ZIP 78253 — 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 78253

K-12 nearby

100

Public

Private

Avg enrollment

—

ZIP 78253 (San Antonio, TX) is associated with Medina Valley Independent School District (LEA 4830060) 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 (92 public, 8 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 7.0 miles.

ACS estimates show about 0.3% 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 Northwest Vista College about 5.6 miles away (4yr-public).

District & higher education

School district

Medina Valley Independent School District

LEA ID

4830060

Private school share (ACS)

0.3%

Colleges & universities (49)

Northwest Vista College5.6 miles (8.9 km)4yr-public
Hallmark University6.7 miles (10.8 km)4yr-private
Christ Mission College7.5 miles (12.0 km)4yr-private
Southern Careers Institute-San Antonio10.3 miles (16.5 km)2yr-private
Lamson Institute11.5 miles (18.4 km)2yr-private
Galen College of Nursing-San Antonio13.0 miles (20.9 km)4yr-private
Concorde Career College-San Antonio13.0 miles (21.0 km)2yr-private
The University of Texas at San Antonio13.2 miles (21.3 km)4yr-public
The College of Health Care Professions-San Antonio13.3 miles (21.5 km)2yr-private
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio13.6 miles (21.9 km)4yr-public
St. Mary's University14.2 miles (22.8 km)4yr-private
Baptist Health System School of Health Professions14.2 miles (22.9 km)4yr-private

Show all 49 colleges & universities

Pima Medical Institute-San Antonio15.5 miles (24.9 km)2yr-private
Our Lady of the Lake University15.6 miles (25.0 km)4yr-private
Baptist University of the Americas17.7 miles (28.5 km)4yr-private
Oblate School of Theology17.9 miles (28.8 km)4yr-private
San Antonio College18.1 miles (29.1 km)4yr-public
The College of Health Care Professions-South San Antonio18.2 miles (29.3 km)2yr-private
Palo Alto College18.3 miles (29.5 km)4yr-public
Trinity University19.0 miles (30.6 km)4yr-private
Alamo Community College District Central Office19.5 miles (31.4 km)4yr-public
Southern Careers Institute-San Antonio19.9 miles (32.0 km)2yr-private
University of the Incarnate Word19.9 miles (32.1 km)4yr-private
Texas A&M University-San Antonio20.0 miles (32.2 km)4yr-public
St Philip's College21.1 miles (33.9 km)4yr-public
Northeast Lakeview College29.0 miles (46.7 km)2yr-public
College of Biomedical Equipment Technology31.2 miles (50.2 km)2yr-private
Schreiner University43.7 miles (70.3 km)4yr-private
Texas Lutheran University49.5 miles (79.7 km)4yr-private
Texas State University58.9 miles (94.8 km)4yr-public
Southwest Texas College59.4 miles (95.6 km)2yr-public
AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine79.5 miles (127.9 km)4yr-private
Southern Careers Institute-Austin80.2 miles (129.0 km)2yr-private
Texas Health and Science University80.4 miles (129.4 km)4yr-private
Saint Edward's University81.6 miles (131.3 km)4yr-private
The University of Texas System Office83.9 miles (135.0 km)4yr-public
The Recording Conservatory of Austin84.5 miles (136.0 km)2yr-private
Huston-Tillotson University84.7 miles (136.3 km)4yr-private
The University of Texas at Austin84.8 miles (136.4 km)4yr-public
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary85.2 miles (137.2 km)4yr-private
Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest85.5 miles (137.6 km)4yr-private
Concordia University Texas87.3 miles (140.6 km)4yr-private
Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Austin87.7 miles (141.1 km)2yr-private
Austin Community College District87.8 miles (141.4 km)4yr-public
The College of Health Care Professions-Austin88.3 miles (142.2 km)2yr-private
Universal Technical Institute-West Texas94.4 miles (151.9 km)2yr-private
Coastal Bend College95.3 miles (153.3 km)2yr-public
Galen Health Institutes-Austin Campus96.1 miles (154.6 km)4yr-private
South University-Austin96.2 miles (154.9 km)4yr-private

