ZIP 29208 — 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 29208

K-12 nearby

100

Public

Private

Avg enrollment

—

ZIP 29208 (Columbia, SC) is associated with Richland School District 1 (LEA 4503360) 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 (77 public, 23 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 4.1 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 University of South Carolina-Columbia about 0.1 miles away (4yr-public).

District & higher education

School district

Richland School District 1

LEA ID

4503360

Private school share (ACS)

0.0%

Colleges & universities (72)

University of South Carolina-Columbia0.1 miles (0.2 km)4yr-public
Allen University1.0 miles (1.5 km)4yr-private
Benedict College1.1 miles (1.8 km)4yr-private
Columbia College3.3 miles (5.3 km)4yr-private
Fortis College-Columbia3.3 miles (5.3 km)2yr-private
Southeastern College-Columbia5.9 miles (9.4 km)2yr-private
Columbia International University6.0 miles (9.6 km)4yr-private
Midlands Technical College6.0 miles (9.7 km)2yr-public
South University-Columbia7.9 miles (12.7 km)4yr-private
Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College33.3 miles (53.7 km)2yr-public
Claflin University35.9 miles (57.8 km)4yr-private
South Carolina State University36.1 miles (58.0 km)4yr-public

Show all 72 colleges & universities

University of South Carolina-Sumter37.8 miles (60.8 km)2yr-public
Central Carolina Technical College37.9 miles (61.0 km)2yr-public
Newberry College39.2 miles (63.2 km)4yr-private
Morris College39.3 miles (63.2 km)4yr-private
Denmark Technical College47.6 miles (76.7 km)2yr-public
Voorhees University48.1 miles (77.4 km)4yr-private
University of South Carolina Aiken51.6 miles (83.1 km)4yr-public
University of South Carolina-Lancaster52.8 miles (85.0 km)2yr-public
Aiken Technical College56.7 miles (91.2 km)2yr-public
Presbyterian College58.1 miles (93.6 km)4yr-private
University of South Carolina-Union60.1 miles (96.8 km)2yr-public
Coker University60.7 miles (97.6 km)4yr-private
Clinton College63.3 miles (101.8 km)4yr-private
Piedmont Technical College64.2 miles (103.2 km)2yr-public
York Technical College64.7 miles (104.2 km)2yr-public
Winthrop University65.2 miles (104.9 km)4yr-public
Augusta University66.2 miles (106.5 km)4yr-public
Paine College66.4 miles (106.9 km)4yr-private
Lander University66.5 miles (107.0 km)4yr-public
Helms College67.9 miles (109.3 km)2yr-private
University of South Carolina-Salkehatchie69.8 miles (112.3 km)2yr-public
Augusta Technical College71.0 miles (114.2 km)2yr-public
Miller-Motte College-Augusta71.1 miles (114.5 km)2yr-private
Florence-Darlington Technical College71.5 miles (115.0 km)2yr-public
Williamsburg Technical College73.3 miles (118.0 km)2yr-public
Wingate University76.0 miles (122.2 km)4yr-private
Northeastern Technical College78.7 miles (126.7 km)2yr-public
Chamberlain University-North Carolina78.9 miles (127.0 km)4yr-private
Francis Marion University79.8 miles (128.4 km)4yr-public
Southeastern College-Charlotte80.1 miles (128.9 km)2yr-private
Erskine College81.3 miles (130.8 km)4yr-private
Limestone University81.3 miles (130.8 km)4yr-private
Charlotte Christian College and Theological Seminary81.9 miles (131.9 km)4yr-private
Carolinas College of Health Sciences82.0 miles (132.0 km)4yr-public
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Charlotte82.1 miles (132.1 km)2yr-private
Queens University of Charlotte83.0 miles (133.6 km)4yr-private
Converse University83.3 miles (134.1 km)4yr-private
South Piedmont Community College83.4 miles (134.3 km)2yr-public
Wofford College84.1 miles (135.3 km)4yr-private
Central Piedmont Community College85.0 miles (136.8 km)2yr-public
Spartanburg Methodist College85.2 miles (137.1 km)4yr-private
Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte86.0 miles (138.3 km)4yr-private
