ZIP 21017 — 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 21017

K-12 nearby

Public

Private

Avg enrollment

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ZIP 21017 (Riverside, MD) is associated with Harford County Public Schools (LEA 2400390) 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 63 K-12 schools (45 public, 18 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 6.4 miles.

ACS estimates show about 0.8% 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 Harford Community College about 6.5 miles away (2yr-public).

District & higher education

School district

Harford County Public Schools

LEA ID

2400390

Private school share (ACS)

0.8%

Colleges & universities (100)

Harford Community College6.5 miles (10.5 km)2yr-public
Community College of Baltimore County15.7 miles (25.2 km)2yr-public
Cecil College18.8 miles (30.3 km)2yr-public
Goucher College19.7 miles (31.8 km)4yr-private
Washington College19.9 miles (32.0 km)4yr-private
Morgan State University20.8 miles (33.5 km)4yr-public
Towson University20.9 miles (33.6 km)4yr-public
Notre Dame of Maryland University22.3 miles (35.9 km)4yr-private
Loyola University Maryland22.5 miles (36.2 km)4yr-private
Johns Hopkins University23.0 miles (37.0 km)4yr-private
University of Baltimore23.5 miles (37.8 km)4yr-public
Maryland Institute College of Art23.6 miles (38.0 km)4yr-private

