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ZIP 28209 — 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 28209
K-12 nearby
100
Public
76
Private
24
Avg enrollment
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ZIP 28209 (Charlotte, NC) is associated with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (LEA 3702970) 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 (76 public, 24 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 3.8 miles.
ACS estimates show about 1.5% 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 Queens University of Charlotte about 1.4 miles away (4yr-private).
District & higher education
School district
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
LEA ID
3702970
Private school share (ACS)
1.5%
Colleges & universities (100)
- Queens University of Charlotte1.4 miles (2.2 km)4yr-private
- Southeastern College-Charlotte2.9 miles (4.7 km)2yr-private
- Central Piedmont Community College3.0 miles (4.9 km)2yr-public
- Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte3.8 miles (6.1 km)4yr-private
- Carolinas College of Health Sciences4.2 miles (6.7 km)4yr-public
- Johnson C Smith University4.5 miles (7.2 km)4yr-private
- Chamberlain University-North Carolina5.2 miles (8.4 km)4yr-private
- Charlotte Christian College and Theological Seminary6.7 miles (10.8 km)4yr-private
- Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Charlotte6.8 miles (10.9 km)2yr-private
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte11.2 miles (18.0 km)4yr-public
- Belmont Abbey College12.0 miles (19.3 km)4yr-private
- York Technical College18.7 miles (30.1 km)2yr-public
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- Winthrop University19.2 miles (30.9 km)4yr-public
- Gaston College21.0 miles (33.8 km)2yr-public
- Clinton College21.2 miles (34.2 km)4yr-private
- Davidson College22.2 miles (35.7 km)4yr-private
- Cabarrus College of Health Sciences23.0 miles (37.0 km)4yr-private
- Wingate University26.8 miles (43.1 km)4yr-private
- NASCAR Technical Institute29.5 miles (47.4 km)2yr-private
- University of South Carolina-Lancaster30.8 miles (49.6 km)2yr-public
- Stanly Community College36.6 miles (58.9 km)2yr-public
- Cleveland Community College36.7 miles (59.1 km)2yr-public
- Rowan-Cabarrus Community College38.1 miles (61.3 km)2yr-public
- South Piedmont Community College38.4 miles (61.8 km)2yr-public
- Hood Theological Seminary38.5 miles (61.9 km)4yr-private
- Pfeiffer University38.5 miles (62.0 km)4yr-private
- Livingstone College39.9 miles (64.2 km)4yr-private
- Catawba College41.1 miles (66.2 km)4yr-private
- Mitchell Community College41.8 miles (67.3 km)2yr-public
- Catawba Valley Community College43.5 miles (70.0 km)2yr-public
- Limestone University45.7 miles (73.6 km)4yr-private
- Gardner-Webb University46.2 miles (74.4 km)4yr-private
- Lenoir-Rhyne University47.1 miles (75.7 km)4yr-private
- University of South Carolina-Union53.9 miles (86.7 km)2yr-public
- Montgomery Community College57.0 miles (91.7 km)2yr-public
- Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute58.6 miles (94.3 km)2yr-public
- Western Piedmont Community College60.1 miles (96.7 km)2yr-public
- Davidson-Davie Community College60.7 miles (97.6 km)2yr-public
- Isothermal Community College60.7 miles (97.6 km)2yr-public
- Northeastern Technical College61.5 miles (99.0 km)2yr-public
- Converse University62.1 miles (100.0 km)4yr-private
- Wofford College62.9 miles (101.2 km)4yr-private
- University of South Carolina-Upstate64.4 miles (103.6 km)4yr-public
- Sherman College of Chiropractic65.0 miles (104.6 km)4yr-private
- Spartanburg Methodist College65.0 miles (104.6 km)4yr-private
- Spartanburg Community College65.8 miles (105.8 km)2yr-public
- Randolph Community College67.1 miles (107.9 km)2yr-public
- Richmond Community College67.4 miles (108.5 km)2yr-public
- Wilkes Community College68.7 miles (110.6 km)2yr-public
- Forsyth Technical Community College69.6 miles (112.0 km)2yr-public
- McDowell Technical Community College70.6 miles (113.6 km)2yr-public
- Coker University71.0 miles (114.3 km)4yr-private
- University of North Carolina School of the Arts71.1 miles (114.4 km)4yr-public
- Carolina University71.4 miles (114.9 km)4yr-private
- Salem College71.5 miles (115.1 km)4yr-private
- Winston-Salem State University72.2 miles (116.1 km)4yr-public
- High Point University73.0 miles (117.6 km)4yr-private
- Wake Forest University73.5 miles (118.3 km)4yr-private
- Carolina Christian College74.8 miles (120.4 km)4yr-private
- South University-Columbia74.9 miles (120.6 km)4yr-private
- Newberry College75.5 miles (121.5 km)4yr-private
- Presbyterian College76.0 miles (122.3 km)4yr-private
- Guilford Technical Community College77.2 miles (124.2 km)2yr-public
- Columbia International University77.3 miles (124.3 km)4yr-private
- Southeastern College-Columbia77.3 miles (124.5 km)2yr-private
- South University-High Point77.8 miles (125.1 km)4yr-private
- Columbia College78.9 miles (127.0 km)4yr-private
- Benedict College81.1 miles (130.5 km)4yr-private
- Allen University81.3 miles (130.8 km)4yr-private
- Strayer University-North Carolina81.3 miles (130.9 km)4yr-private
- Fortis College-Columbia81.4 miles (131.0 km)2yr-private
- Sandhills Community College81.8 miles (131.6 km)2yr-public
- Health And Style Institute82.2 miles (132.3 km)2yr-private
- University of South Carolina-Columbia82.3 miles (132.4 km)4yr-public
- Guilford College83.3 miles (134.1 km)4yr-private
- St. Andrews University83.4 miles (134.3 km)4yr-private
- Surry Community College83.7 miles (134.6 km)2yr-public