K-12 schools within ~10 miles

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

		Grades
CHUMBLEY EL	public	—	—	1.8 miles (2.9 km)
BOLDT EL	public	—	—	2.4 miles (3.8 km)
COLE EL	public	—	—	2.7 miles (4.4 km)
POTRANCO EL	public	—	—	3.0 miles (4.8 km)
MEDINA VALLEY LOMA ALTA MIDDLE	public	—	—	3.1 miles (5.0 km)
REED EL	public	—	—	3.2 miles (5.1 km)
LANGLEY EL	public	—	—	3.2 miles (5.2 km)
BERNAL MIDDLE	public	—	—	3.3 miles (5.3 km)
HARLAN H S	public	—	—	3.4 miles (5.4 km)
CREEK VIEW H S	public	—	—	3.4 miles (5.4 km)
STRAUS MIDDLE	public	—	—	3.4 miles (5.4 km)
LEGACY TRADITIONAL SCHOOL - ALAMO RANCH	public	—	—	3.7 miles (5.9 km)
HENDERSON EL	public	—	—	3.7 miles (5.9 km)
HARMONY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE- SAN ANTONIO	public	—	—	3.9 miles (6.3 km)
HOFFMANN EL	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.4 km)
MIRELES EL	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.5 km)
KALLISON EL	public	—	—	4.1 miles (6.6 km)
BRISCOE MIDDLE	public	—	—	4.1 miles (6.6 km)
LUNA MIDDLE	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.0 km)
BRENNAN H S	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
LIECK EL	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
OTT EL	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.2 km)
WERNLI EL	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.3 km)
SST NORTHWEST	public	—	—	4.6 miles (7.4 km)
LADERA EL	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.8 km)
GALM EL	public	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
TAFT H S	public	—	—	5.0 miles (8.0 km)
SOTOMAYOR H S	public	—	—	5.0 miles (8.1 km)
SCARBOROUGH EL	public	—	—	5.1 miles (8.2 km)
PINNACLE MONTESSORI ACADEMY OF ALAMO RANCH	private	—	—	5.2 miles (8.3 km)
PRIMROSE SCHOOL OF ALAMO RANCH	private	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
MORA EL	public	—	—	5.6 miles (8.9 km)
FRANKLIN EL	public	—	—	5.6 miles (9.1 km)
BASIS SAN ANTONIO PRI - JACK LEWIS JR CAMPUS	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.2 km)
BASIS SAN ANTONIO - JACK LEWIS JR CAMPUS	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.2 km)
FOLKS MIDDLE	public	—	—	5.9 miles (9.4 km)
TOMLINSON EL	public	—	—	5.9 miles (9.5 km)
BEHLAU EL	public	—	—	6.1 miles (9.8 km)
B.R.A.T. VIRTUAL ACADEMY	private	—	—	6.2 miles (9.9 km)
FORESTER EL	public	—	—	6.2 miles (10.0 km)
LEWIS EL	public	—	—	6.3 miles (10.1 km)
JEFFERSON MIDDLE	public	—	—	6.3 miles (10.1 km)
WARD EL	public	—	—	6.3 miles (10.1 km)
VALE MIDDLE	public	—	—	6.3 miles (10.2 km)
KIDS R KIDS NO. 57 LIBERTY FIELD	private	—	—	6.3 miles (10.2 km)
FIELDS EL	public	—	—	6.5 miles (10.4 km)
UNITED KIDZ ACADEMY SAN ANTONIO	private	—	—	6.6 miles (10.7 km)
IDEA HIDDEN MEADOW ACADEMY	public	—	—	6.8 miles (10.9 km)
IDEA HIDDEN MEADOW COLLEGE PREPARATORY	public	—	—	6.8 miles (10.9 km)
KNOWLTON EL	public	—	—	6.8 miles (11.0 km)
BURKE EL	public	—	—	7.0 miles (11.2 km)
MURNIN EL	public	—	—	7.0 miles (11.3 km)
CODY EL	public	—	—	7.0 miles (11.3 km)
STEVENS H S	public	—	—	7.1 miles (11.4 km)
ZACHRY MIDDLE	public	—	—	7.1 miles (11.5 km)
