ZIP 51501 — 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 51501

K-12 nearby

100

Public

Private

Avg enrollment

—

ZIP 51501 (Council Bluffs, IA) is associated with Council Bluffs Community School District (LEA 1908220) 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 (86 public, 14 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 5.0 miles.

ACS estimates show about 0.1% 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 SOHO Hair Academy about 1.2 miles away (2yr-private).

District & higher education

School district

Council Bluffs Community School District

LEA ID

1908220

Private school share (ACS)

0.1%

Colleges & universities (44)

SOHO Hair Academy1.2 miles (1.9 km)2yr-private
Creighton University4.5 miles (7.2 km)4yr-private
Iowa Western Community College5.2 miles (8.4 km)2yr-public
University of Nebraska Medical Center5.3 miles (8.6 km)4yr-public
Clarkson College5.5 miles (8.8 km)4yr-private
Bellevue University5.7 miles (9.2 km)4yr-private
Metropolitan Community College Area7.1 miles (11.4 km)2yr-public
University of Nebraska at Omaha7.1 miles (11.4 km)4yr-public
College of Saint Mary7.5 miles (12.0 km)4yr-private
Xenon A Stephanie Moss Academy8.8 miles (14.2 km)2yr-private
Universal College of Healing Arts8.8 miles (14.2 km)2yr-private
Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health9.2 miles (14.9 km)4yr-private

Show all 44 colleges & universities

Ricketts Great Books College9.5 miles (15.3 km)4yr-private
CHI Health School of Radiologic Technology9.9 miles (15.9 km)4yr-private
Capitol Beauty School10.7 miles (17.2 km)2yr-private
Midland University34.8 miles (56.0 km)4yr-private
Southeast Community College Area47.2 miles (76.0 km)2yr-public
Myotherapy Institute47.6 miles (76.6 km)2yr-private
Nebraska Wesleyan University48.3 miles (77.7 km)4yr-private
Joseph's College Cosmetology48.3 miles (77.7 km)2yr-private
University of Nebraska-Central Administration System Office49.4 miles (79.6 km)4yr-public
Bryan College of Health Sciences50.1 miles (80.6 km)4yr-private
College of Hair Design-East Campus50.7 miles (81.6 km)2yr-private
Union Adventist University51.0 miles (82.1 km)4yr-private
University of Nebraska-Lincoln51.4 miles (82.7 km)4yr-public
Entourage Institute of Beauty and Esthetics51.4 miles (82.7 km)2yr-private
College of Hair Design-Downtown51.8 miles (83.4 km)2yr-private
Peru State College52.5 miles (84.6 km)4yr-public
Nebraska Indian Community College66.1 miles (106.4 km)4yr-public
Concordia University-Nebraska66.7 miles (107.3 km)4yr-private
Doane University69.8 miles (112.4 km)4yr-private
Little Priest Tribal College76.0 miles (122.3 km)2yr-public
Southwestern Community College78.6 miles (126.5 km)2yr-public
Northwest Missouri State University79.8 miles (128.4 km)4yr-public
Iowa School of Beauty-Sioux City87.6 miles (141.0 km)2yr-private
Morningside University89.6 miles (144.2 km)4yr-private
Western Iowa Tech Community College90.1 miles (145.0 km)2yr-public
Wayne State College91.4 miles (147.0 km)4yr-public
York University92.0 miles (148.1 km)4yr-private
Conception Seminary College92.6 miles (149.0 km)4yr-private
St Luke's College93.3 miles (150.2 km)4yr-private
Briar Cliff University94.1 miles (151.5 km)4yr-private
Northeast Community College96.8 miles (155.8 km)2yr-public
Highland Community College99.7 miles (160.5 km)2yr-public

K-12 schools within ~10 miles

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

		Grades
E A Kreft Primary School	public	—	—	1.0 miles (1.5 km)
Longfellow Elementary School	public	—	—	1.5 miles (2.4 km)
Edison Elementary School	public	—	—	2.2 miles (3.6 km)
Rue Elementary School	public	—	—	2.3 miles (3.7 km)
Thomas Jefferson High School	public	—	—	2.4 miles (3.8 km)
Bloomer Elementary School	public	—	—	2.5 miles (4.0 km)
BANCROFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	2.5 miles (4.0 km)
ONESCHOOL GLOBAL	private	—	—	2.6 miles (4.2 km)
Franklin Elementary School	public	—	—	2.8 miles (4.4 km)
Roosevelt Elementary School	public	—	—	2.8 miles (4.5 km)
PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	2.8 miles (4.5 km)
Lewis Central Senior High School	public	—	—	2.8 miles (4.5 km)
ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC SCHOOL	private	—	—	2.9 miles (4.7 km)
Woodrow Wilson Middle School	public	—	—	2.9 miles (4.7 km)
Anne E. Nelson Early Learning Center	public	—	—	3.0 miles (4.8 km)
Lewis Central Middle School	public	—	—	3.1 miles (5.0 km)
LIBERTY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	3.3 miles (5.3 km)
CASTELAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	3.3 miles (5.3 km)
SPRING LAKE MAGNET CENTER	public	—	—	3.3 miles (5.4 km)
GOMEZ HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	3.4 miles (5.4 km)
Titan Hill Intermediate School	public	—	—	3.5 miles (5.6 km)
SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL	public	—	—	3.6 miles (5.9 km)
R M MARRS MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL	public	—	—	3.7 miles (5.9 km)
Abraham Lincoln High School	public	—	—	3.7 miles (6.0 km)
ST ALBERT CATHOLIC	private	—	—	3.8 miles (6.1 km)
LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	3.8 miles (6.1 km)
Hoover Elementary School	public	—	—	3.8 miles (6.2 km)
Gerald W Kirn Middle School	public	—	—	3.9 miles (6.3 km)
NCYF COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.5 km)
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL	public	—	—	4.1 miles (6.6 km)
Lewis & Clark Elementary School	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.8 km)
OUR LADY OF LOURDES SCHOOL	private	—	—	4.3 miles (7.0 km)
HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
FOREST STATION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
JACKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.3 km)
EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER AT EDUCARE - KELLOM	public	—	—	4.6 miles (7.4 km)
EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER AT EDUCARE - INDIAN HILL	public	—	—	4.6 miles (7.4 km)
FIELD CLUB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	4.6 miles (7.4 km)
INDIAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	4.6 miles (7.4 km)
KELLOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	4.6 miles (7.5 km)
College View Elementary	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.7 km)
CHANDLER VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.7 km)
Carter Lake Elementary School	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.8 km)
CHESTERTON ACADEMY OF OMAHA	private	—	—	4.9 miles (7.8 km)
BLACKBURN ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM	public	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
AVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
GATEWAY TO COLLEGE PROGRAM	public	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
ACCELERE PROGRAM	public	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
CONESTOGA MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
CHAP CENTER	public	—	—	5.0 miles (8.0 km)
GIFFORD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	5.0 miles (8.0 km)
JESUIT ACADEMY	private	—	—	5.0 miles (8.1 km)
OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS HOMEBASED	public	—	—	5.1 miles (8.2 km)
OPS VIRTUAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	5.1 miles (8.2 km)
SS PETER & PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	private	—	—	5.1 miles (8.2 km)
ESL TEEN LITERACY PROGRAM	public	—	—	5.1 miles (8.2 km)
INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAM	public	—	—	5.1 miles (8.2 km)
MCC CAREER ACADEMY	public	—	—	5.1 miles (8.2 km)
CAREER CENTER	public	—	—	5.1 miles (8.2 km)
DOUGLAS COUNTY YOUTH CENTER	public	—	—	5.1 miles (8.3 km)
WAKE ROBIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
J P LORD PROGRAM	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
SACRED HEART SCHOOL	private	—	—	5.3 miles (8.6 km)
NORRIS MIDDLE SCHOOL	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.6 km)
DUCHESNE ACADEMY OF THE SACRED HEART	private	—	—	5.3 miles (8.6 km)
LOGAN FONTENELLE MIDDLE SCHOOL	public	—	—	5.4 miles (8.6 km)
ESU 3 HEAD START - BELLEVUE WEST	public	—	—	5.4 miles (8.7 km)
BELLEVUE WEST SR HIGH SCHOOL	public	—	—	5.4 miles (8.7 km)
GATEWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	5.5 miles (8.8 km)
EARLY LEARNING CENTER (0-3) AT GATEWAY	public	—	—	5.5 miles (8.8 km)
EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER AT GATEWAY	public	—	—	5.5 miles (8.9 km)
LOTHROP MAGNET CENTER	public	—	—	5.6 miles (8.9 km)
BLUESTEM MIDDLE SCHOOL	public	—	—	5.6 miles (9.0 km)
FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	5.6 miles (9.0 km)
TRANSITION PROGRAM AT UNMC NEBRASKA MEDICINE	public	—	—	5.6 miles (9.0 km)
MERCY HIGH SCHOOL	private	—	—	5.7 miles (9.1 km)
TRANSITION PROGRAM SOUTH	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.1 km)
KING SCIENCE/TECH MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.1 km)
BERTHA BARBER ELEMENTARY SCH	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.1 km)
GILDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.1 km)
HOLY CROSS SCHOOL	private	—	—	5.7 miles (9.2 km)
KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.2 km)
BELLEVUE EAST SR HIGH SCHOOL	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.2 km)
BEALS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.2 km)
BIRCHCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	5.8 miles (9.3 km)
EARLY LEARNING CENTER (0-3) AT KENNEDY	public	—	—	5.9 miles (9.4 km)
EARLY LEARNING CENTER (PK) AT KENNEDY	public	—	—	5.9 miles (9.4 km)
OPS VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOL	public	—	—	5.9 miles (9.5 km)
PARRISH PROGRAM	public	—	—	5.9 miles (9.5 km)
OPS VIRTUAL MIDDLE SCHOOL	public	—	—	5.9 miles (9.5 km)
GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	6.0 miles (9.7 km)
WILSON FOCUS SCHOOL	public	—	—	6.1 miles (9.8 km)
GROSS CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL	private	—	—	6.1 miles (9.8 km)
TWIN RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	6.1 miles (9.8 km)
WALNUT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	6.1 miles (9.9 km)
ASHLAND PARK/ROBBINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	6.1 miles (9.9 km)
KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	6.2 miles (9.9 km)
SECONDARY SUCCESS PROGRAM	public	—	—	6.2 miles (10.0 km)
BRYAN MIDDLE SCHOOL	public	—	—	6.2 miles (10.0 km)

Schools FAQ for ZIP 51501

What school district is ZIP code 51501 in?

ZIP 51501 (Council Bluffs, IA) maps to Council Bluffs Community School District (LEA ID 1908220) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.

How many schools are near ZIP code 51501?

US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 86 public and 14 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.

What share of students in 51501 attend private school?

About 0.1% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 51501 attend private school (ACS estimate).

Education
Bachelor's or higher	16.7%
High school	38.2%
Less than HS	13.8%
School district	Council Bluffs Community School District

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