Johnson C Smith University86.6 miles (139.3 km)4yr-private
Spartanburg Community College86.9 miles (139.9 km)2yr-public
Belmont Abbey College87.2 miles (140.4 km)4yr-private
University of South Carolina-Upstate87.4 miles (140.6 km)4yr-public
Sherman College of Chiropractic88.9 miles (143.1 km)4yr-private
Charleston Southern University89.2 miles (143.5 km)4yr-private
Gaston College91.2 miles (146.8 km)2yr-public
Miller-Motte College-Charleston91.8 miles (147.7 km)2yr-private
University of North Carolina at Charlotte91.9 miles (147.9 km)4yr-public
Cleveland Community College92.4 miles (148.7 km)2yr-public
Trident Technical College93.6 miles (150.6 km)2yr-public
Gardner-Webb University93.7 miles (150.7 km)4yr-private
Southeastern College-Charleston95.3 miles (153.4 km)2yr-private
Greenville Technical College95.6 miles (153.8 km)4yr-public
Bob Jones University97.3 miles (156.6 km)4yr-private
Strayer University-South Carolina97.4 miles (156.8 km)4yr-private
Richmond Community College97.8 miles (157.4 km)2yr-public
Anderson University98.8 miles (158.9 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 PETERS CATHOLIC SCHOOL	private	—	—	0.7 miles (1.2 km)
ST MARTIN DE PORRES SCHOOL	private	—	—	1.0 miles (1.7 km)
Clear Dot Charter School	public	—	—	1.1 miles (1.9 km)
Hand Middle	public	—	—	1.3 miles (2.0 km)
A. C. Moore Elementary	public	—	—	1.3 miles (2.1 km)
Logan Elementary	public	—	—	1.4 miles (2.2 km)
MARNIE LEADS ACADEMY	private	—	—	1.4 miles (2.2 km)
MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF COLUMBIA	private	—	—	1.6 miles (2.5 km)
Carver-Lyon Elementary	public	—	—	1.6 miles (2.6 km)
C. A. Johnson High	public	—	—	1.8 miles (3.0 km)
Dreher High	public	—	—	1.9 miles (3.1 km)
Brookland-Cayce High	public	—	—	2.0 miles (3.2 km)
Rosewood Elementary	public	—	—	2.0 miles (3.2 km)
SHANDON UNITED METHODIST PRESCHOOL & KINDERGARTEN	private	—	—	2.1 miles (3.3 km)
DANIELS CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS	private	—	—	2.1 miles (3.4 km)
ST JOSEPH SCHOOL	private	—	—	2.3 miles (3.6 km)
Watkins-Nance Elementary	public	—	—	2.3 miles (3.7 km)
W. A. Perry Middle	public	—	—	2.5 miles (3.9 km)
CENTER FOR LEARNING INC	private	—	—	2.6 miles (4.1 km)
Berea	public	—	—	2.7 miles (4.4 km)
South Kilbourne Elementary	public	—	—	2.8 miles (4.5 km)
Richland One Charter Middle College	public	—	—	2.8 miles (4.5 km)
A. C. Flora High	public	—	—	2.9 miles (4.6 km)
KILBOURNE PARK BAPTIST CHURCH WEEKDAY PRESCHOOL	private	—	—	2.9 miles (4.7 km)
Hyatt Park Elementary	public	—	—	3.0 miles (4.7 km)
Brennen Elementary	public	—	—	3.0 miles (4.8 km)
Edward E. Taylor Elementary	public	—	—	3.0 miles (4.8 km)
Bradley Elementary	public	—	—	3.0 miles (4.9 km)
Heyward Gibbes Middle	public	—	—	3.1 miles (5.0 km)
Saluda River Academy for the Arts	public	—	—	3.3 miles (5.4 km)
Crayton Middle	public	—	—	3.4 miles (5.4 km)
Burton Pack Elementary	public	—	—	3.4 miles (5.5 km)
Cayce Elementary	public	—	—	3.4 miles (5.5 km)
Lexington Two Innovation Center	public	—	—	3.5 miles (5.6 km)
GRACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	3.5 miles (5.6 km)
Eau Claire High	public	—	—	3.5 miles (5.7 km)
HOPE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	3.5 miles (5.7 km)
HARMONY SCHOOL	private	—	—	3.6 miles (5.7 km)
W. G. Sanders Middle	public	—	—	3.6 miles (5.7 km)
Cyril B. Busbee Creative Arts Academy	public	—	—	3.6 miles (5.8 km)
Arden Elementary	public	—	—	3.6 miles (5.8 km)
Brockman Elementary	public	—	—	3.6 miles (5.8 km)
JUBILEE ACADEMY	private	—	—	3.7 miles (5.9 km)
South Carolina Virtual Charter School	public	—	—	3.9 miles (6.2 km)
Samuel A. Heyward Career and Technology Center	public	—	—	3.9 miles (6.2 km)
Alcorn Middle	public	—	—	3.9 miles (6.2 km)
H. B. Rhame Elementary	public	—	—	3.9 miles (6.3 km)
Riverbank Elementary	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.4 km)
St. Andrews Middle	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.4 km)
Northside Middle	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.5 km)
Satchel Ford Elementary	public	—	—	4.1 miles (6.6 km)
Meadowfield Elementary	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.8 km)
HAMMOND SCHOOL	private	—	—	4.3 miles (6.9 km)
CUTLER JEWISH DAY SCHOOL	private	—	—	4.4 miles (7.0 km)
CUTLER JEWISH DAY SCHOOL	private	—	—	4.4 miles (7.0 km)
Palmetto Achievement Center for Excellence Academy	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
Pendergrass Fairwold School	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.2 km)
East Point Academy	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.2 km)
J. P. Thomas Elementary	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.2 km)
SC Whitmore School	public	—	—	4.6 miles (7.4 km)
GLENFOREST SCHOOL	private	—	—	4.7 miles (7.5 km)
ASBURY KINDERGARTEN & PRESCHOOL	private	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
Columbia High	public	—	—	5.1 miles (8.2 km)
A. J. Lewis Greenview Elementary	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
Sandel Elementary	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
THE SCHOOL OF NORAH ARK	private	—	—	5.4 miles (8.7 km)
Airport High	public	—	—	5.5 miles (8.8 km)
Annie Burnside Elementary	public	—	—	5.6 miles (9.0 km)
R. H. Fulmer Middle	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.1 km)
Forest Lake Elementary	public	—	—	5.8 miles (9.3 km)
Springdale Elementary	public	—	—	5.8 miles (9.4 km)
EDGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	5.8 miles (9.4 km)
SC Connections Academy	public	—	—	5.9 miles (9.5 km)
BEN LIPPEN SCHOOL	private	—	—	6.0 miles (9.6 km)
Dent Middle	public	—	—	6.1 miles (9.8 km)
Midlands Middle College	public	—	—	6.1 miles (9.8 km)
Manning High	public	—	—	6.1 miles (9.9 km)
MISSION HOPE FOUNDATION	private	—	—	6.3 miles (10.1 km)
Seven Oaks Elementary	public	—	—	6.4 miles (10.3 km)
Jackson Creek Elementary	public	—	—	6.5 miles (10.4 km)
Carolina School for Inquiry	public	—	—	6.5 miles (10.4 km)
Gray Collegiate Academy	public	—	—	6.5 miles (10.4 km)
Caughman Road Elementary	public	—	—	6.5 miles (10.5 km)
Pine Grove Elementary	public	—	—	6.5 miles (10.5 km)
Richland Northeast High	public	—	—	6.6 miles (10.6 km)
Broad River High	public	—	—	6.6 miles (10.6 km)
Kirkland High	public	—	—	6.6 miles (10.6 km)
SANDHILLS SCHOOL	private	—	—	6.7 miles (10.8 km)
Forest Heights Elementary	public	—	—	6.7 miles (10.8 km)
Mill Creek Elementary	public	—	—	6.8 miles (11.0 km)
Joseph Keels Elementary	public	—	—	6.8 miles (11.0 km)
Sara Babb High	public	—	—	6.9 miles (11.1 km)
L. W. Conder Elementary	public	—	—	7.2 miles (11.6 km)
River Bluff High	public	—	—	7.3 miles (11.7 km)
Herbert A. Wood Elementary	public	—	—	7.4 miles (11.9 km)
Pine Ridge Middle	public	—	—	7.4 miles (11.9 km)
Empowerment and Enrichment Academy	public	—	—	7.4 miles (11.9 km)
SCDJJ Evaluation and Detention Center	public	—	—	7.4 miles (11.9 km)
The Palmetto Empowerment and Enrichment Academy	public	—	—	7.4 miles (11.9 km)
Carolus Online Academy	public	—	—	7.5 miles (12.0 km)

Schools FAQ for ZIP 29208

What school district is ZIP code 29208 in?

ZIP 29208 (Columbia, SC) maps to Richland School District 1 (LEA ID 4503360) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.

How many schools are near ZIP code 29208?

US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 77 public and 23 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.

What share of students in 29208 attend private school?

About 0.0% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 29208 attend private school (ACS estimate).

Education
Bachelor's or higher	12.5%
High school	0.0%
Less than HS	0.0%
School district	Richland School District 1

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