ZIP 87117 — 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 87117

K-12 nearby

100

Public

Private

Avg enrollment

—

ZIP 87117 (Kirtland AFB, NM) is associated with Albuquerque Public Schools (LEA 3500060) 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 (82 public, 18 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 5.8 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 Central New Mexico Community College about 5.6 miles away (2yr-public).

District & higher education

School district

Albuquerque Public Schools

LEA ID

3500060

Private school share (ACS)

0.0%

Colleges & universities (18)

Central New Mexico Community College5.6 miles (9.0 km)2yr-public
University of New Mexico-Main Campus5.8 miles (9.4 km)4yr-public
Pima Medical Institute-Albuquerque6.3 miles (10.2 km)2yr-private
Brookline College-Albuquerque7.3 miles (11.7 km)4yr-private
Carrington College-Albuquerque7.7 miles (12.4 km)2yr-private
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute12.5 miles (20.1 km)2yr-public
University of New Mexico-Valencia County Campus21.8 miles (35.1 km)2yr-public
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development49.8 miles (80.1 km)4yr-public
Southwestern College51.1 miles (82.3 km)4yr-private
Santa Fe Community College51.2 miles (82.5 km)2yr-public
Southwest University of Naprapathic Medicine55.7 miles (89.7 km)4yr-private
St. John's College57.5 miles (92.6 km)4yr-private

Show all 18 colleges & universities

University of New Mexico-Los Alamos Campus61.3 miles (98.7 km)2yr-public
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology68.8 miles (110.7 km)4yr-public
Northern New Mexico College73.0 miles (117.5 km)4yr-public
New Mexico State University-Grants73.6 miles (118.4 km)2yr-public
Luna Community College84.3 miles (135.6 km)2yr-public
New Mexico Highlands University85.2 miles (137.1 km)4yr-public

