ZIP 78242 — 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 78242

K-12 nearby

100

Public

Private

Avg enrollment

—

ZIP 78242 (San Antonio, TX) is associated with Northside Independent School District (LEA 4833120) 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 (94 public, 6 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 4.7 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 Baptist University of the Americas about 4.0 miles away (4yr-private).

District & higher education

School district

Northside Independent School District

LEA ID

4833120

Private school share (ACS)

0.0%

Colleges & universities (49)

Baptist University of the Americas4.0 miles (6.4 km)4yr-private
Palo Alto College4.3 miles (6.9 km)4yr-public
The College of Health Care Professions-South San Antonio4.9 miles (7.9 km)2yr-private
Texas A&M University-San Antonio5.9 miles (9.5 km)4yr-public
Our Lady of the Lake University6.5 miles (10.4 km)4yr-private
Southern Careers Institute-San Antonio6.8 miles (10.9 km)2yr-private
Southern Careers Institute-San Antonio7.6 miles (12.2 km)2yr-private
St. Mary's University7.6 miles (12.2 km)4yr-private
Lamson Institute9.1 miles (14.6 km)2yr-private
San Antonio College9.3 miles (15.0 km)4yr-public
Hallmark University9.3 miles (15.0 km)4yr-private
The College of Health Care Professions-San Antonio9.7 miles (15.7 km)2yr-private

Show all 49 colleges & universities

Concorde Career College-San Antonio9.8 miles (15.7 km)2yr-private
Northwest Vista College10.2 miles (16.5 km)4yr-public
St Philip's College10.3 miles (16.5 km)4yr-public
Pima Medical Institute-San Antonio10.4 miles (16.7 km)2yr-private
Alamo Community College District Central Office10.4 miles (16.7 km)4yr-public
Trinity University10.8 miles (17.4 km)4yr-private
Galen College of Nursing-San Antonio10.9 miles (17.6 km)4yr-private
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio11.1 miles (17.8 km)4yr-public
University of the Incarnate Word11.7 miles (18.9 km)4yr-private
Baptist Health System School of Health Professions11.8 miles (18.9 km)4yr-private
Oblate School of Theology12.4 miles (20.0 km)4yr-private
Christ Mission College14.6 miles (23.5 km)4yr-private
The University of Texas at San Antonio16.1 miles (26.0 km)4yr-public
Northeast Lakeview College21.8 miles (35.0 km)2yr-public
College of Biomedical Equipment Technology24.1 miles (38.7 km)2yr-private
Texas Lutheran University40.6 miles (65.3 km)4yr-private
Texas State University54.5 miles (87.8 km)4yr-public
Schreiner University56.6 miles (91.1 km)4yr-private
Southwest Texas College68.9 miles (110.9 km)2yr-public
AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine77.6 miles (124.9 km)4yr-private
Southern Careers Institute-Austin78.1 miles (125.7 km)2yr-private
Texas Health and Science University78.4 miles (126.2 km)4yr-private
Saint Edward's University79.4 miles (127.7 km)4yr-private
Coastal Bend College81.5 miles (131.2 km)2yr-public
The University of Texas System Office81.9 miles (131.8 km)4yr-public
Huston-Tillotson University82.5 miles (132.8 km)4yr-private
The University of Texas at Austin82.8 miles (133.3 km)4yr-public
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary83.4 miles (134.2 km)4yr-private
Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest83.6 miles (134.5 km)4yr-private
The Recording Conservatory of Austin83.8 miles (134.9 km)2yr-private
Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Austin86.0 miles (138.3 km)2yr-private
Austin Community College District86.1 miles (138.6 km)4yr-public
The College of Health Care Professions-Austin86.5 miles (139.2 km)2yr-private
Concordia University Texas87.2 miles (140.3 km)4yr-private
Universal Technical Institute-West Texas92.9 miles (149.5 km)2yr-private
Galen Health Institutes-Austin Campus95.2 miles (153.2 km)4yr-private
South University-Austin95.4 miles (153.5 km)4yr-private

