Hospital School of Nursing28.3 miles (45.5 km)2yr-private
- Rutgers University-Camden28.4 miles (45.7 km)4yr-public
- Missio Theological Seminary28.9 miles (46.4 km)4yr-private
- Mosdos Yaakov V'Yisroel29.1 miles (46.8 km)4yr-private
- Community College of Philadelphia29.3 miles (47.1 km)2yr-public
- Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine29.5 miles (47.4 km)4yr-private
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts29.5 miles (47.5 km)4yr-private
- Yeshivas Emek Hatorah29.7 miles (47.8 km)4yr-private
- Thomas Jefferson University29.7 miles (47.8 km)4yr-private
- Moore College of Art and Design29.8 miles (47.9 km)4yr-private
- Peirce College30.0 miles (48.3 km)4yr-private
- University of the Arts30.1 miles (48.4 km)4yr-private
- Curtis Institute of Music30.1 miles (48.5 km)4yr-private
- Georgian Court University30.2 miles (48.6 km)4yr-private
- Academy of Vocal Arts30.3 miles (48.7 km)4yr-private
- Drexel University30.6 miles (49.2 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Gedolah Tiferes Boruch30.6 miles (49.3 km)4yr-private
- Beth Medrash Govoha30.6 miles (49.3 km)4yr-private
- Jna Institute of Culinary Arts30.7 miles (49.4 km)2yr-private
- JFK Muhlenberg Harold B. and Dorothy A. Snyder Schools30.8 miles (49.6 km)2yr-private
- Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia30.8 miles (49.6 km)4yr-private
- Studio Incamminati30.9 miles (49.8 km)2yr-private
- University of Pennsylvania30.9 miles (49.8 km)4yr-private
- Bais Medrash Toras Chesed31.0 miles (50.0 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Chemdas Hatorah31.1 miles (50.1 km)4yr-private
- Bais Medrash Mayan Hatorah31.2 miles (50.2 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Gedolah of Cliffwood31.2 miles (50.3 km)4yr-private
- Walnut Hill College31.3 miles (50.3 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Bais Aharon31.4 miles (50.5 km)4yr-private
- Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia31.5 miles (50.6 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Gedola Tiferes Yaakov Yitzchok31.6 miles (50.9 km)4yr-private
- DeVry University-New Jersey31.7 miles (51.0 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Gedola Tiferes Yerachmiel31.8 miles (51.1 km)4yr-private
- Seminary Bnos Chaim31.9 miles (51.3 km)2yr-private
- Yeshiva Gedolah Shaarei Shmuel31.9 miles (51.4 km)4yr-private
- American Institute-Toms River32.1 miles (51.7 km)2yr-private
- Yeshiva Gedolah Keren Hatorah32.2 miles (51.8 km)4yr-private
- Rabbinical Seminary Mkor Chaim32.3 miles (52.0 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Yesodei Hatorah32.4 miles (52.1 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Toras Chaim32.5 miles (52.3 km)4yr-private
- Beth Medrash of Asbury Park32.6 miles (52.5 km)4yr-private
- Bryn Mawr College33.0 miles (53.1 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Gedolah of Woodlake Village33.1 miles (53.3 km)4yr-private
- Keser Torah-Mayan Hatalmud33.1 miles (53.3 km)4yr-private
- Harcum College33.2 miles (53.5 km)2yr-private
- Haverford College33.3 miles (53.6 km)4yr-private
- Rosemont College33.5 miles (54.0 km)4yr-private
- Brookdale Community College33.6 miles (54.1 km)2yr-public
- Villanova University34.0 miles (54.7 km)4yr-private
- Pennco Tech-Blackwood34.6 miles (55.7 km)2yr-private
K-12 schools within ~10 miles
Sorted table with type, grades, enrollment, and distance. Data from NCES CCD / EDGE extracts.
