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ZIP 94303 — 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 94303
K-12 nearby
100
Public
61
Private
39
Avg enrollment
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ZIP 94303 (Palo Alto, CA) is associated with Mountain View Whisman Elementary School District (LEA 0626280) 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 (61 public, 39 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 3.6 miles.
ACS estimates show about 0.6% 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 Sofia University about 1.9 miles away (4yr-private).
District & higher education
School district
Mountain View Whisman Elementary School District
LEA ID
0626280
Private school share (ACS)
0.6%
Colleges & universities (100)
- Sofia University1.9 miles (3.1 km)4yr-private
- Stanford University3.5 miles (5.6 km)4yr-private
- Menlo College4.2 miles (6.7 km)4yr-private
- Palo Alto University6.6 miles (10.6 km)4yr-private
- Foothill College6.7 miles (10.8 km)4yr-public
- Foothill-De Anza Community College District6.7 miles (10.8 km)4yr-public
- Alder Graduate School of Education7.1 miles (11.4 km)4yr-private
- University of East-West Medicine8.2 miles (13.1 km)4yr-private
- Canada College8.3 miles (13.3 km)2yr-public
- Mission College8.7 miles (13.9 km)2yr-public
- Unitek College9.1 miles (14.7 km)4yr-private
- Institute for Business and Technology10.0 miles (16.1 km)2yr-private
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- University of Silicon Valley10.0 miles (16.1 km)4yr-private
- Notre Dame de Namur University10.2 miles (16.4 km)4yr-private
- De Anza College10.3 miles (16.5 km)2yr-public
- San Francisco Bay University10.4 miles (16.8 km)4yr-private
- Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Fremont10.7 miles (17.1 km)2yr-private
- University of Silicon Andhra10.7 miles (17.1 km)4yr-private
- Ohlone College12.2 miles (19.7 km)2yr-public
- Santa Clara University12.3 miles (19.8 km)4yr-private
- Life Chiropractic College West12.4 miles (20.0 km)4yr-private
- Chabot College12.8 miles (20.5 km)2yr-public
- Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts12.8 miles (20.7 km)4yr-private
- College of San Mateo13.2 miles (21.2 km)2yr-public
- San Mateo County Community College District Office13.2 miles (21.3 km)4yr-public
- California State University-East Bay14.2 miles (22.9 km)4yr-public
- San Jose City College14.3 miles (23.0 km)2yr-public
- West Valley College14.6 miles (23.5 km)2yr-public
- West Valley Mission Community College District Office14.6 miles (23.5 km)2yr-public
- San Jose-Evergreen Community College District14.9 miles (24.0 km)2yr-public
- San Jose State University15.4 miles (24.7 km)4yr-public
- Carrington College-San Leandro Campus16.7 miles (26.9 km)2yr-private
- Evergreen Valley College22.0 miles (35.4 km)2yr-public
- Northeastern University Oakland22.7 miles (36.5 km)4yr-private
- Skyline College22.7 miles (36.5 km)4yr-public
- Merritt College23.1 miles (37.1 km)2yr-public
- Carrington College-San Jose23.5 miles (37.9 km)2yr-private
- College of Alameda24.1 miles (38.7 km)2yr-public
- Peralta Community College System Office24.5 miles (39.4 km)2yr-public
- Las Positas College24.5 miles (39.5 km)2yr-public
- Laney College24.8 miles (39.9 km)2yr-public
- University of California-System Administration Central Office25.3 miles (40.7 km)4yr-public
- Starr King School for the Ministry25.4 miles (40.8 km)4yr-private
- Lincoln University25.4 miles (40.9 km)4yr-private
- Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences25.5 miles (41.0 km)4yr-private
- Reach University25.6 miles (41.2 km)4yr-private
- City College of San Francisco26.1 miles (42.0 km)2yr-public
- Samuel Merritt University26.4 miles (42.4 km)4yr-private
- California College of the Arts26.4 miles (42.6 km)4yr-private
- Saint Mary's College of California26.4 miles (42.6 km)4yr-private
- San Francisco State University26.9 miles (43.3 km)4yr-public
- California Institute of Integral Studies27.4 miles (44.1 km)4yr-private
- Minerva University27.6 miles (44.4 km)4yr-private
- San Francisco Conservatory of Music27.6 miles (44.4 km)4yr-private
- Academy of Art University27.6 miles (44.5 km)4yr-private
- Golden Gate University27.7 miles (44.5 km)4yr-private
- University of California College of the Law-San Francisco27.7 miles (44.6 km)4yr-public
- EDvance College27.8 miles (44.7 km)4yr-private
- San Francisco Film School27.9 miles (44.9 km)2yr-private
- Miami Ad School-San Francisco28.1 miles (45.2 km)2yr-private
- University of California-San Francisco28.3 miles (45.5 km)4yr-public
- University of San Francisco28.7 miles (46.1 km)4yr-private
- Berkeley School of Theology29.2 miles (47.0 km)4yr-private
- Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College-Berkeley29.2 miles (47.0 km)4yr-private
- The Wright Institute29.3 miles (47.2 km)4yr-private
- Institute of Buddhist Studies29.4 miles (47.4 km)4yr-private
- Berkeley City College29.7 miles (47.8 km)2yr-public
- University of California-Berkeley29.7 miles (47.8 km)4yr-public
- California Jazz Conservatory29.8 miles (47.9 km)4yr-private
- Graduate Theological Union29.9 miles (48.2 km)4yr-private
- Church Divinity School of the Pacific30.0 miles (48.3 km)4yr-private
- Pacific School of Religion30.1 miles (48.4 km)4yr-private
- Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology30.4 miles (48.9 km)4yr-private
- University of California-Santa Cruz32.1 miles (51.6 km)4yr-public
- Cabrillo College34.0 miles (54.7 km)2yr-public
