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ZIP 21917 — Schools & Education

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2019–2023 5-Year Estimates. Page data updated 2026-08-02.

Upper Middle ClassLow Snow Area

School district, nearby K-12 schools, and universities

Schools & Education in ZIP 21917

K-12 nearby
32
Public
20
Private
12
Avg enrollment
—

ZIP 21917 (MD) is associated with Cecil County Public Schools (LEA 2400240) 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 32 K-12 schools (20 public, 12 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 Cecil College about 7.8 miles away (2yr-public).

District & higher education
School district
Cecil County Public Schools
LEA ID
2400240
Private school share (ACS)
0.0%

Colleges & universities (100)

  • Cecil College7.8 miles (12.5 km)2yr-public
  • Harford Community College12.5 miles (20.1 km)2yr-public
  • Lincoln University13.1 miles (21.0 km)4yr-public
  • University of Delaware18.3 miles (29.5 km)4yr-public
  • Goldey-Beacom College22.2 miles (35.7 km)4yr-private
  • Lancaster County Career and Technology Center23.4 miles (37.7 km)2yr-public
  • Millersville University of Pennsylvania26.6 miles (42.8 km)4yr-public
  • Wilmington University27.1 miles (43.7 km)4yr-private
  • Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology27.3 miles (43.9 km)2yr-public
  • Pennsylvania College of Art and Design27.9 miles (44.9 km)4yr-private
  • Saint Joseph's University - Lancaster28.0 miles (45.1 km)4yr-private
  • Lancaster Theological Seminary28.3 miles (45.6 km)4yr-private
Show all 100 colleges & universities
  • Franklin and Marshall College28.5 miles (45.9 km)4yr-private
  • Delaware College of Art and Design29.5 miles (47.5 km)2yr-private
  • Strayer University-Delaware29.6 miles (47.7 km)4yr-private
  • Lancaster Bible College29.7 miles (47.7 km)4yr-private
  • Community College of Baltimore County30.1 miles (48.4 km)2yr-public
  • Washington College31.4 miles (50.6 km)4yr-private
  • Goucher College32.1 miles (51.6 km)4yr-private
  • West Chester University of Pennsylvania32.9 miles (52.9 km)4yr-public
  • Salem Community College33.4 miles (53.8 km)2yr-public
  • Towson University33.4 miles (53.8 km)4yr-public
  • Morgan State University34.5 miles (55.5 km)4yr-public
  • Cheyney University of Pennsylvania35.1 miles (56.5 km)4yr-public
  • Universal Technical Institute of Pennsylvania Inc35.2 miles (56.6 km)2yr-private
  • Notre Dame of Maryland University35.6 miles (57.3 km)4yr-private
  • Loyola University Maryland35.9 miles (57.7 km)4yr-private
  • Automotive Training Center-Exton36.0 miles (57.9 km)2yr-private
  • Johns Hopkins University36.6 miles (59.0 km)4yr-private
  • Bais HaMedrash and Mesivta of Baltimore36.8 miles (59.2 km)4yr-private
  • YTI Career Institute-York37.2 miles (59.9 km)2yr-private
  • Immaculata University37.2 miles (59.9 km)4yr-private
  • University of Baltimore37.5 miles (60.3 km)4yr-public
  • Maryland Institute College of Art37.5 miles (60.4 km)4yr-private
  • Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York37.6 miles (60.5 km)4yr-public
  • Neumann University37.6 miles (60.6 km)4yr-private
  • University System of Maryland38.0 miles (61.2 km)4yr-public
  • University System of Maryland-Research Centers38.0 miles (61.2 km)4yr-public
  • York College of Pennsylvania38.5 miles (61.9 km)4yr-private
  • Women's Institute of Torah Seminary and College38.6 miles (62.1 km)4yr-private
  • Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine38.6 miles (62.2 km)4yr-public
  • University of Maryland, Baltimore38.7 miles (62.2 km)4yr-public
  • Baltimore City Community College38.7 miles (62.3 km)2yr-public
  • Coppin State University38.9 miles (62.7 km)4yr-public
  • Williamson College of the Trades39.4 miles (63.4 km)2yr-private
  • Stevenson University39.9 miles (64.2 km)4yr-private
  • Ner Israel Rabbinical College40.1 miles (64.5 km)4yr-private
  • Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley40.3 miles (64.8 km)4yr-public
  • Pennsylvania Institute of Technology41.0 miles (66.0 km)4yr-private
  • Widener University41.5 miles (66.9 km)4yr-private
  • Elizabethtown College42.2 miles (67.9 km)4yr-private
  • University of Valley Forge42.5 miles (68.3 km)4yr-private
  • Delaware County Community College42.6 miles (68.5 km)2yr-public
  • Swarthmore College42.6 miles (68.6 km)4yr-private
  • Delaware Technical Community College-Central Office43.4 miles (69.9 km)4yr-public
  • Delaware Technical Community College-Terry43.5 miles (70.0 km)4yr-public
  • University of Maryland-Baltimore County43.5 miles (70.1 km)4yr-public
  • All-State Career School44.3 miles (71.2 km)2yr-private
  • Delaware State University44.8 miles (72.0 km)4yr-public
  • Alvernia University44.9 miles (72.3 km)4yr-private
  • Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences45.9 miles (73.8 km)2yr-private
  • Valley Forge Military College46.2 miles (74.4 km)2yr-private
  • Eastern University46.6 miles (75.0 km)4yr-private
  • Reading Area Community College46.6 miles (75.0 km)2yr-public
  • Cabrini University46.6 miles (75.0 km)4yr-private
  • Miller-Motte College-Berks Technical Institute46.9 miles (75.5 km)2yr-private
  • Villanova University47.4 miles (76.3 km)4yr-private
  • American College of Financial Services47.6 miles (76.7 km)4yr-private
  • Rosemont College47.8 miles (76.9 km)4yr-private
  • Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks47.9 miles (77.1 km)4yr-public
  • Haverford College48.0 miles (77.3 km)4yr-private
  • Harcum College48.1 miles (77.4 km)2yr-private
  • Bryn Mawr College48.3 miles (77.8 km)4yr-private
  • Anne Arundel Community College48.3 miles (77.8 km)2yr-public
  • McDaniel College48.5 miles (78.1 km)4yr-private
  • Carroll Community College48.5 miles (78.1 km)2yr-public
  • Albright College48.7 miles (78.3 km)4yr-private
  • Ursinus College49.5 miles (79.7 km)4yr-private
  • Chesapeake College49.7 miles (80.0 km)2yr-public
  • Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia50.1 miles (80.7 km)4yr-private
  • Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg50.2 miles (80.8 km)4yr-public
  • Lebanon Valley College50.6 miles (81.4 km)4yr-private
  • Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia50.7 miles (81.7 km)4yr-private
  • Walnut Hill College51.1 miles (82.3 km)4yr-private
  • University of Pennsylvania51.7 miles (83.2 km)4yr-private
  • United States Naval Academy52.0 miles (83.7 km)4yr-public
  • Drexel University52.0 miles (83.7 km)4yr-private
  • Rowan University52.1 miles (83.8 km)4yr-public
  • Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine52.1 miles (83.9 km)4yr-private
  • St. John's College52.1 miles (83.9 km)4yr-private
  • Lincoln College of Technology-Columbia52.3 miles (84.2 km)2yr-private
  • Howard Community College52.3 miles (84.2 km)2yr-public
  • Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus52.4 miles (84.4 km)2yr-public
  • Jna Institute of Culinary Arts52.6 miles (84.7 km)2yr-private
  • Academy of Vocal Arts52.6 miles (84.7 km)4yr-private
  • Studio Incamminati52.8 miles (84.9 km)2yr-private
  • Curtis Institute of Music52.8 miles (84.9 km)4yr-private
  • Moore College of Art and Design52.9 miles (85.2 km)4yr-private
  • Peirce College52.9 miles (85.2 km)4yr-private
  • University of the Arts53.0 miles (85.2 km)4yr-private
K-12 schools within ~10 miles