- Mayland Community College83.7 miles (134.7 km)2yr-public
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro85.0 miles (136.7 km)4yr-public
- Appalachian State University85.3 miles (137.3 km)4yr-public
- Greensboro College85.5 miles (137.5 km)4yr-private
- North Greenville University86.0 miles (138.4 km)4yr-private
- Bennett College86.1 miles (138.5 km)4yr-private
- Midlands Technical College86.2 miles (138.8 km)2yr-public
- North Carolina A & T State University86.6 miles (139.4 km)4yr-public
- Montreat College87.5 miles (140.8 km)4yr-private
- Florence-Darlington Technical College87.5 miles (140.8 km)2yr-public
- Bob Jones University88.1 miles (141.8 km)4yr-private
- Lees-McRae College88.8 miles (143.0 km)4yr-private
- Blue Ridge Community College89.1 miles (143.4 km)2yr-public
- Greenville Technical College89.3 miles (143.6 km)4yr-public
- University of South Carolina-Sumter90.2 miles (145.2 km)2yr-public
- Central Carolina Technical College90.3 miles (145.4 km)2yr-public
- Morris College90.4 miles (145.5 km)4yr-private
- Strayer University-South Carolina90.5 miles (145.7 km)4yr-private
- Jung Tao School of Classical Chinese Medicine91.3 miles (147.0 km)4yr-private
- Furman University91.4 miles (147.1 km)4yr-private
- Warren Wilson College94.3 miles (151.8 km)4yr-private
- Francis Marion University96.6 miles (155.4 km)4yr-public
- Galen Health Institutes-Asheville98.3 miles (158.2 km)4yr-private
K-12 schools within ~10 miles
Sorted table with type, grades, enrollment, and distance. Data from NCES CCD / EDGE extracts.
| Grades | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST ANN CATHOLIC SCHOOL | private | — | — | 0.3 miles (0.4 km) |
| Sedgefield Montessori | public | — | — | 1.0 miles (1.5 km) |
| Pinewood Elementary | public | — | — | 1.0 miles (1.7 km) |
| Sedgefield Middle | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.0 km) |
| KEYSTONE MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.0 km) |
| KEYSTONE MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.0 km) |
| Myers Park High School | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.1 km) |
| Selwyn Elementary | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.1 km) |
| Myers Park Traditional Elem | public | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.2 km) |
| Alexander Graham Middle | public | — | — | 1.5 miles (2.3 km) |
| Collinswood Language Academy | public | — | — | 1.5 miles (2.5 km) |
| CHRIST CHURCH PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN | private | — | — | 1.8 miles (3.0 km) |
| ST PATRICK CATHOLIC SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) |
| Metrolina Reg Scholars Academy | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) |
| Montclaire Elementary | public | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.2 km) |
| Marie G Davis School | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.3 km) |
| KENT ACADEMY | private | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.5 km) |
| Eastover Elementary | public | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.5 km) |
| Dilworth Elementary School Latta Campus | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.6 km) |
| Dilworth Elementary | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.6 km) |
| EPIPHANY SCHOOL OF CHARLOTTE | private | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.8 km) |
| ST GABRIEL CATHOLIC SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.3 km) |
| Sharon Elementary | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.4 km) |
| Billingsville Elementary | public | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) |
| Movement School Southwest | public | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) |
| Starmount Academy of Excellence | public | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.6 km) |
| THE JOHN CROSLAND SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.6 km) |
| Metro School | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) |
| Central Piedmont Early College | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) |
| VICTORY CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) |
| PHILIPS ACADEMY | private | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) |
| Charles H. Parker Academic Center | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) |
| BROOKSTONE SCHOOLS | private | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.8 km) |
| Elizabeth Traditional Elem | public | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.8 km) |
| Charlotte-Mecklenburg Virtual School | public | — | — | 3.1 miles (4.9 km) |
| Elbert Edwin Waddell High School | public | — | — | 3.1 miles (4.9 km) |
| Cotswold Elementary | public | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.1 km) |
| Huntingtowne Farms Elementary | public | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.1 km) |
| GO BIG | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.3 km) |
| Niner University Elementary | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.3 km) |
| Nations Ford Elementary | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.4 km) |
| Randolph Middle | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.4 km) |
| Charlotte Lab School | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.4 km) |
| Beverly Woods Elementary | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| Reid Park Academy | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| TRINITY EPISCOPAL SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| Piedmont Middle School | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| South Academy of International Languages | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.7 km) |