- Five Branches University34.7 miles (55.8 km)4yr-private
- Carrington College-Pleasant Hill Campus35.0 miles (56.3 km)2yr-private
- Diablo Valley College35.4 miles (56.9 km)2yr-public
- Contra Costa College37.4 miles (60.1 km)2yr-public
- Contra Costa Community College District Office38.8 miles (62.4 km)2yr-public
- Contra Costa Medical Career College39.7 miles (64.0 km)2yr-private
- Los Medanos College40.4 miles (65.0 km)2yr-public
- College of Marin41.6 miles (66.9 km)2yr-public
- Dominican University of California42.2 miles (67.9 km)4yr-private
- California State University Maritime Academy42.7 miles (68.7 km)4yr-public
- Presidio Graduate School43.1 miles (69.3 km)4yr-private
- Touro University California44.1 miles (71.0 km)4yr-private
- Gavilan College45.0 miles (72.4 km)2yr-public
- Solano Community College53.8 miles (86.5 km)4yr-public
- University of the Pacific56.9 miles (91.5 km)4yr-private
- Xavier College School of Nursing57.0 miles (91.8 km)2yr-private
- Napa Valley College57.1 miles (91.8 km)2yr-public
- Carrington College-Stockton57.2 miles (92.0 km)2yr-private
- San Joaquin Delta College57.3 miles (92.2 km)2yr-public
- Teachers College of San Joaquin57.5 miles (92.5 km)4yr-public
- Central Coast College57.9 miles (93.1 km)2yr-private
- Humphreys University-Stockton and Modesto Campuses58.0 miles (93.4 km)4yr-private
- California State University-Monterey Bay58.4 miles (93.9 km)4yr-public
- San Joaquin Valley College-Modesto58.8 miles (94.6 km)2yr-private
- Hartnell College59.5 miles (95.7 km)2yr-public
K-12 schools within ~10 miles
Sorted table with type, grades, enrollment, and distance. Data from NCES CCD / EDGE extracts.
| Grades | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SILICON VALLEY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL | private | — | — | 0.7 miles (1.1 km) |
| FUSION ACADEMY - PALO ALTO | private | — | — | 0.7 miles (1.1 km) |
| HOPE TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 0.7 miles (1.2 km) |
| Los Robles-Ronald McNair Academy | public | — | — | 0.9 miles (1.5 km) |
| East Palo Alto Academy | public | — | — | 1.0 miles (1.6 km) |
| Aspire East Palo Alto Charter | public | — | — | 1.0 miles (1.6 km) |
| HEADSUP CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER PALO ALTO | private | — | — | 1.1 miles (1.7 km) |
| THE PRIMARY SCHOOL - EAST PALO ALTO | private | — | — | 1.1 miles (1.7 km) |
| KIPP Esperanza High | public | — | — | 1.1 miles (1.8 km) |
| Duveneck Elementary | public | — | — | 1.2 miles (1.9 km) |
| Oxford Day Academy | public | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.2 km) |
| Ohlone Elementary | public | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.2 km) |
| THE GIRLS' MIDDLE SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.5 km) |
| Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle | public | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.8 km) |
| ST ELIZABETH SETON SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.8 km) |
| Walter Hays Elementary | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| Palo Verde Elementary | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| Costano Elementary | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) |
| KEYS FAMILY DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.2 km) |
| TRU SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.2 km) |
| Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle | public | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.2 km) |
| Addison Elementary | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| KEHILLAH JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.8 km) |
| KIPP Valiant Community Prep | public | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.8 km) |
| MID-PENINSULA HIGH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.8 km) |
| El Carmelo Elementary | public | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.8 km) |
| CASTILLEJA SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.9 km) |
| Fairmeadow Elementary | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (3.9 km) |
| MEIRA ACADEMY | private | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| ACHIEVE INC. | private | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| THE VR SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.1 km) |
| Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.1 km) |
| ODYSSEY MONTESSORI | private | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| Palo Alto High | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.3 km) |
| Herbert Hoover Elementary | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.3 km) |
| LIVING WISDOM SCHOOL OF PALO ALTO | private | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) |
| IMAGINATION LAB SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) |
| Belle Haven Elementary | public | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.6 km) |
| LIVING WIDSOM HIGH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.6 km) |
| CHESTERTON ACADEMY OF ST JAMES | private | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.6 km) |
| Greendell | public | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.7 km) |
| PALO ALTO PREPARATORY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.8 km) |
| KEYS FAMILY DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.8 km) |
| ATHENA ACADEMY | private | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.9 km) |
| GIDEON HAUSNER JEWISH DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.1 miles (5.1 km) |
