ZIP 98402 — 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 98402

K-12 nearby

100

Public

Private

Avg enrollment

—

ZIP 98402 (Tacoma, WA) is associated with Tacoma Public Schools (LEA 5308700) 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 (84 public, 16 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 3.2 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 Northwest College of Art & Design about 0.2 miles away (4yr-private).

District & higher education

School district

Tacoma Public Schools

LEA ID

5308700

Private school share (ACS)

0.6%

Colleges & universities (52)

Northwest College of Art & Design0.2 miles (0.3 km)4yr-private
Bates Technical College0.4 miles (0.6 km)4yr-public
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus0.4 miles (0.6 km)4yr-public
University of Puget Sound2.1 miles (3.3 km)4yr-private
Summit Salon Academy2.4 miles (3.9 km)2yr-private
Tacoma Community College4.0 miles (6.5 km)4yr-public
Faith International University4.2 miles (6.8 km)4yr-private
Clover Park Technical College5.8 miles (9.4 km)4yr-public
Pacific Lutheran University7.3 miles (11.7 km)4yr-private
Pierce College District8.2 miles (13.2 km)4yr-public
Highline College11.5 miles (18.5 km)4yr-public
Green River College13.1 miles (21.1 km)4yr-public

Show all 52 colleges & universities

Pima Medical Institute-Renton18.5 miles (29.8 km)2yr-private
Renton Technical College20.6 miles (33.1 km)4yr-public
South Seattle College20.9 miles (33.7 km)4yr-public
Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine21.1 miles (33.9 km)4yr-private
Saint Martin's University22.9 miles (36.8 km)4yr-private
Olympic College24.2 miles (39.0 km)4yr-public
Seattle University25.4 miles (40.9 km)4yr-private
The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology25.4 miles (40.9 km)4yr-private
Antioch University-Seattle25.6 miles (41.3 km)4yr-private
City University of Seattle25.8 miles (41.4 km)4yr-private
Cornish College of the Arts25.9 miles (41.6 km)4yr-private
Seattle Central College25.9 miles (41.7 km)4yr-public
Academy of Interactive Entertainment26.0 miles (41.8 km)2yr-private
Bellevue College26.7 miles (43.0 km)4yr-public
Seattle Film Institute27.7 miles (44.6 km)4yr-private
South Puget Sound Community College27.9 miles (44.8 km)4yr-public
Seattle Pacific University27.9 miles (44.9 km)4yr-private
The Evergreen State College28.1 miles (45.2 km)4yr-public
University of Washington-Seattle Campus28.7 miles (46.2 km)4yr-public
Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education30.4 miles (48.8 km)4yr-private
Northwest University30.4 miles (49.0 km)4yr-private
North Seattle College31.4 miles (50.5 km)4yr-public
Pima Medical Institute-Seattle31.5 miles (50.6 km)2yr-private
DigiPen Institute of Technology33.2 miles (53.4 km)4yr-private
Lake Washington Institute of Technology33.9 miles (54.6 km)4yr-public
Bastyr University34.3 miles (55.2 km)4yr-private
Shoreline Community College34.6 miles (55.6 km)4yr-public
University of Washington-Bothell Campus37.1 miles (59.6 km)4yr-public
Cascadia College37.1 miles (59.8 km)4yr-public
Edmonds College39.5 miles (63.5 km)4yr-public
Centralia College44.4 miles (71.5 km)4yr-public
Everett Community College53.4 miles (85.9 km)4yr-public
Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building56.1 miles (90.3 km)2yr-private
Grays Harbor College67.3 miles (108.4 km)4yr-public
Peninsula College74.2 miles (119.5 km)4yr-public
Lower Columbia College80.1 miles (128.9 km)4yr-public
Skagit Valley College82.2 miles (132.4 km)4yr-public
Central Washington University91.0 miles (146.4 km)4yr-public
Clatsop Community College98.7 miles (158.8 km)2yr-public
Wenatchee Valley College99.2 miles (159.6 km)4yr-public

