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ZIP 90241 — Schools & Education
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2019–2023 5-Year Estimates. Page data updated 2026-08-02.
Middle ClassLow Snow Area
School district, nearby K-12 schools, and universities
Schools & Education in ZIP 90241
K-12 nearby
100
Public
82
Private
18
Avg enrollment
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ZIP 90241 (Downey, CA) is associated with Downey Unified School District (LEA 0611460) 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 2.6 miles.
ACS estimates show about 0.4% 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 Downey Adult School about 1.6 miles away (2yr-public).
District & higher education
School district
Downey Unified School District
LEA ID
0611460
Private school share (ACS)
0.4%
Colleges & universities (100)
- Downey Adult School1.6 miles (2.6 km)2yr-public
- Healthcare Career College3.7 miles (6.0 km)2yr-private
- Cerritos College4.1 miles (6.6 km)2yr-public
- PCI College4.8 miles (7.8 km)4yr-private
- Fremont University5.3 miles (8.5 km)4yr-private
- National Polytechnic College5.6 miles (9.0 km)2yr-private
- Presbyterian Theological Seminary in America5.9 miles (9.5 km)4yr-private
- Whittier College6.1 miles (9.9 km)4yr-private
- Compton College6.3 miles (10.2 km)2yr-public
- Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science6.6 miles (10.6 km)4yr-private
- Biola University7.0 miles (11.2 km)4yr-private
- East Los Angeles College7.0 miles (11.3 km)2yr-public
⬇️Show all 100 colleges & universities
- ATI College-Whittier7.2 miles (11.6 km)4yr-private
- Long Beach City College7.4 miles (11.9 km)2yr-public
- University of the West7.8 miles (12.5 km)4yr-private
- Rio Hondo College7.8 miles (12.5 km)4yr-public
- Universal Technical Institute-Southern California8.0 miles (12.8 km)2yr-private
- Southern California University of Health Sciences8.4 miles (13.6 km)4yr-private
- California State University-Dominguez Hills9.0 miles (14.4 km)4yr-public
- California State University-Los Angeles9.0 miles (14.5 km)4yr-public
- Southern California Institute of Architecture9.3 miles (15.0 km)4yr-private
- North-West College-Long Beach9.6 miles (15.5 km)2yr-private
- UEI College-Gardena9.7 miles (15.5 km)2yr-private
- Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health9.7 miles (15.6 km)2yr-public
- Alhambra Medical University9.7 miles (15.6 km)4yr-private
- Cypress College9.8 miles (15.7 km)4yr-public
- Platt College-Los Angeles9.8 miles (15.8 km)4yr-private
- California Institute of Advanced Management9.9 miles (15.9 km)4yr-private
- Touro University Worldwide10.0 miles (16.1 km)4yr-private
- Los Angeles Southwest College10.1 miles (16.3 km)2yr-public
- California College of ASU10.1 miles (16.3 km)4yr-private
- Latin American Bible Institute10.2 miles (16.3 km)4yr-private
- American University of Health Sciences10.2 miles (16.4 km)4yr-private
- Los Angeles Trade Technical College10.2 miles (16.5 km)2yr-public
- America Evangelical University10.4 miles (16.7 km)4yr-private
- FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising10.4 miles (16.7 km)4yr-private
- University of Southern California10.5 miles (16.9 km)4yr-private
- The Chicago School at Los Angeles10.5 miles (16.9 km)4yr-private
- Los Angeles Community College District Office10.5 miles (16.9 km)4yr-public
- American Career College-Anaheim10.8 miles (17.4 km)2yr-private
- California State University-Long Beach10.9 miles (17.6 km)4yr-public
- Grace Mission University11.0 miles (17.7 km)4yr-private
- South Baylo University11.7 miles (18.8 km)4yr-private