| Laurel Elementary | public | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.1 km) |
| Menlo-Atherton High | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.3 km) |
| Barron Park Elementary | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.3 km) |
| Escondido Elementary | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| Monta Loma Elementary | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| Juana Briones Elementary | public | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.8 km) |
| Crittenden Middle | public | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.8 km) |
| Packard Children's Hospital/Stanford | public | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.8 km) |
| Tide Academy | public | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.8 km) |
| NATIVITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.7 miles (6.0 km) |
| Lucille M. Nixon Elementary | public | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.1 km) |
| Ellen Fletcher Middle | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.2 km) |
| Encinal Elementary | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.3 km) |
| Theuerkauf Elementary | public | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.5 km) |
| SCHOOL FOR INDEPENDENT LEARNERS | private | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.5 km) |
| Henry M. Gunn High | public | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| Stevenson Elementary | public | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.7 km) |
| ST RAYMOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.7 km) |
| MENLO SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.8 km) |
| Ardis G. Egan Junior High | public | — | — | 4.3 miles (6.9 km) |
| Bullis Charter | public | — | — | 4.3 miles (6.9 km) |
| Santa Rita Elementary | public | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.1 km) |
| SACRED HEART SCHOOLS ATHERTON | private | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.2 km) |
| Gabriela Mistral Elementary | public | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.2 km) |
| BMO Preschool at Latham | public | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.3 km) |
| Mariano Castro Elementary | public | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.3 km) |
| KHAN LAB SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.3 km) |
| Hillview Middle | public | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.3 km) |
| Oak Knoll Elementary | public | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.4 km) |
| Taft Elementary | public | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.5 km) |
| MTN VIEW ACADEMY | private | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.6 km) |
| YEW CHUNG INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (SV) | private | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.7 km) |
| GERMAN INTL SCHOOL OF SILICON VALLEY | private | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.7 km) |
| SYNAPSE SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.7 km) |
| Garfield Elementary | public | — | — | 4.9 miles (7.8 km) |
| WHERRY ACADEMY | private | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.0 km) |
| Los Altos High | public | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.0 km) |
| Everest Public High | public | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.1 km) |
| STANFORD ONLINE HIGH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.1 miles (8.2 km) |
| KIPP Excelencia Community Preparatory | public | — | — | 5.2 miles (8.3 km) |
| Almond Elementary | public | — | — | 5.2 miles (8.3 km) |
| Connect Community Charter | public | — | — | 5.2 miles (8.3 km) |
| La Entrada Middle | public | — | — | 5.2 miles (8.4 km) |
| ST JOSEPH SCHOOL MOUNTAIN VIEW | private | — | — | 5.3 miles (8.5 km) |
| Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary | public | — | — | 5.3 miles (8.6 km) |
| Gardner Bullis Elementary | public | — | — | 5.4 miles (8.6 km) |
| Edith Landels Elementary | public | — | — | 5.4 miles (8.6 km) |
| Isaac Newton Graham Middle | public | — | — | 5.5 miles (8.8 km) |
| Las Lomitas Elementary | public | — | — | 5.5 miles (8.9 km) |
| HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.6 miles (8.9 km) |
| Summit Preparatory Charter High | public | — | — | 5.6 miles (9.0 km) |
| TRINITY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.7 miles (9.1 km) |
| Hoover Elementary | public | — | — | 5.7 miles (9.2 km) |
| Benjamin Bubb Elementary | public | — | — | 5.7 miles (9.2 km) |
| Adelante Selby Spanish Immersion | public | — | — | 5.8 miles (9.4 km) |
Schools FAQ for ZIP 94303
What school district is ZIP code 94303 in?
ZIP 94303 (Palo Alto, CA) maps to Mountain View Whisman Elementary School District (LEA ID 0626280) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.
How many schools are near ZIP code 94303?
US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 61 public and 39 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.
What share of students in 94303 attend private school?
About 0.6% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 94303 attend private school (ACS estimate).
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Schools & Education key statistics
| Education | |
|---|---|
| Bachelor's or higher | 48.4% |
| High school | 15.8% |
| Less than HS | 15.3% |
| School district | Mountain View Whisman Elementary School District |