K-12 schools within ~10 miles

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

		Grades
Tacoma School of the Arts	public	—	—	0.3 miles (0.5 km)
Bates Technical College - Open Doors	public	—	—	0.4 miles (0.6 km)
Bates Technical High School	public	—	—	0.4 miles (0.6 km)
COMMUNITY MONTESSORI	private	—	—	0.4 miles (0.7 km)
Tacoma Open Doors	public	—	—	0.4 miles (0.7 km)
Tacoma Pierce County Education Center	public	—	—	0.4 miles (0.7 km)
Maritime 253 Skills Center	public	—	—	0.5 miles (0.8 km)
Comm Based Trans Program	public	—	—	0.5 miles (0.8 km)
Special Services	public	—	—	0.5 miles (0.8 km)
Alternative Spcl Needs Div Occ	public	—	—	0.5 miles (0.8 km)
Edna Travis Elementary School	public	—	—	0.7 miles (1.1 km)
Summit Public School: Olympus	public	—	—	0.8 miles (1.3 km)
THE COR DEO SCHOOL	private	—	—	1.0 miles (1.6 km)
Stanley Elementary School	public	—	—	1.1 miles (1.7 km)
Bryant Montessori Middle School	public	—	—	1.1 miles (1.7 km)
Bryant Montessori School	public	—	—	1.1 miles (1.7 km)
Stadium High School	public	—	—	1.2 miles (1.9 km)
TACOMA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	1.2 miles (2.0 km)
Hilltop Heritage Middle School	public	—	—	1.3 miles (2.0 km)
Willard Early Learning Center	public	—	—	1.3 miles (2.1 km)
Grant Elementary School	public	—	—	1.6 miles (2.5 km)
ANNIE WRIGHT SCHOOLS	private	—	—	1.6 miles (2.7 km)
ST PATRICK CATHOLIC SCHOOL	private	—	—	1.7 miles (2.7 km)
Impact Public Schools	public	—	—	1.7 miles (2.7 km)
Lincoln High School	public	—	—	1.7 miles (2.8 km)
Lowell Elementary School	public	—	—	1.8 miles (2.8 km)
Franklin Elementary School	public	—	—	1.9 miles (3.1 km)
Reed Elementary School	public	—	—	2.0 miles (3.2 km)
LIFE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	2.0 miles (3.2 km)
Whitman Elementary School	public	—	—	2.0 miles (3.3 km)
Insight School of WA Open Doors Program	public	—	—	2.1 miles (3.4 km)
Blix Elementary School	public	—	—	2.3 miles (3.7 km)
CARPE DIEM ACADEMY	private	—	—	2.3 miles (3.7 km)
Roosevelt Elementary School	public	—	—	2.4 miles (3.8 km)
BELLARMINE PREPARATORY SCHOOL	private	—	—	2.4 miles (3.8 km)
Lyon Elementary School	public	—	—	2.4 miles (3.9 km)
Oakland High School	public	—	—	2.6 miles (4.2 km)
Hoyt Early Learning Center	public	—	—	2.6 miles (4.2 km)
Washington Elementary School	public	—	—	2.7 miles (4.3 km)
Stewart Middle School	public	—	—	2.7 miles (4.3 km)
Foss High School	public	—	—	2.7 miles (4.4 km)
Madison Headstart	public	—	—	2.7 miles (4.4 km)
Jefferson Elementary School	public	—	—	2.8 miles (4.4 km)
Angelo Giaudrone Middle School	public	—	—	2.8 miles (4.5 km)
Mann Elementary School	public	—	—	2.8 miles (4.6 km)
Mason Middle School	public	—	—	2.9 miles (4.6 km)
Delong Elementary School	public	—	—	3.0 miles (4.7 km)
Lister Elementary School	public	—	—	3.0 miles (4.8 km)
Sheridan Elementary School	public	—	—	3.0 miles (4.8 km)
CONCORDIA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	3.1 miles (5.1 km)
First Creek Middle School	public	—	—	3.2 miles (5.2 km)
Dr. Dolores Silas High School	public	—	—	3.3 miles (5.3 km)
Fawcett Elementary School	public	—	—	3.3 miles (5.4 km)
Remann Hall Juvenile Detention Center	public	—	—	3.4 miles (5.5 km)
Downing Elementary School	public	—	—	3.5 miles (5.6 km)
Crescent Heights Elementary School	public	—	—	3.6 miles (5.7 km)
The School at Pearl Youth Residence	public	—	—	3.6 miles (5.8 km)
Sherman Elementary School	public	—	—	3.6 miles (5.8 km)
Meeker Middle School	public	—	—	3.6 miles (5.8 km)