- North-West College-Anaheim12.0 miles (19.2 km)2yr-private
- El Camino Community College District12.1 miles (19.5 km)2yr-public
- North Orange County Community College District12.2 miles (19.7 km)4yr-public
- Southwestern Law School12.4 miles (19.9 km)4yr-private
- Southern California Institute of Technology12.4 miles (20.0 km)4yr-private
- Premiere Career College12.5 miles (20.1 km)2yr-private
- World Mission University12.6 miles (20.3 km)4yr-private
- Dongguk University Los Angeles12.6 miles (20.3 km)4yr-private
- Los Angeles Pacific College12.7 miles (20.4 km)2yr-private
- Learnet Academy Inc12.7 miles (20.4 km)4yr-private
- Bethesda University12.7 miles (20.5 km)4yr-private
- Pacific States University12.8 miles (20.6 km)4yr-private
- Angeles College12.8 miles (20.6 km)4yr-private
- California State University-Chancellors Office12.8 miles (20.7 km)4yr-public
- Fullerton College12.9 miles (20.7 km)2yr-public
- Smith Chason College13.0 miles (20.9 km)4yr-private
- ABCO Technology13.2 miles (21.2 km)2yr-private
- CBD College13.2 miles (21.2 km)4yr-private
- American Career College-Los Angeles13.4 miles (21.6 km)2yr-private
- West Coast University-Center for Graduate Studies13.5 miles (21.7 km)4yr-private
- California Institute of Technology13.6 miles (21.9 km)4yr-private
- North-West College-West Covina13.7 miles (22.1 km)2yr-private
- Occidental College13.7 miles (22.1 km)4yr-private
- Glendale Career College-North-West College-MFSON13.8 miles (22.2 km)2yr-private
- Los Angeles City College13.8 miles (22.2 km)2yr-public
- Los Angeles College of Music13.8 miles (22.2 km)4yr-private
- University of West Los Angeles13.8 miles (22.2 km)4yr-private
- Los Angeles Harbor College13.9 miles (22.3 km)2yr-public
- Pasadena City College14.1 miles (22.7 km)2yr-public
- Institute of Culinary Education14.1 miles (22.7 km)2yr-private
- California College of Music14.1 miles (22.8 km)2yr-private
- University of the People14.2 miles (22.9 km)4yr-private
- Spartan College of Aeronautics & Technology14.3 miles (23.0 km)2yr-private
- Fuller Theological Seminary14.3 miles (23.1 km)4yr-private
- Marshall B Ketchum University14.4 miles (23.1 km)4yr-private
- Providence Christian College14.4 miles (23.3 km)4yr-private
- California State University-Fullerton14.6 miles (23.4 km)4yr-public
- Hope International University14.6 miles (23.6 km)4yr-private
- Saybrook University14.8 miles (23.7 km)4yr-private
- Pacific Oaks College14.8 miles (23.8 km)4yr-private
- Antioch University-Los Angeles15.0 miles (24.2 km)4yr-private
- West Coast University-Orange County15.3 miles (24.7 km)4yr-private
- West Los Angeles College15.4 miles (24.8 km)4yr-public
- Daybreak University15.5 miles (24.9 km)4yr-private
- American Film Institute Conservatory15.5 miles (25.0 km)4yr-private
- Homestead Schools15.6 miles (25.1 km)4yr-private
- Haven University15.7 miles (25.2 km)4yr-private
- Los Angeles Film School15.8 miles (25.4 km)4yr-private
- Concorde Career College-Garden Grove15.8 miles (25.5 km)2yr-private
- Integrity College of Health15.9 miles (25.7 km)4yr-private
- Abraham Lincoln University16.0 miles (25.7 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical Seminary16.0 miles (25.7 km)4yr-private
- American Medical Sciences Center16.1 miles (25.8 km)4yr-private
- Golden West College16.1 miles (25.9 km)2yr-public
- Art Center College of Design16.1 miles (25.9 km)4yr-private
- InterCoast Colleges-West Covina16.1 miles (26.0 km)4yr-private
- Glendale Career College16.1 miles (26.0 km)4yr-private
K-12 schools within ~10 miles
Sorted table with type, grades, enrollment, and distance. Data from NCES CCD / EDGE extracts.