K-12 schools within ~10 miles

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

		Grades
IDEA BRACKENRIDGE ACADEMY	public	—	—	0.2 miles (0.4 km)
IDEA BRACKENRIDGE COLLEGE PREPARATORY	public	—	—	0.2 miles (0.4 km)
INDIAN CREEK EL	public	—	—	0.3 miles (0.4 km)
ALAN B SHEPARD MIDDLE	public	—	—	0.3 miles (0.5 km)
SOUTH SAN ANTONIO H S - WEST CAMPUS	public	—	—	0.4 miles (0.7 km)
FIVE PALMS EL	public	—	—	0.8 miles (1.2 km)
HIDDEN COVE STEAM ACADEMY	public	—	—	0.9 miles (1.5 km)
SKY HARBOUR EL	public	—	—	1.0 miles (1.7 km)
NEIL ARMSTRONG EL	public	—	—	1.1 miles (1.7 km)
CROSSROADS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	1.2 miles (1.9 km)
GATEWAY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	1.3 miles (2.1 km)
SHARON CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE	public	—	—	1.4 miles (2.3 km)
FRANK MADLA EL	public	—	—	1.5 miles (2.4 km)
MEDIO CREEK EL	public	—	—	1.6 miles (2.6 km)
LACKLAND EL	public	—	—	2.0 miles (3.2 km)
VIRGINIA ALLRED STACEY JR/SR H S	public	—	—	2.0 miles (3.2 km)
SUN VALLEY EL	public	—	—	2.1 miles (3.4 km)
VALLEY HI EL	public	—	—	2.9 miles (4.6 km)
MIGUEL CARRILLO JR EL	public	—	—	3.0 miles (4.8 km)
RAYBURN MIDDLE	public	—	—	3.0 miles (4.9 km)
ALLEN EL	public	—	—	3.2 miles (5.1 km)
PRICE EL	public	—	—	3.3 miles (5.4 km)
PALO ALTO EL	public	—	—	3.4 miles (5.5 km)
COMPASS ROSE INGENUITY	public	—	—	3.5 miles (5.6 km)
SOUTH SAN ANTONIO H S	public	—	—	3.5 miles (5.7 km)
DWIGHT MIDDLE	public	—	—	3.6 miles (5.8 km)
ROY BENAVIDEZ EL	public	—	—	3.6 miles (5.8 km)
BOB HOPE EL	public	—	—	3.7 miles (5.9 km)
ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL	public	—	—	3.7 miles (5.9 km)
NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY HYBRID	private	—	—	3.7 miles (6.0 km)
SOUTHWEST LEGACY H S	public	—	—	3.8 miles (6.1 km)
ROBERT C ZAMORA MIDDLE	public	—	—	3.8 miles (6.2 km)
WINSTON INT OF EXCELLENCE	public	—	—	3.9 miles (6.2 km)
IMELDA DAVIS EARLY COLLEGE H S	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.5 km)
FRANK L MADLA EARLY COLLEGE H S	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.5 km)
IDEA EWING HALSELL COLLEGE PREPARATORY	public	—	—	4.1 miles (6.5 km)
IDEA EWING HALSELL ACADEMY	public	—	—	4.1 miles (6.5 km)
SPICEWOOD PARK EL	public	—	—	4.1 miles (6.6 km)
JUDITH A RESNIK MIDDLE	public	—	—	4.1 miles (6.6 km)
HUTCHINS EL	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.7 km)
CAST STEM H S	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.8 km)
JOHN F KENNEDY H S	public	—	—	4.3 miles (7.0 km)
LEARN4LIFE	public	—	—	4.3 miles (7.0 km)
H B GONZALEZ EL	public	—	—	4.3 miles (7.0 km)
BRENTWOOD MIDDLE	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.2 km)
WESTWOOD TERRACE EL	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.2 km)
CABLE EL	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.3 km)
TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - SAN ANTONIO	public	—	—	4.6 miles (7.4 km)
PRELUDE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.5 km)
ST JOHN BERCHMANS SCHOOL	private	—	—	4.7 miles (7.5 km)
SOUTHWEST EL	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.6 km)
HULL EL	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.6 km)
LIGHTHOUSE EL	public	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
LIGHTHOUSE MIDDLE	public	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
LIGHTHOUSE HIGH	public	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
