ZIP 51503 — 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 51503

K-12 nearby

Public

Private

Avg enrollment

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ZIP 51503 (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 84 K-12 schools (73 public, 11 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 8.7 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 Iowa Western Community College about 3.5 miles away (2yr-public).

District & higher education

School district

Council Bluffs Community School District

LEA ID

1908220

Private school share (ACS)

0.1%

Colleges & universities (43)

Iowa Western Community College3.5 miles (5.6 km)2yr-public
SOHO Hair Academy3.9 miles (6.3 km)2yr-private
Bellevue University8.6 miles (13.8 km)4yr-private
Creighton University9.0 miles (14.4 km)4yr-private
University of Nebraska Medical Center10.1 miles (16.3 km)4yr-public
Clarkson College10.2 miles (16.4 km)4yr-private
Metropolitan Community College Area10.8 miles (17.4 km)2yr-public
University of Nebraska at Omaha11.9 miles (19.2 km)4yr-public
Universal College of Healing Arts12.2 miles (19.6 km)2yr-private
College of Saint Mary12.4 miles (19.9 km)4yr-private
Xenon A Stephanie Moss Academy13.6 miles (21.9 km)2yr-private
CHI Health School of Radiologic Technology14.0 miles (22.6 km)4yr-private

Show all 43 colleges & universities

Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health14.0 miles (22.6 km)4yr-private
Ricketts Great Books College14.3 miles (23.1 km)4yr-private
Capitol Beauty School15.5 miles (25.0 km)2yr-private
Midland University39.4 miles (63.4 km)4yr-private
Southeast Community College Area51.1 miles (82.2 km)2yr-public
Myotherapy Institute51.4 miles (82.8 km)2yr-private
Peru State College51.8 miles (83.3 km)4yr-public
Joseph's College Cosmetology52.2 miles (83.9 km)2yr-private
Nebraska Wesleyan University52.3 miles (84.1 km)4yr-private
University of Nebraska-Central Administration System Office53.4 miles (86.0 km)4yr-public
Bryan College of Health Sciences54.0 miles (86.8 km)4yr-private
College of Hair Design-East Campus54.2 miles (87.3 km)2yr-private
Union Adventist University54.8 miles (88.2 km)4yr-private
Entourage Institute of Beauty and Esthetics55.1 miles (88.7 km)2yr-private
University of Nebraska-Lincoln55.4 miles (89.1 km)4yr-public
College of Hair Design-Downtown55.8 miles (89.8 km)2yr-private
Nebraska Indian Community College68.3 miles (110.0 km)4yr-public
Concordia University-Nebraska71.2 miles (114.6 km)4yr-private
Doane University73.7 miles (118.6 km)4yr-private
Southwestern Community College73.8 miles (118.7 km)2yr-public
Northwest Missouri State University76.5 miles (123.1 km)4yr-public
Little Priest Tribal College78.3 miles (126.0 km)2yr-public
Conception Seminary College89.1 miles (143.4 km)4yr-private
Iowa School of Beauty-Sioux City89.4 miles (143.8 km)2yr-private
Morningside University91.3 miles (147.0 km)4yr-private
Western Iowa Tech Community College91.8 miles (147.7 km)2yr-public
Wayne State College94.8 miles (152.5 km)4yr-public
St Luke's College95.1 miles (153.1 km)4yr-private
Briar Cliff University96.0 miles (154.4 km)4yr-private
York University96.7 miles (155.6 km)4yr-private
Highland Community College98.0 miles (157.7 km)2yr-public