K-12 schools within ~10 miles

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

		Grades
WHERRY ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	2.7 miles (4.3 km)
TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP HIGH SCHOOL	public	—	—	2.8 miles (4.6 km)
SANDIA BASE ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	3.0 miles (4.8 km)
NMSBVI ALBUQUERQUE CAMPUS	public	—	—	3.2 miles (5.2 km)
HOLY GHOST CATHOLIC SCHOOL	private	—	—	3.2 miles (5.2 km)
WILSON MIDDLE	public	—	—	3.2 miles (5.2 km)
CESAR CHAVEZ COMMUNITY SCHOOL	public	—	—	3.3 miles (5.2 km)
VAN BUREN MIDDLE	public	—	—	3.3 miles (5.4 km)
VOZ COLLEGIATE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL	public	—	—	3.4 miles (5.4 km)
MANZANO MESA ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	3.4 miles (5.5 km)
EMERSON ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	3.5 miles (5.6 km)
WHITTIER ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	3.7 miles (5.9 km)
KIRTLAND ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	3.9 miles (6.3 km)
LA MESA ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.7 km)
HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.8 km)
HIGHLAND HIGH	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MESA DEL SOL	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
HIGHLAND AUTISM CENTER	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL	public	—	—	4.6 miles (7.4 km)
TOMASITA ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	4.6 miles (7.4 km)
CORAL COMMUNITY CHARTER	public	—	—	4.6 miles (7.5 km)
OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION CATHOLIC SCHOOL	private	—	—	4.7 miles (7.5 km)
BANDELIER ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.5 km)
GILBERT L SENA CHARTER HS	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.6 km)
EAST GATE KIDS EARLY LEARNING CENTER	private	—	—	4.7 miles (7.6 km)
KENNEDY MIDDLE	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.6 km)
NEW MEXICO ACADEMY FOR THE MEDIA ARTS	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.7 km)
MISSION ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS 1.0	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.8 km)
HAYES MIDDLE	public	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
ALICE KING COMMUNITY SCHOOL	public	—	—	5.0 miles (8.0 km)
SALEM ACADEMY	private	—	—	5.0 miles (8.1 km)
SALAM ACADEMY	private	—	—	5.0 miles (8.1 km)
APACHE ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	5.0 miles (8.1 km)
GRANT MIDDLE	public	—	—	5.1 miles (8.2 km)
ZIA ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	5.1 miles (8.2 km)
MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	5.1 miles (8.2 km)
OUR MONTESSORI SCHOOL	private	—	—	5.1 miles (8.2 km)
MANZANO HIGH	public	—	—	5.2 miles (8.3 km)
LOWELL ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	5.2 miles (8.3 km)
MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
OUR LADY OF FATIMA CATHOLIC SCHOOL	private	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	5.4 miles (8.7 km)
BELLEHAVEN ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	5.5 miles (8.8 km)
COLLEGE AND CAREER HIGH SCHOOL	public	—	—	5.6 miles (9.0 km)
SOUTH VALLEY PREP	public	—	—	5.6 miles (9.0 km)
ABQ SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE	public	—	—	5.6 miles (9.1 km)
INEZ ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.1 km)
ST CHARLES BORROMEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	private	—	—	5.7 miles (9.2 km)
PUBLIC ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.2 km)
ALBUQUERQUE INSTITUTE OF MATH & SCIENCE	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.2 km)
JEFFERSON MIDDLE	public	—	—	5.8 miles (9.3 km)
JANET KAHN FINE ARTS ACADEMY	public	—	—	5.8 miles (9.4 km)
JACKSON MIDDLE	public	—	—	5.8 miles (9.4 km)
CHELWOOD ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	5.9 miles (9.5 km)
EAST SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	6.0 miles (9.6 km)
AXIOM CHRISTIAN CLASSICAL SCHOOL	private	—	—	6.0 miles (9.7 km)
CALVARY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	6.0 miles (9.7 km)
PATHWAYS ACADEMY	private	—	—	6.1 miles (9.8 km)
ECADEMY	public	—	—	6.2 miles (9.9 km)
ECADEMY K-8	public	—	—	6.2 miles (9.9 km)
CONNECTED	public	—	—	6.2 miles (9.9 km)
NEW FUTURES HIGH SCHOOL	public	—	—	6.2 miles (9.9 km)
FREEDOM HIGH	public	—	—	6.2 miles (10.0 km)
WILLIAM W & JOSEPHINE DORN CHARTER COMMUNITY SCHOOL	public	—	—	6.2 miles (10.0 km)
COLLET PARK ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	6.3 miles (10.1 km)
UNM MIMBRES SCHOOL	public	—	—	6.3 miles (10.2 km)
MOUNTAIN VIEW ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	6.4 miles (10.3 km)
ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC SCHOOL	private	—	—	6.4 miles (10.3 km)
EUGENE FIELD ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	6.4 miles (10.3 km)
21ST CENTURY PUBLIC ACADEMY	public	—	—	6.5 miles (10.4 km)
MONTEZUMA ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	6.5 miles (10.4 km)
ZUNI ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	6.5 miles (10.5 km)
SIERRA ALTERNATIVE	public	—	—	6.6 miles (10.6 km)
ONATE ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	6.6 miles (10.6 km)
IMMANUEL LUTHERAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	6.7 miles (10.7 km)
LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	6.8 miles (10.9 km)
CHRIST LUTHERAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	6.8 miles (10.9 km)
SANDIA HIGH	public	—	—	6.8 miles (10.9 km)
ABQ CHARTER ACADEMY	public	—	—	6.8 miles (11.0 km)
MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	6.8 miles (11.0 km)
SOMBRA DEL MONTE ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	6.8 miles (11.0 km)
NORTHPOINT CHARTER SCHOOL	public	—	—	6.9 miles (11.2 km)
RENAISSANCE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL	public	—	—	6.9 miles (11.2 km)
ACTON ALBUQUERQUE	private	—	—	6.9 miles (11.2 km)
CAREER ENRICHMENT	public	—	—	6.9 miles (11.2 km)
EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY	public	—	—	6.9 miles (11.2 km)
CORONADO ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	7.0 miles (11.2 km)
SUNSET MESA SCHOOL	private	—	—	7.0 miles (11.2 km)
HARRISON MIDDLE	public	—	—	7.0 miles (11.3 km)
ALBUQUERQUE HIGH	public	—	—	7.0 miles (11.3 km)
EASTERN HILLS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	7.1 miles (11.4 km)
BEL-AIR ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	7.1 miles (11.4 km)
AMY BIEHL CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL	public	—	—	7.1 miles (11.4 km)
DOLORES GONZALES ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	7.2 miles (11.5 km)
MADISON MIDDLE	public	—	—	7.2 miles (11.5 km)
SIEMBRA LEADERSHIP HIGH SCHOOL	public	—	—	7.2 miles (11.6 km)
COMANCHE ELEMENTARY	public	—	—	7.2 miles (11.6 km)
SANDIA MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF ALBUQUERQUE	private	—	—	7.3 miles (11.7 km)
EL CAMINO REAL ACADEMY	public	—	—	7.3 miles (11.7 km)
NEW AMERICA SCHOOL	public	—	—	7.3 miles (11.8 km)

Schools FAQ for ZIP 87117

What school district is ZIP code 87117 in?

ZIP 87117 (Kirtland AFB, NM) maps to Albuquerque Public Schools (LEA ID 3500060) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.

How many schools are near ZIP code 87117?

US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 82 public and 18 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.

What share of students in 87117 attend private school?

About 0.0% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 87117 attend private school (ACS estimate).

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