GREG A GARCIA EARLY COLLEGE INT	public	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
SOUTHWEST H S	public	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
GARDENDALE PRE-K 4 SA EARLY LEARNING	public	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
GLENN EL	public	—	—	5.0 miles (8.0 km)
KELLY ACADEMY AT LOWELL	public	—	—	5.0 miles (8.0 km)
HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - SAN ANTONIO	public	—	—	5.0 miles (8.0 km)
PRE-K 4 SAN ANTONIO	public	—	—	5.0 miles (8.1 km)
JONES MIDDLE	public	—	—	5.1 miles (8.1 km)
JAY H S	public	—	—	5.1 miles (8.2 km)
COLLIER DAEP	public	—	—	5.1 miles (8.2 km)
COLLIER EL	public	—	—	5.1 miles (8.2 km)
VESTAL EL	public	—	—	5.2 miles (8.3 km)
LOWELL MIDDLE	public	—	—	5.2 miles (8.3 km)
E T WRENN MIDDLE	public	—	—	5.2 miles (8.3 km)
DRISCOLL MARBACH CHRISTIAN CHURCH DCC	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
CHARLES GRAEBNER EL	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
A LEAL JR MIDDLE	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.6 km)
STAFFORD CENTER	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.6 km)
ALONSO S PERALES EL	public	—	—	5.4 miles (8.7 km)
EL DAEP	public	—	—	5.4 miles (8.7 km)
ALTERNATIVE CENTER	public	—	—	5.4 miles (8.7 km)
STEAM AT THE FINE ARTS ACADEMY	public	—	—	5.4 miles (8.7 km)
MEADOW VILLAGE EL	public	—	—	5.5 miles (8.8 km)
GILLETTE EL	public	—	—	5.5 miles (8.8 km)
JUBILEE SCHOOL OF INNOVATION AND ARTS	public	—	—	5.5 miles (8.9 km)
JUBILEE WESTWOOD	public	—	—	5.5 miles (8.9 km)
STAFFORD EL	public	—	—	5.5 miles (8.9 km)
STAFFORD EL VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS	public	—	—	5.5 miles (8.9 km)
MCCAULEY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	5.6 miles (8.9 km)
STONEWALL/FLANDERS EL	public	—	—	5.6 miles (9.0 km)
PASSMORE EL	public	—	—	5.6 miles (9.0 km)
MICHAEL EL	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.1 km)
ROYAL POINT ACADEMY	private	—	—	5.7 miles (9.1 km)
IDEA AMBROSE AND FREDA ROBINSON COLLEGE PREPARATOR	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.2 km)
IDEA AMBROSE AND FREDA ROBINSON ACADEMY	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.2 km)
ADAMS HILL EL	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.2 km)
IDEA MAYS COLLEGE PREPARATORY	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.2 km)
IDEA MAYS ACADEMY	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.2 km)
MCCOLLUM H S	public	—	—	5.8 miles (9.3 km)
FISHER EL	public	—	—	5.8 miles (9.3 km)
SARAH S KING EL	public	—	—	5.8 miles (9.3 km)
IDEA MONTERREY PARK COLLEGE PREPARATORY	public	—	—	5.8 miles (9.4 km)
IDEA MONTERREY PARK ACADEMY	public	—	—	5.8 miles (9.4 km)
TERRELL WELLS MIDDLE	public	—	—	5.9 miles (9.4 km)
CARVAJAL EL	public	—	—	5.9 miles (9.5 km)

Schools FAQ for ZIP 78242

What school district is ZIP code 78242 in?

ZIP 78242 (San Antonio, TX) maps to Northside Independent School District (LEA ID 4833120) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.

How many schools are near ZIP code 78242?

US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 94 public and 6 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.

What share of students in 78242 attend private school?

About 0.0% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 78242 attend private school (ACS estimate).

Education
Bachelor's or higher	9.6%
High school	34.0%
Less than HS	32.0%
School district	Northside Independent School District

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