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

Grades
WEST NOTTINGHAM ACADEMYprivate——1.1 miles (1.7 km)
Rising Sun Elementarypublic——1.8 miles (2.9 km)
Rising Sun Middle Schoolpublic——2.6 miles (4.2 km)
Conowingo Elementarypublic——3.3 miles (5.2 km)
MERAKI ACADEMYprivate——4.4 miles (7.1 km)
Bainbridge Elementarypublic——4.7 miles (7.5 km)
Darlington Elementarypublic——6.0 miles (9.7 km)
Calvert Elementarypublic——6.3 miles (10.2 km)
Perryville Highpublic——6.4 miles (10.4 km)
Rising Sun Highpublic——6.8 miles (11.0 km)
BETHEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMYprivate——7.0 miles (11.2 km)
WINDY KNOLL AMISH SCHOOLprivate——7.1 miles (11.5 km)
GREAT COMMISSION CHRISTIAN ACADEMYprivate——7.2 miles (11.5 km)
Perryville Middlepublic——7.3 miles (11.7 km)
GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC SCHOOLprivate——7.3 miles (11.8 km)
Perryville Elementarypublic——7.5 miles (12.1 km)
Meadowvale Elementarypublic——7.5 miles (12.1 km)
LITTLE BRITAIN MENNONITE SCHOOLprivate——7.6 miles (12.2 km)
Bay View Elementarypublic——7.8 miles (12.6 km)
BETHANY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLprivate——7.9 miles (12.8 km)
MEDIA AMISH PAROCHIAL SCHOOL C/O AMOS STOLTZFUSprivate——8.6 miles (13.8 km)
Havre de Grace Middlepublic——8.7 miles (14.0 km)
Havre de Grace Highpublic——8.7 miles (14.0 km)
Havre de Grace Elementarypublic——9.0 miles (14.4 km)
OAK SHADE SCHOOLprivate——9.1 miles (14.6 km)
Charlestown Elementarypublic——9.1 miles (14.6 km)
Dublin Elementarypublic——9.1 miles (14.7 km)
WEAVER DAY SCHOOLprivate——9.7 miles (15.6 km)
North East Middlepublic——9.7 miles (15.7 km)
HARFORD CHRISTIAN SCHOOLprivate——9.8 miles (15.7 km)
Penn's Grove Schoolpublic——10.0 miles (16.1 km)
Hopewell El Schpublic——10.0 miles (16.1 km)

Schools FAQ for ZIP 21917

What school district is ZIP code 21917 in?
ZIP 21917 (MD) maps to Cecil County Public Schools (LEA ID 2400240) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.
How many schools are near ZIP code 21917?
US5 lists 32 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 20 public and 12 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.
What share of students in 21917 attend private school?
About 0.0% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 21917 attend private school (ACS estimate).

Schools & Education key statistics

Education statistics
Education
Bachelor's or higher13.6%
High school47.6%
Less than HS4.1%
School districtCecil County Public Schools