Show all 100 colleges & universities

University System of Maryland23.7 miles (38.2 km)4yr-public
University System of Maryland-Research Centers23.7 miles (38.2 km)4yr-public
Bais HaMedrash and Mesivta of Baltimore24.4 miles (39.2 km)4yr-private
University of Maryland, Baltimore24.5 miles (39.5 km)4yr-public
Baltimore City Community College25.3 miles (40.6 km)2yr-public
Coppin State University25.3 miles (40.7 km)4yr-public
Women's Institute of Torah Seminary and College26.0 miles (41.9 km)4yr-private
Lincoln University28.3 miles (45.5 km)4yr-public
Ner Israel Rabbinical College28.3 miles (45.6 km)4yr-private
Stevenson University29.1 miles (46.8 km)4yr-private
University of Delaware29.3 miles (47.2 km)4yr-public
University of Maryland-Baltimore County29.6 miles (47.7 km)4yr-public
Anne Arundel Community College32.9 miles (53.0 km)2yr-public
Goldey-Beacom College34.4 miles (55.3 km)4yr-private
Lancaster County Career and Technology Center35.3 miles (56.8 km)2yr-public
United States Naval Academy36.6 miles (59.0 km)4yr-public
St. John's College36.8 miles (59.1 km)4yr-private
Millersville University of Pennsylvania36.9 miles (59.4 km)4yr-public
Chesapeake College37.0 miles (59.5 km)2yr-public
Wilmington University37.4 miles (60.1 km)4yr-private
Lincoln College of Technology-Columbia38.3 miles (61.6 km)2yr-private
Howard Community College38.8 miles (62.5 km)2yr-public
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology39.0 miles (62.8 km)2yr-public
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design39.3 miles (63.3 km)4yr-private
Lancaster Theological Seminary39.7 miles (63.8 km)4yr-private
Franklin and Marshall College39.9 miles (64.1 km)4yr-private
Saint Joseph's University - Lancaster40.5 miles (65.1 km)4yr-private
Carroll Community College40.5 miles (65.2 km)2yr-public
Delaware Technical Community College-Central Office40.8 miles (65.6 km)4yr-public
Delaware Technical Community College-Terry40.8 miles (65.6 km)4yr-public
Delaware College of Art and Design40.9 miles (65.7 km)2yr-private
Maryland University of Integrative Health40.9 miles (65.9 km)4yr-private
Strayer University-Delaware41.0 miles (66.0 km)4yr-private
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York41.4 miles (66.6 km)4yr-public
McDaniel College41.6 miles (66.9 km)4yr-private
Lancaster Bible College41.6 miles (66.9 km)4yr-private
York College of Pennsylvania41.8 miles (67.3 km)4yr-private
Delaware State University42.1 miles (67.7 km)4yr-public
Bowie State University42.3 miles (68.0 km)4yr-public
YTI Career Institute-York42.3 miles (68.1 km)2yr-private
Salem Community College43.5 miles (70.1 km)2yr-public
Capitol Technology University44.3 miles (71.2 km)4yr-private
West Chester University of Pennsylvania47.3 miles (76.1 km)4yr-public
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania49.0 miles (78.9 km)4yr-public
Fortis College-Landover49.6 miles (79.8 km)2yr-private
Elizabethtown College50.3 miles (81.0 km)4yr-private
Universal Technical Institute of Pennsylvania Inc50.5 miles (81.2 km)2yr-private
Neumann University50.5 miles (81.3 km)4yr-private
University of Maryland-College Park50.8 miles (81.7 km)4yr-public
University of Maryland Global Campus50.9 miles (81.8 km)4yr-public
Automotive Training Center-Exton51.1 miles (82.2 km)2yr-private
Prince George's Community College51.4 miles (82.7 km)2yr-public
Immaculata University52.0 miles (83.7 km)4yr-private
Yeshiva College of the Nations Capital52.0 miles (83.7 km)4yr-private
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine52.1 miles (83.9 km)4yr-public
Williamson College of the Trades52.6 miles (84.6 km)2yr-private
Washington Adventist University53.1 miles (85.5 km)4yr-private
Widener University53.9 miles (86.7 km)4yr-private
Pennsylvania Institute of Technology54.0 miles (86.9 km)4yr-private
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley55.0 miles (88.5 km)4yr-public
The Catholic University of America55.4 miles (89.1 km)4yr-private
Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family55.4 miles (89.2 km)4yr-private
Swarthmore College55.5 miles (89.2 km)4yr-private
Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies55.5 miles (89.4 km)4yr-private
SANS Technology Institute55.6 miles (89.6 km)4yr-private
Montgomery College55.9 miles (89.9 km)2yr-public
Trinity Washington University55.9 miles (90.0 km)4yr-private
Saint Michael College of Allied Health56.1 miles (90.3 km)2yr-private
Delaware County Community College56.2 miles (90.4 km)2yr-public
All-State Career School56.4 miles (90.8 km)2yr-private
Gallaudet University56.5 miles (90.9 km)4yr-private
Howard University56.8 miles (91.3 km)4yr-private
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg57.1 miles (91.9 km)4yr-public
University of Valley Forge57.5 miles (92.5 km)4yr-private
University of the District of Columbia57.7 miles (92.8 km)4yr-public
Strayer University-Maryland57.8 miles (93.0 km)4yr-private
Institute of World Politics58.0 miles (93.3 km)4yr-private
NewU University58.1 miles (93.5 km)4yr-private
Career Technical Institute58.1 miles (93.6 km)2yr-private
Strayer University-District of Columbia58.2 miles (93.6 km)4yr-private
Strayer University-Global Region58.2 miles (93.6 km)4yr-private
The Chicago School at Washington DC58.3 miles (93.8 km)4yr-private
University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus58.3 miles (93.8 km)4yr-private
Windsor University58.6 miles (94.3 km)4yr-private
Wesley Theological Seminary58.9 miles (94.7 km)4yr-private
Gettysburg College58.9 miles (94.8 km)4yr-private
American University59.0 miles (94.9 km)4yr-private
George Washington University59.0 miles (95.0 km)4yr-private