Edison Elementary School	public	—	—	3.6 miles (5.8 km)
Browns Point Elementary School	public	—	—	3.7 miles (5.9 km)
Industrial Design Engineering and Arts	public	—	—	3.7 miles (6.0 km)
N.E. Tacoma Elementary School	public	—	—	3.7 miles (6.0 km)
VISITATION CATHOLIC STEM ACADEMY	private	—	—	3.7 miles (6.0 km)
Wainwright Intermediate School	public	—	—	3.8 miles (6.1 km)
Whittier Elementary School	public	—	—	3.8 miles (6.1 km)
Boze Elementary School	public	—	—	3.8 miles (6.1 km)
SOUND CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	3.9 miles (6.3 km)
Hunt Middle School	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.4 km)
HOLY ROSARY BILINGUAL ACADEMY	private	—	—	4.0 miles (6.5 km)
Truman Middle School	public	—	—	4.1 miles (6.6 km)
Fife High School	public	—	—	4.1 miles (6.6 km)
Skyline Elementary School	public	—	—	4.1 miles (6.6 km)
Columbia Junior High School	public	—	—	4.1 miles (6.7 km)
Waller Road Elementary	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.7 km)
Fife Open Doors	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.7 km)
Tacoma Online Middle School	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.8 km)
Tacoma Online Elementary School	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.8 km)
Tacoma Online High School	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.8 km)
Fife Elementary School	public	—	—	4.3 miles (6.8 km)
Gray Middle School	public	—	—	4.3 miles (6.9 km)
Arlington Elementary School	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.0 km)
Birney Elementary School	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
ST CHARLES BORROMEO CATHOLIC SCHOOL	private	—	—	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
Brigadoon Elementary School	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.2 km)
Manitou Park Elementary School	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.3 km)
Geiger Montessori School	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.3 km)
Green Gables Elementary School	public	—	—	4.6 miles (7.4 km)
Point Defiance Elementary School	public	—	—	4.6 miles (7.4 km)
Baker Middle School	public	—	—	4.6 miles (7.4 km)
MONTESSORI IN MOTION	private	—	—	4.6 miles (7.4 km)
EVERGREEN LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL	private	—	—	4.7 miles (7.5 km)
Chief Leschi School	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.6 km)
Fern Hill Elementary School	public	—	—	4.9 miles (7.8 km)
Evergreen Primary	public	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
Larchmont Elementary School	public	—	—	5.0 miles (8.0 km)
Birth to Three Development Center	public	—	—	5.0 miles (8.0 km)
Harvard Elementary	public	—	—	5.1 miles (8.2 km)
Sherwood Forest Elementary School	public	—	—	5.1 miles (8.2 km)
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	5.1 miles (8.2 km)

Schools FAQ for ZIP 98402

What school district is ZIP code 98402 in?

ZIP 98402 (Tacoma, WA) maps to Tacoma Public Schools (LEA ID 5308700) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.

How many schools are near ZIP code 98402?

US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 84 public and 16 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.

What share of students in 98402 attend private school?

About 0.6% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 98402 attend private school (ACS estimate).

Education
Bachelor's or higher	43.9%
High school	20.8%
Less than HS	9.1%
School district	Tacoma Public Schools

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