| Grades | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downey High | public | — | — | 0.2 miles (0.4 km) |
| CREATIVE BEGINNINGS ELEMENTARY INC | private | — | — | 0.5 miles (0.7 km) |
| Warren (Earl) High | public | — | — | 0.7 miles (1.2 km) |
| DOWNEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | private | — | — | 0.8 miles (1.3 km) |
| Rio Hondo Elementary | public | — | — | 0.9 miles (1.4 km) |
| Doty (Wendy Lopour) Middle | public | — | — | 1.0 miles (1.6 km) |
| Rio San Gabriel Elementary | public | — | — | 1.0 miles (1.6 km) |
| KIRKWOOD CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS | private | — | — | 1.1 miles (1.7 km) |
| Alameda Elementary | public | — | — | 1.1 miles (1.8 km) |
| Williams (Spencer V.) Elementary | public | — | — | 1.1 miles (1.8 km) |
| Griffiths (Gordon) Middle | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.0 km) |
| Gallatin Elementary | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.0 km) |
| Price (Maude) Elementary | public | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.2 km) |
| Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary | public | — | — | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) |
| Sussman (Edward A.) Middle | public | — | — | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) |
| Imperial Elementary | public | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.5 km) |
| Old River Elementary | public | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.5 km) |
| Woodruff Academy | public | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.6 km) |
| Columbus (Christopher) High | public | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.6 km) |
| Stauffer (Mary R.) Middle | public | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.7 km) |
| Los Angeles County ROP | public | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.7 km) |
| Unsworth (Edith) Elementary | public | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.7 km) |
| CALVARY CHAPEL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| Ward (E. W.) Elementary | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| TRINITY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| Studebaker Elementary | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) |
| Suva Elementary | public | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.2 km) |
| Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall | public | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.2 km) |
| Lakeside Middle | public | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.2 km) |
| RANCHO LOS AMIGOS CHILDRENS CENTER | private | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.3 km) |
| Lewis (Ed C.) Elementary | public | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.3 km) |
| Carpenter (C. C.) Elementary | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.3 km) |
| Suva Intermediate | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.3 km) |
| Garfield Elementary | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| ST DOMINIC SAVIO SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.5 km) |
| Birney Tech Academy | public | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.6 km) |
| HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL - BELL GARDENS | private | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| ST GERTRUDE SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| Santa Fe High | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| ST PIUS X - ST. MATTHIAS HIGH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| Lakeview Elementary | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| ST JOHN BOSCO | private | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.8 km) |
| STEAM Academy @ Burke | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| Downey Unified Virtual Acad at Lynn L. Pace Ed Center | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| KID TOWN USA PRESCHOOL-MONTESSORI ACADEMY | private | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.1 km) |
| Bell Gardens Intermediate | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.1 km) |
| ST MARIANNE SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| Bell Gardens Elementary | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| Lake Center Middle | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| Theodore Roosevelt | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| Cresson Elementary | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| New River Elementary | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.3 km) |
| Cesar E. Chavez Elementary | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.4 km) |
| NEW HARVEST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.4 km) |
| William W. Orr Elementary | public | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) |
| Jersey Avenue Elementary | public | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.6 km) |
| Bell Gardens High | public | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.6 km) |
| Visual and Performing Arts at Legacy High School Complex | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.6 km) |
| International Studies Lrng Center at Legacy High Sch Complex | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.6 km) |
| Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math at Legacy High Sch Complex | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.6 km) |
| Ernie Pyle Elementary | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.6 km) |
| D. D. Johnston Elementary | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) |
| Park Avenue Elementary | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) |
| Rancho Santa Gertrudes Elementary | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) |
| Harry Wirtz Elementary | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) |
| Corvallis Middle | public | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.8 km) |
| Hollydale | public | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.8 km) |
| Albert Baxter Elementary | public | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.8 km) |
| Paramount High | public | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.9 km) |
| Tweedy Elementary | public | — | — | 3.1 miles (4.9 km) |
| Lakeland Elementary | public | — | — | 3.1 miles (5.0 km) |
| Rivera Elementary | public | — | — | 3.1 miles (5.0 km) |
| Norwalk High | public | — | — | 3.1 miles (5.1 km) |
| Rivera Middle | public | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.1 km) |
| JOYLAND PRESCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.1 km) |
| Vista High | public | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.1 km) |
| Frank E. Woodruff Elementary | public | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.2 km) |
| Paramount Park Middle | public | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.2 km) |
| Washington Elementary | public | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.2 km) |
| Bellflower High | public | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.2 km) |
| Lugo Elementary | public | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.2 km) |
| Paramount Unified Community Day | public | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.2 km) |
| Will Rogers Elementary | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.3 km) |
| Julia B. Morrison Elementary | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.3 km) |
| Ellen Ochoa Learning Center | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.3 km) |
| Paddison Elementary | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.4 km) |
| ADVENTIST UNION SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| Marco Antonio Firebaugh High | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| Los Nietos Middle | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| Elizabeth Learning Center | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| Jefferson Elementary | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| Paramount Virtual Academy | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| ST JOHN OF GOD SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.7 km) |
| Pioneer High | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.7 km) |
| Aspire Firestone Academy Charter | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.7 km) |
| ALHADI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.7 km) |
| Aspire Gateway Academy Charter | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.7 km) |
| Tri-Cities ROP | public | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.7 km) |
| Howard Tanner | public | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.7 km) |
Schools FAQ for ZIP 90241
What school district is ZIP code 90241 in?
ZIP 90241 (Downey, CA) maps to Downey Unified School District (LEA ID 0611460) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.
How many schools are near ZIP code 90241?
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 90241 attend private school?
About 0.4% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 90241 attend private school (ACS estimate).
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Schools & Education key statistics
| Education | |
|---|---|
| Bachelor's or higher | 24.6% |
| High school | 26.1% |
| Less than HS | 18.6% |
| School district | Downey Unified School District |