K-12 schools within ~10 miles

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

		Grades
HIGH ROAD SCHOOL OF HARFORD COUNTY	private	—	—	0.2 miles (0.4 km)
Church Creek Elementary	public	—	—	0.7 miles (1.2 km)
THE HIGHLANDS SCHOOL	private	—	—	2.3 miles (3.7 km)
GRACE CLASSICAL ACADEMY	private	—	—	2.3 miles (3.7 km)
G. Lisby Elementary at Hillsdale	public	—	—	3.5 miles (5.7 km)
Old Post Road Elementary	public	—	—	3.8 miles (6.1 km)
William S. James Elementary	public	—	—	3.9 miles (6.3 km)
ST JOAN OF ARC SCHOOL	private	—	—	4.1 miles (6.6 km)
ST JOAN OF ARC	private	—	—	4.1 miles (6.6 km)
Bakerfield Elementary	public	—	—	4.3 miles (7.0 km)
Aberdeen High	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
Edgewood High	public	—	—	4.6 miles (7.4 km)
Swan Creek School	public	—	—	4.6 miles (7.4 km)
Center for Educational Opportunity	public	—	—	4.6 miles (7.4 km)
Edgewood Middle	public	—	—	4.6 miles (7.5 km)
Aberdeen Middle	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.5 km)
Deerfield Elementary	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.6 km)
Halls Cross Roads Elementary	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.6 km)
Abingdon Elementary	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.8 km)
Edgewood Elementary	public	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
Emmorton Elementary	public	—	—	5.1 miles (8.2 km)
Patterson Mill High School	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
Patterson Mill Middle School	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
EMMORTON BAPTIST ACADEMY	private	—	—	5.5 miles (8.9 km)
THE MONARCH MONTESSORI SCHOOL	private	—	—	5.8 miles (9.3 km)
Ring Factory Elementary	public	—	—	5.8 miles (9.4 km)
Fountain Green Elementary	public	—	—	5.9 miles (9.5 km)
Churchville Elementary	public	—	—	6.0 miles (9.7 km)
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL & EARLY LRNG CTR	private	—	—	6.1 miles (9.8 km)
Roye-Williams Elementary	public	—	—	6.2 miles (10.0 km)
Harford Academy at Campus Hills	public	—	—	6.3 miles (10.2 km)
Prospect Mill Elementary	public	—	—	6.4 miles (10.3 km)
Harford Technical High	public	—	—	6.5 miles (10.4 km)
Homestead/Wakefield Elementary	public	—	—	6.7 miles (10.7 km)
ONE SCHOOL GLOBAL-CHESAPEAKE CAMPUS	private	—	—	6.8 miles (10.9 km)
Magnolia Elementary	public	—	—	6.8 miles (11.0 km)
JOHN CARROLL SCHOOL	private	—	—	6.9 miles (11.1 km)
Magnolia Middle	public	—	—	6.9 miles (11.1 km)
Bel Air Middle	public	—	—	6.9 miles (11.1 km)
Bel Air High	public	—	—	7.2 miles (11.6 km)
Southampton Middle	public	—	—	7.2 miles (11.6 km)
Riverside Elementary	public	—	—	7.5 miles (12.1 km)
Joppatowne High	public	—	—	7.5 miles (12.1 km)
Bel Air Elementary	public	—	—	7.6 miles (12.2 km)
ST MARGARET SCHOOL	private	—	—	7.6 miles (12.3 km)
Joppatowne Elementary	public	—	—	7.8 miles (12.5 km)
C. Milton Wright High	public	—	—	7.9 miles (12.6 km)
HARFORD DAY SCHOOL	private	—	—	7.9 miles (12.7 km)
GREAT COMMISSION CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	8.4 miles (13.5 km)
BETHEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	8.5 miles (13.7 km)
Havre de Grace Middle	public	—	—	8.6 miles (13.9 km)
Havre de Grace High	public	—	—	8.6 miles (13.9 km)
Havre de Grace Elementary	public	—	—	8.7 miles (14.0 km)
ST STEPHEN PAROCHIAL SCHOOL	private	—	—	9.0 miles (14.5 km)
Meadowvale Elementary	public	—	—	9.2 miles (14.8 km)
Red Pump Elementary School	public	—	—	9.4 miles (15.1 km)
Hickory Elementary	public	—	—	9.4 miles (15.2 km)
BRIDGES MONTESSORI OF TOWSON, INC.	private	—	—	9.5 miles (15.3 km)
Oliver Beach Elementary	public	—	—	9.7 miles (15.5 km)
OPEN BIBLE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	9.7 miles (15.5 km)
ST PAULS LUTHERAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	9.7 miles (15.6 km)
Fallston Middle School	public	—	—	9.9 miles (15.9 km)
Kingsville Elementary	public	—	—	9.9 miles (15.9 km)

Schools FAQ for ZIP 21017

What school district is ZIP code 21017 in?

ZIP 21017 (Riverside, MD) maps to Harford County Public Schools (LEA ID 2400390) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.

How many schools are near ZIP code 21017?

US5 lists 63 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 45 public and 18 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.

What share of students in 21017 attend private school?

About 0.8% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 21017 attend private school (ACS estimate).

Education
Bachelor's or higher	38.8%
High school	24.7%
Less than HS	2.6%
School district	Harford County Public Schools

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