| Grades | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trenton STEM-to-Civics Charter School | public | — | — | 0.8 miles (1.3 km) |
| NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.0 miles (1.7 km) |
| Parkway Elementary School | public | — | — | 1.1 miles (1.8 km) |
| Slackwood Elementary School | public | — | — | 1.2 miles (2.0 km) |
| Eldridge Park School | public | — | — | 1.2 miles (2.0 km) |
| Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.0 km) |
| ST ANN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.1 km) |
| Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.1 km) |
| William L Antheil Elementary School | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.1 km) |
| Joseph Stokes Elementary School | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.1 km) |
| Ewing High School | public | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.3 km) |
| Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School | public | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.6 km) |
| Darlene C. McKnight Elementary | public | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.7 km) |
| Thomas Jefferson Intermediate School | public | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.7 km) |
| Benjamin C Gregory Elementary School | public | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.7 km) |
| Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School | public | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.8 km) |
| Lawrence Middle School | public | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.8 km) |
| AL TALEEM ACADEMY | private | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.8 km) |
| Battle Monument Intermediate School | public | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) |
| Lawrence Intermediate School | public | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) |
| Lawrence High School | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| Luis Munoz-Rivera Elementary School | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) |
| Cadwalader Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.2 km) |
| MERCER REGIONAL SCHOOL | public | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.2 km) |
| Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy | public | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.3 km) |
| Gilmore J Fisher Middle School | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.3 km) |
| Ann Klein Forensic Center | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.3 km) |
| Grant Intermediate School | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.3 km) |
| Arthur J. Holland Middle School | public | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.5 km) |
| Foundation Academy Charter School | public | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.6 km) |
| Patton J. Hill Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.6 km) |
| Capital City High School | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| MCVS Arthur R. Sypek Center | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| Trenton Psychiatric Hospital | public | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.8 km) |
| The Village Charter School | public | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.9 km) |
| Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| Marie H Katzenbach Middle/High School | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| Marie H Katzenbach Elementary School for the Deaf | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| Paul S. Robeson Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| Trenton Central High School - Main Campus | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.3 km) |
| Greenwood Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.3 km) |
| Carroll Robbins Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.3 km) |
| Ben Franklin Elementary | public | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) |
| Achievers Early College Prep Charter School | public | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.9 km) |
| Kuser Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.1 miles (4.9 km) |
| Clara Parker Intermediate School | public | — | — | 3.1 miles (5.0 km) |
| Klockner Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.1 miles (5.0 km) |
| George Washington Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.1 km) |
| NEW JERSEY STATE PRISON | public | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.1 km) |
| THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.2 km) |
| Hamilton North - Nottingham | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.3 km) |
| THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.4 km) |
| William Harrison Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| International Charter School | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| TRENTON CATHOLIC PREPARATORY ACADEMY LOWER SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| TRENTON CATHOLIC PREPARATORY ACADEMY-UPPER | private | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| Morrisville Intermediate Sch | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| Morrisville HS | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| Lawrenceville Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| McCorristin Charter School | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| Franklin Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.7 km) |
| Stony Brook Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.7 km) |
| Grandview El Sch | public | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.8 km) |
| Makefield El Sch | public | — | — | 3.7 miles (6.0 km) |
| Gershom Mott Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.1 km) |
| Grace A Dunn Middle School | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.2 km) |
| OUR LADY OF SORROWS SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.3 km) |
| Mercerville Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.5 km) |
| ABRAMS HEBREW ACADEMY | private | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| THE NEWGRANGE SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| LAUREL SCHOOL OF PRINCETON, THE | private | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| LAUREL SCHOOL OF PRINCETON | private | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| Pace Charter School of Hamilton | public | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| VILLA VICTORIA ACADEMY | private | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.7 km) |
| VILLA VICTORIA LOWER SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.7 km) |
| Lalor Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.7 km) |
| Francis Lore Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.7 km) |
| Pennwood MS | public | — | — | 4.3 miles (6.9 km) |
| ST IGNATIUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.3 miles (6.9 km) |
| Hamilton West-Watson | public | — | — | 4.3 miles (7.0 km) |
| VALLEY DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.3 miles (7.0 km) |
| George E. Wilson Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.0 km) |
| Edgewood El Sch | public | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.0 km) |
| Morgan Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.2 km) |
| SPLENDOR BILINGUAL MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.3 km) |
| William Penn MS | public | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.4 km) |
| Charles H Boehm MS | public | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.4 km) |
| Toll Gate Grammar School | public | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.8 km) |
| University Heights Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.9 miles (7.9 km) |
| McGalliard Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.9 miles (7.9 km) |
| Langtree Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.0 km) |
| Eleanor Roosevelt El Sch | public | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.0 km) |
| Sayen Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.1 miles (8.2 km) |
| THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF HAMILTON | private | — | — | 5.2 miles (8.4 km) |
| Albert E Grice Middle School | public | — | — | 5.2 miles (8.4 km) |
| Kisthardt Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.2 miles (8.4 km) |
| THE PENNINGTON SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.3 miles (8.5 km) |
| Fallsington El Sch | public | — | — | 5.3 miles (8.6 km) |
Schools FAQ for ZIP 08638
What school district is ZIP code 08638 in?
ZIP 08638 (Trenton, NJ) maps to Ewing Township School District (LEA ID 3404920) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.
How many schools are near ZIP code 08638?
US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 81 public and 19 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.
What share of students in 08638 attend private school?
About 0.2% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 08638 attend private school (ACS estimate).
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Schools & Education key statistics
| Education | |
|---|---|
| Bachelor's or higher | 30.9% |
| High school | 32.1% |
| Less than HS | 11.1% |
| School district | Ewing Township School District |