FRANCIS R SCOBEE MIDDLE	public	—	—	7.2 miles (11.5 km)
IDEA BURKE COLLEGE PREPARATORY	public	—	—	7.2 miles (11.6 km)
IDEA BURKE ACADEMY	public	—	—	7.2 miles (11.6 km)
BIG COUNTRY EL	public	—	—	7.4 miles (11.9 km)
NORTHWEST CROSSING EL	public	—	—	7.4 miles (11.9 km)
KRUEGER EL	public	—	—	7.5 miles (12.0 km)
SILOS EL	public	—	—	7.6 miles (12.3 km)
WARREN H S	public	—	—	7.7 miles (12.4 km)
RABA EL	public	—	—	7.8 miles (12.5 km)
BRAUCHLE EL	public	—	—	7.8 miles (12.5 km)
SST HILL COUNTRY	public	—	—	7.9 miles (12.6 km)
SST HILL COUNTRY COLLEGE PREP H S	public	—	—	7.9 miles (12.6 km)
JORDAN MIDDLE	public	—	—	7.9 miles (12.7 km)
EVERS EL	public	—	—	8.0 miles (12.8 km)
FERNANDEZ EL	public	—	—	8.0 miles (12.8 km)
PEASE MIDDLE	public	—	—	8.1 miles (13.0 km)
ALTERNATIVE H S	public	—	—	8.1 miles (13.0 km)
KRIEWALD ROAD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS	public	—	—	8.3 miles (13.3 km)
LUCKEY RANCH EL	public	—	—	8.3 miles (13.4 km)
FISHER EL	public	—	—	8.4 miles (13.5 km)
TIMBERWILDE EL	public	—	—	8.4 miles (13.5 km)
MICHAEL EL	public	—	—	8.5 miles (13.6 km)
IDEA AMBROSE AND FREDA ROBINSON COLLEGE PREPARATOR	public	—	—	8.5 miles (13.7 km)
IDEA AMBROSE AND FREDA ROBINSON ACADEMY	public	—	—	8.5 miles (13.7 km)
ROYAL POINT ACADEMY	private	—	—	8.5 miles (13.7 km)
HATCHETT EL	public	—	—	8.5 miles (13.7 km)
ADAMS HILL EL	public	—	—	8.5 miles (13.7 km)
MYERS EL	public	—	—	8.6 miles (13.8 km)
CARSON EL	public	—	—	8.6 miles (13.9 km)
NICHOLS EL	public	—	—	8.7 miles (13.9 km)
STEVENSON MIDDLE	public	—	—	8.7 miles (14.1 km)
CARLOS COON EL	public	—	—	8.8 miles (14.1 km)
CONNALLY MIDDLE	public	—	—	8.8 miles (14.2 km)
SECOND CHANCE ACADEMY	public	—	—	8.8 miles (14.2 km)
BRAUN STATION EL	public	—	—	8.9 miles (14.3 km)
GREAT HEARTS WESTERN HILLS	public	—	—	8.9 miles (14.3 km)
MEDINA VALLEY MIDDLE	public	—	—	9.0 miles (14.5 km)
MEDINA VALLEY H S	public	—	—	9.0 miles (14.5 km)
HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (SAN ANTONIO)	public	—	—	9.1 miles (14.6 km)
O'CONNOR H S	public	—	—	9.1 miles (14.6 km)
LEON VALLEY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	9.2 miles (14.9 km)
IDEA MAYS ACADEMY	public	—	—	9.3 miles (14.9 km)
IDEA MAYS COLLEGE PREPARATORY	public	—	—	9.3 miles (14.9 km)
KUENTZ EL	public	—	—	9.3 miles (14.9 km)
ST LOUIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL	private	—	—	9.3 miles (14.9 km)

Schools FAQ for ZIP 78253

What school district is ZIP code 78253 in?

ZIP 78253 (San Antonio, TX) maps to Medina Valley Independent School District (LEA ID 4830060) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.

How many schools are near ZIP code 78253?

US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 92 public and 8 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.

What share of students in 78253 attend private school?

About 0.3% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 78253 attend private school (ACS estimate).

Education
Bachelor's or higher	42.7%
High school	18.5%
Less than HS	5.7%
School district	Medina Valley Independent School District

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