| Chantilly Montessori | public | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.8 km) |
| First Ward Creative Arts Academy | public | — | — | 3.7 miles (5.9 km) |
| ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF CHARLOTTE | private | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.1 km) |
| Irwin Academic Center | public | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| Military and Global Leadership | public | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| Hawthorne Academy of Health Sciences | public | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| Oakhurst STEAM Academy | public | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| Harper Middle College High | public | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| Steele Creek Preparatory Academy | public | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.7 km) |
| Bruns Avenue Elementary | public | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.8 km) |
| Ashley Park PreK-8 School | public | — | — | 4.3 miles (6.9 km) |
| Renaissance West STEAM Academy | public | — | — | 4.3 miles (6.9 km) |
| Movement Charter School | public | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.0 km) |
| CHARLOTTE JEWISH DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.1 km) |
| CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL OF JEWISH STUDIES | private | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.1 km) |
| Stewart Creek High | public | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.1 km) |
| Carmel Middle | public | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.1 km) |
| Quail Hollow Middle | public | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.2 km) |
| Walter G. Byers School | public | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.4 km) |
| Villa Heights Elementary | public | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.5 km) |
| Rama Road Elementary | public | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.5 km) |
| Phillip O Berry Academy of Technology | public | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.5 km) |
| Smithfield Elementary | public | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.6 km) |
| Lansdowne Elementary | public | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.6 km) |
| South Mecklenburg High School | public | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.7 km) |
| McClintock Middle | public | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.7 km) |
| Eastway Middle | public | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.7 km) |
| Harding University High School | public | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.8 km) |
| Merry Oaks International Academy | public | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.8 km) |
| Westerly Hills Academy | public | — | — | 4.9 miles (7.9 km) |
| EMERALD SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE | private | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.0 km) |
| Oaklawn Language Academy | public | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.1 km) |
| CYZNER INSTITUTE | private | — | — | 5.2 miles (8.3 km) |
| CHARLOTTE ISLAMIC ACADEMY | private | — | — | 5.2 miles (8.4 km) |
| ALC MOSAIC (MOSAIC SCHOOL) | private | — | — | 5.2 miles (8.4 km) |
| Sterling Elementary | public | — | — | 5.2 miles (8.4 km) |
| CHARLOTTE PREPARATORY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.2 miles (8.4 km) |
| Highland Mill Montessori | public | — | — | 5.3 miles (8.5 km) |
| Winterfield Elementary | public | — | — | 5.3 miles (8.5 km) |
| Shamrock Gardens Elementary | public | — | — | 5.3 miles (8.6 km) |
| Northwest School of the Arts | public | — | — | 5.4 miles (8.7 km) |
| VERITAS Community School CFA | public | — | — | 5.4 miles (8.7 km) |
| East Mecklenburg High School | public | — | — | 5.4 miles (8.7 km) |
| CHARLOTTE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.5 miles (8.8 km) |
| Lincoln Heights Montessori | public | — | — | 5.6 miles (8.9 km) |
| TEACHING ACHIEVING STUDENTS ACADEMY | private | — | — | 5.6 miles (9.0 km) |
| CHARLOTTE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY | private | — | — | 5.6 miles (9.0 km) |
| Olde Providence Elementary | public | — | — | 5.7 miles (9.1 km) |
| University Park Creative Arts | public | — | — | 5.7 miles (9.1 km) |
| Druid Hills Academy | public | — | — | 5.7 miles (9.1 km) |
| Olympic High School | public | — | — | 5.7 miles (9.2 km) |
| Commonwealth High | public | — | — | 5.8 miles (9.3 km) |
Schools FAQ for ZIP 28209
What school district is ZIP code 28209 in?
ZIP 28209 (Charlotte, NC) maps to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (LEA ID 3702970) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.
How many schools are near ZIP code 28209?
US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 76 public and 24 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.
What share of students in 28209 attend private school?
About 1.5% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 28209 attend private school (ACS estimate).
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Schools & Education key statistics
| Education | |
|---|---|
| Bachelor's or higher | 69.5% |
| High school | 9.4% |
| Less than HS | 3.3% |
| School district | Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools |