ZIP 19706 — 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 19706

K-12 nearby

Public

Private

Avg enrollment

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ZIP 19706 (Delaware City, DE) is associated with Colonial School District (LEA 1000230) 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 70 K-12 schools (61 public, 9 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 7.5 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 Wilmington University about 7.5 miles away (4yr-private).

District & higher education

School district

Colonial School District

LEA ID

1000230

Private school share (ACS)

0.0%

Colleges & universities (100)

Wilmington University7.5 miles (12.2 km)4yr-private
Salem Community College11.0 miles (17.6 km)2yr-public
University of Delaware11.1 miles (17.9 km)4yr-public
Delaware College of Art and Design11.9 miles (19.2 km)2yr-private
Strayer University-Delaware12.0 miles (19.4 km)4yr-private
Goldey-Beacom College12.7 miles (20.4 km)4yr-private
Cecil College19.7 miles (31.8 km)2yr-public
Neumann University22.4 miles (36.1 km)4yr-private
Widener University23.7 miles (38.1 km)4yr-private
Lincoln University23.9 miles (38.5 km)4yr-public
Williamson College of the Trades24.9 miles (40.1 km)2yr-private
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania25.1 miles (40.3 km)4yr-public

Show all 100 colleges & universities

All-State Career School25.5 miles (41.1 km)2yr-private
Pennsylvania Institute of Technology25.6 miles (41.3 km)4yr-private
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine25.7 miles (41.3 km)4yr-public
Delaware Technical Community College-Central Office25.8 miles (41.5 km)4yr-public
Delaware Technical Community College-Terry26.0 miles (41.8 km)4yr-public
West Chester University of Pennsylvania26.3 miles (42.3 km)4yr-public
Swarthmore College26.3 miles (42.3 km)4yr-private
Delaware State University26.8 miles (43.2 km)4yr-public
Rowan University27.1 miles (43.5 km)4yr-public
Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus29.1 miles (46.8 km)2yr-public
Delaware County Community College29.3 miles (47.1 km)2yr-public
Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus30.1 miles (48.5 km)2yr-public
Immaculata University31.4 miles (50.6 km)4yr-private
Pennco Tech-Blackwood32.7 miles (52.7 km)2yr-private
Camden County College33.1 miles (53.2 km)2yr-public
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley33.3 miles (53.7 km)4yr-public
Walnut Hill College33.5 miles (53.9 km)4yr-private
Studio Incamminati33.6 miles (54.0 km)2yr-private
Automotive Training Center-Exton33.6 miles (54.1 km)2yr-private
University of Pennsylvania33.7 miles (54.3 km)4yr-private
Haverford College33.7 miles (54.3 km)4yr-private
Jna Institute of Culinary Arts33.8 miles (54.4 km)2yr-private
Drexel University34.1 miles (54.8 km)4yr-private
Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia34.2 miles (55.0 km)4yr-private
Academy of Vocal Arts34.3 miles (55.1 km)4yr-private
Curtis Institute of Music34.4 miles (55.4 km)4yr-private
University of the Arts34.4 miles (55.4 km)4yr-private
Harcum College34.5 miles (55.4 km)2yr-private
Peirce College34.5 miles (55.6 km)4yr-private
Universal Technical Institute of Pennsylvania Inc34.7 miles (55.8 km)2yr-private
Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia34.8 miles (55.9 km)4yr-private
Villanova University34.8 miles (55.9 km)4yr-private
Bryn Mawr College34.8 miles (56.0 km)4yr-private
Moore College of Art and Design34.8 miles (56.0 km)4yr-private
Rosemont College34.8 miles (56.0 km)4yr-private
Thomas Jefferson University34.8 miles (56.0 km)4yr-private
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts35.0 miles (56.4 km)4yr-private
Eastern University35.1 miles (56.5 km)4yr-private
Valley Forge Military College35.1 miles (56.5 km)2yr-private
Washington College35.2 miles (56.7 km)4yr-private
Community College of Philadelphia35.3 miles (56.8 km)2yr-public
Cabrini University35.4 miles (56.9 km)4yr-private
Missio Theological Seminary35.7 miles (57.4 km)4yr-private
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine36.0 miles (58.0 km)4yr-private
Rutgers University-Camden36.1 miles (58.1 km)4yr-public
Temple University36.5 miles (58.8 km)4yr-public
Harford Community College36.6 miles (58.9 km)2yr-public
Roxborough Memorial Hospital School of Nursing37.6 miles (60.5 km)2yr-private
University of Valley Forge37.7 miles (60.7 km)4yr-private
American College of Financial Services38.0 miles (61.2 km)4yr-private
ASPIRA City College39.3 miles (63.2 km)2yr-private
La Salle University39.8 miles (64.1 km)4yr-private
American Institute-Cherry Hill39.9 miles (64.2 km)2yr-private
Chestnut Hill College40.5 miles (65.1 km)4yr-private
Gratz College42.0 miles (67.6 km)4yr-private
Westminster Theological Seminary42.6 miles (68.5 km)4yr-private
Arcadia University42.6 miles (68.5 km)4yr-private
Theological Seminary of the Reformed Episcopal Church42.6 miles (68.6 km)4yr-private
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College42.7 miles (68.8 km)4yr-private
Salus University43.2 miles (69.5 km)4yr-private
PITC Institute43.4 miles (69.9 km)2yr-private
Ursinus College43.5 miles (69.9 km)4yr-private
Manor College44.0 miles (70.9 km)4yr-private
Montgomery County Community College45.0 miles (72.3 km)2yr-public
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington45.5 miles (73.3 km)4yr-public
Lancaster County Career and Technology Center45.5 miles (73.3 km)2yr-public
Lincoln Technical Institute-Philadelphia45.7 miles (73.5 km)2yr-private
Rowan College at Burlington County46.4 miles (74.6 km)2yr-public
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Philadelphia46.4 miles (74.7 km)2yr-private
Holy Family University46.7 miles (75.2 km)4yr-private
Gwynedd Mercy University47.2 miles (75.9 km)4yr-private
Orleans Technical College47.3 miles (76.2 km)2yr-private
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-Overbrook47.5 miles (76.4 km)4yr-private
Lansdale School of Business47.9 miles (77.1 km)2yr-private
Bryn Athyn College of the New Church48.1 miles (77.3 km)4yr-private
Saint Joseph's University - Lancaster48.2 miles (77.6 km)4yr-private
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology48.8 miles (78.6 km)2yr-public
Atlantic Cape Community College49.4 miles (79.5 km)2yr-public
Community College of Baltimore County49.7 miles (79.9 km)2yr-public
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design49.8 miles (80.1 km)4yr-private
Millersville University of Pennsylvania50.0 miles (80.5 km)4yr-public
Chesapeake College50.2 miles (80.8 km)2yr-public
Lancaster Theological Seminary50.3 miles (81.0 km)4yr-private
Franklin and Marshall College50.5 miles (81.3 km)4yr-private
Lancaster Bible College50.5 miles (81.3 km)4yr-private
Won Institute of Graduate Studies51.3 miles (82.6 km)4yr-private
Automotive Training Center-Warminster51.4 miles (82.7 km)2yr-private
Strayer University-Pennsylvania51.6 miles (83.0 km)4yr-private

K-12 schools within ~10 miles

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

		Grades
Southern Elementary School	public	—	—	1.7 miles (2.7 km)
Bedford (Gunning) Middle School	public	—	—	1.9 miles (3.1 km)
Wilbur (Kathleen H.) Elementary	public	—	—	3.8 miles (6.2 km)
RED LION CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	4.3 miles (6.9 km)
Elsinboro Township School	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
St. Georges Technical High School	public	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
Lorewood Grove Elementary School	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
AQUINAS ACADEMY	private	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
Leasure (May B.) Elementary School	public	—	—	5.6 miles (9.0 km)
FAIRWINDS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	5.6 miles (9.0 km)
Penn Beach Elementary	public	—	—	5.9 miles (9.5 km)
Oberle (William) Elementary School	public	—	—	6.1 miles (9.8 km)
HARVEST CHRISTIAN ACADEMY NEW CASTLE	private	—	—	6.4 miles (10.3 km)
HARVEST CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	6.4 miles (10.3 km)
Downie (Carrie) Elementary School	public	—	—	6.4 miles (10.4 km)
Valley Park Elementary School	public	—	—	6.4 miles (10.4 km)
New Castle Elementary School	public	—	—	6.5 miles (10.4 km)
LEARNING EXPRESS ACADEMY	private	—	—	6.5 miles (10.4 km)
Salem High School	public	—	—	6.5 miles (10.5 km)
CARAVEL ACADEMY	private	—	—	6.6 miles (10.6 km)
Penn (William) High School	public	—	—	6.6 miles (10.7 km)
Pleasantville Elementary School	public	—	—	6.7 miles (10.8 km)
Pennsville Middle School	public	—	—	6.7 miles (10.8 km)
Pennsville Memorial High School	public	—	—	6.7 miles (10.8 km)
The Wallace Wallin School	public	—	—	6.7 miles (10.8 km)
John Fenwick Academy	public	—	—	6.8 miles (10.9 km)
Salem Middle School	public	—	—	6.8 miles (10.9 km)
Marshall (Thurgood) Elementary School	public	—	—	6.8 miles (11.0 km)
Cedar Lane Early Childhood Center	public	—	—	6.9 miles (11.0 km)
Waters (Alfred G.) Middle School	public	—	—	6.9 miles (11.1 km)
Cedar Lane Elementary School	public	—	—	7.0 miles (11.2 km)
Crystal Run Elementary School	public	—	—	7.2 miles (11.6 km)
Read (George) Middle School	public	—	—	7.2 miles (11.6 km)
Keene (William B.) Elementary School	public	—	—	7.3 miles (11.8 km)
Jones (Albert H.) Elementary School	public	—	—	7.4 miles (11.9 km)
Academia Antonia Alonso	public	—	—	7.5 miles (12.0 km)
Castle Hills Elementary School	public	—	—	7.6 miles (12.3 km)
Pyle (Sarah) Academy	public	—	—	7.7 miles (12.3 km)
Wilmington Manor Elementary School	public	—	—	7.7 miles (12.4 km)
Central Park Elementary School	public	—	—	7.7 miles (12.5 km)
Charter School of New Castle	public	—	—	7.8 miles (12.5 km)
Loss (Olive B.) Elementary School	public	—	—	7.8 miles (12.6 km)
Hodgson (Paul M.) Vocational Technical High School	public	—	—	7.9 miles (12.7 km)
Leach (John G.) School	public	—	—	8.1 miles (13.0 km)
The Colwyck Center	public	—	—	8.1 miles (13.1 km)
Christiana High School	public	—	—	8.3 miles (13.3 km)
Eisenberg (Harry O.) Elementary School	public	—	—	8.3 miles (13.4 km)
Gallaher (Robert S.) Elementary School	public	—	—	8.6 miles (13.9 km)
Glasgow High School	public	—	—	8.7 miles (14.0 km)
Gauger-Cobbs Middle School	public	—	—	8.8 miles (14.1 km)
McCullough (Calvin R. ) Middle School	public	—	—	8.8 miles (14.2 km)
ISLAMIC ACADEMY OF DELAWARE	private	—	—	8.9 miles (14.3 km)
Christina Early Education Center	public	—	—	9.1 miles (14.7 km)
Delaware School for the Deaf	public	—	—	9.1 miles (14.7 km)
Brader (Henry M.) Elementary School	public	—	—	9.1 miles (14.7 km)
Kirk (George V.) Middle School	public	—	—	9.2 miles (14.7 km)
Smith (Jennie E.) Elementary School	public	—	—	9.2 miles (14.8 km)
Brick Mill Elementary School	public	—	—	9.3 miles (14.9 km)
Brick Mill Early Childhood Center	public	—	—	9.3 miles (14.9 km)
Brennen School (The)	public	—	—	9.3 miles (15.0 km)
Mannington Township Elementary School	public	—	—	9.4 miles (15.1 km)
CHRIST THE TEACHER CATHOLIC SCHOOL	private	—	—	9.5 miles (15.4 km)
Brookside Elementary School	public	—	—	9.6 miles (15.4 km)
ASPIRA Delaware	public	—	—	9.7 miles (15.6 km)
Cantwells Bridge Middle School	public	—	—	9.8 miles (15.7 km)
Odessa High School	public	—	—	9.8 miles (15.8 km)
Spring Meadow Early Childhood Center	public	—	—	9.9 miles (15.9 km)
Old State Elementary School	public	—	—	9.9 miles (15.9 km)
McVey (Joseph M.) Elementary School	public	—	—	9.9 miles (15.9 km)
Middletown High School	public	—	—	10.0 miles (16.0 km)

Schools FAQ for ZIP 19706

What school district is ZIP code 19706 in?

ZIP 19706 (Delaware City, DE) maps to Colonial School District (LEA ID 1000230) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.

How many schools are near ZIP code 19706?

US5 lists 70 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 61 public and 9 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.

What share of students in 19706 attend private school?

About 0.0% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 19706 attend private school (ACS estimate).

Education
Bachelor's or higher	21.4%
High school	43.3%
Less than HS	6.8%
School district	Colonial School District

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