K-12 schools within ~10 miles

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

		Grades
Titan Hill Intermediate School	public	—	—	1.4 miles (2.3 km)
Lewis Central Middle School	public	—	—	1.8 miles (2.9 km)
Lewis Central Senior High School	public	—	—	2.1 miles (3.3 km)
ONESCHOOL GLOBAL	private	—	—	2.5 miles (4.0 km)
Abraham Lincoln High School	public	—	—	3.0 miles (4.8 km)
ST ALBERT CATHOLIC	private	—	—	3.2 miles (5.2 km)
College View Elementary	public	—	—	3.3 miles (5.3 km)
Longfellow Elementary School	public	—	—	4.1 miles (6.5 km)
Gerald W Kirn Middle School	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.8 km)
Hoover Elementary School	public	—	—	4.3 miles (7.0 km)
Bloomer Elementary School	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
Anne E. Nelson Early Learning Center	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.8 km)
Lewis & Clark Elementary School	public	—	—	5.2 miles (8.4 km)
Roosevelt Elementary School	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
Edison Elementary School	public	—	—	5.4 miles (8.8 km)
Woodrow Wilson Middle School	public	—	—	5.6 miles (9.1 km)
Thomas Jefferson High School	public	—	—	5.8 miles (9.3 km)
E A Kreft Primary School	public	—	—	5.8 miles (9.3 km)
Rue Elementary School	public	—	—	6.4 miles (10.2 km)
LIBERTY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	6.4 miles (10.3 km)
Franklin Elementary School	public	—	—	6.5 miles (10.4 km)
BANCROFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	7.4 miles (11.9 km)
NCYF COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL	public	—	—	7.5 miles (12.0 km)
PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	7.6 miles (12.2 km)
ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC SCHOOL	private	—	—	7.7 miles (12.3 km)
BERTHA BARBER ELEMENTARY SCH	public	—	—	7.7 miles (12.4 km)
CHAP CENTER	public	—	—	7.9 miles (12.7 km)
GOMEZ HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	8.0 miles (12.9 km)
WAKE ROBIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	8.1 miles (13.0 km)
BELLEVUE EAST SR HIGH SCHOOL	public	—	—	8.1 miles (13.1 km)
SPRING LAKE MAGNET CENTER	public	—	—	8.2 miles (13.1 km)
CASTELAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	8.2 miles (13.1 km)
R M MARRS MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL	public	—	—	8.2 miles (13.2 km)
AVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	8.2 miles (13.2 km)
LOGAN FONTENELLE MIDDLE SCHOOL	public	—	—	8.2 miles (13.3 km)
FOREST STATION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	8.2 miles (13.3 km)
Carter Lake Elementary School	public	—	—	8.3 miles (13.4 km)
BELLEVUE MISSION MIDDLE SCHOOL	public	—	—	8.4 miles (13.5 km)
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	8.4 miles (13.5 km)
SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL	public	—	—	8.4 miles (13.6 km)
LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	8.5 miles (13.7 km)
BIRCHCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	8.5 miles (13.7 km)
ST MARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	private	—	—	8.7 miles (14.0 km)
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL	public	—	—	8.7 miles (14.0 km)
BELLEAIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	8.8 miles (14.2 km)
ESU 3 HEAD START - BELLEAIRE	public	—	—	8.8 miles (14.2 km)
BETZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	8.8 miles (14.2 km)
HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	8.9 miles (14.3 km)
ESU 3 HEAD START - BELLEVUE WEST	public	—	—	8.9 miles (14.4 km)
EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER AT EDUCARE - KELLOM	public	—	—	8.9 miles (14.4 km)
BELLEVUE WEST SR HIGH SCHOOL	public	—	—	8.9 miles (14.4 km)
TWIN RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	9.0 miles (14.5 km)
CHANDLER VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	9.0 miles (14.5 km)
KELLOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	9.0 miles (14.5 km)
CONESTOGA MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	9.2 miles (14.7 km)
Treynor Middle School	public	—	—	9.2 miles (14.8 km)
Treynor High School	public	—	—	9.2 miles (14.8 km)
JESUIT ACADEMY	private	—	—	9.2 miles (14.8 km)
OUR LADY OF LOURDES SCHOOL	private	—	—	9.2 miles (14.9 km)
EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER AT EDUCARE - INDIAN HILL	public	—	—	9.3 miles (14.9 km)
JACKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	9.3 miles (14.9 km)
INDIAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	9.3 miles (14.9 km)
BLACKBURN ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM	public	—	—	9.3 miles (15.0 km)
GATEWAY TO COLLEGE PROGRAM	public	—	—	9.3 miles (15.0 km)
ACCELERE PROGRAM	public	—	—	9.3 miles (15.0 km)
SACRED HEART SCHOOL	private	—	—	9.4 miles (15.2 km)
Treynor Elementary School	public	—	—	9.4 miles (15.2 km)
FIELD CLUB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	9.5 miles (15.2 km)
KING SCIENCE/TECH MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL	public	—	—	9.6 miles (15.4 km)
GIFFORD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	9.6 miles (15.4 km)
CHESTERTON ACADEMY OF OMAHA	private	—	—	9.6 miles (15.4 km)
LOTHROP MAGNET CENTER	public	—	—	9.6 miles (15.4 km)
OPS VIRTUAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	9.6 miles (15.5 km)
OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS HOMEBASED	public	—	—	9.6 miles (15.5 km)
ESL TEEN LITERACY PROGRAM	public	—	—	9.7 miles (15.5 km)
CAREER CENTER	public	—	—	9.7 miles (15.5 km)
MCC CAREER ACADEMY	public	—	—	9.7 miles (15.5 km)
INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAM	public	—	—	9.7 miles (15.5 km)
SS PETER & PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	private	—	—	9.7 miles (15.6 km)
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	9.8 miles (15.8 km)
SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	9.9 miles (15.9 km)
KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	public	—	—	9.9 miles (16.0 km)
DUCHESNE ACADEMY OF THE SACRED HEART	private	—	—	10.0 miles (16.0 km)
DOUGLAS COUNTY YOUTH CENTER	public	—	—	10.0 miles (16.0 km)

Schools FAQ for ZIP 51503

What school district is ZIP code 51503 in?

ZIP 51503 (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 51503?

US5 lists 84 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 73 public and 11 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.

What share of students in 51503 attend private school?

About 0.1% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 51503 attend private school (ACS estimate).

Education
Bachelor's or higher	29.8%
High school	29.3%
Less than HS	6.1%
School district	Council Bluffs Community School District

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