ZIP 98421 — 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 98421

K-12 nearby

100

Public

Private

Avg enrollment

—

ZIP 98421 (Tacoma, WA) is associated with Fife Public Schools (LEA 5302880) 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 (86 public, 14 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 3.7 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 Northwest College of Art & Design about 1.9 miles away (4yr-private).

District & higher education

School district

Fife Public Schools

LEA ID

5302880

Private school share (ACS)

0.0%

Colleges & universities (53)

Northwest College of Art & Design1.9 miles (3.1 km)4yr-private
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus2.1 miles (3.4 km)4yr-public
Bates Technical College2.3 miles (3.7 km)4yr-public
University of Puget Sound3.7 miles (6.0 km)4yr-private
Summit Salon Academy4.3 miles (6.8 km)2yr-private
Faith International University5.6 miles (9.1 km)4yr-private
Tacoma Community College6.0 miles (9.6 km)4yr-public
Clover Park Technical College7.4 miles (12.0 km)4yr-public
Pacific Lutheran University8.2 miles (13.2 km)4yr-private
Highline College9.9 miles (16.0 km)4yr-public
Pierce College District10.1 miles (16.2 km)4yr-public
Green River College11.1 miles (17.9 km)4yr-public

Show all 53 colleges & universities

Pima Medical Institute-Renton16.9 miles (27.2 km)2yr-private
Renton Technical College18.9 miles (30.5 km)4yr-public
South Seattle College19.9 miles (32.1 km)4yr-public
Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine19.9 miles (32.1 km)4yr-private
Olympic College24.3 miles (39.1 km)4yr-public
Seattle University24.4 miles (39.2 km)4yr-private
The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology24.5 miles (39.4 km)4yr-private
Antioch University-Seattle24.7 miles (39.7 km)4yr-private
Saint Martin's University24.8 miles (39.8 km)4yr-private
City University of Seattle24.8 miles (39.9 km)4yr-private
Cornish College of the Arts24.9 miles (40.0 km)4yr-private
Seattle Central College24.9 miles (40.0 km)4yr-public
Academy of Interactive Entertainment25.0 miles (40.3 km)2yr-private
Bellevue College25.2 miles (40.6 km)4yr-public
Seattle Film Institute26.9 miles (43.2 km)4yr-private
Seattle Pacific University27.0 miles (43.4 km)4yr-private
University of Washington-Seattle Campus27.6 miles (44.5 km)4yr-public
Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education29.0 miles (46.7 km)4yr-private
Northwest University29.1 miles (46.8 km)4yr-private
South Puget Sound Community College29.8 miles (47.9 km)4yr-public
The Evergreen State College30.0 miles (48.3 km)4yr-public
North Seattle College30.4 miles (48.9 km)4yr-public
Pima Medical Institute-Seattle30.5 miles (49.1 km)2yr-private
DigiPen Institute of Technology31.8 miles (51.2 km)4yr-private
Lake Washington Institute of Technology32.6 miles (52.4 km)4yr-public
Bastyr University33.2 miles (53.4 km)4yr-private
Shoreline Community College33.7 miles (54.2 km)4yr-public
University of Washington-Bothell Campus35.8 miles (57.7 km)4yr-public
Cascadia College35.9 miles (57.8 km)4yr-public
Edmonds College38.5 miles (62.0 km)4yr-public
Centralia College46.0 miles (74.1 km)4yr-public
Everett Community College52.3 miles (84.2 km)4yr-public
Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building55.9 miles (90.0 km)2yr-private
Grays Harbor College69.3 miles (111.5 km)4yr-public
Peninsula College74.8 miles (120.3 km)4yr-public
Lower Columbia College81.3 miles (130.9 km)4yr-public
Skagit Valley College81.4 miles (131.0 km)4yr-public
Central Washington University89.3 miles (143.7 km)4yr-public
Wenatchee Valley College97.3 miles (156.6 km)4yr-public
Yakima Valley College99.9 miles (160.7 km)4yr-public
Perry Technical Institute100.0 miles (160.9 km)2yr-private

K-12 schools within ~10 miles

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

		Grades
Maritime 253 Skills Center	public	—	—	1.5 miles (2.4 km)
N.E. Tacoma Elementary School	public	—	—	1.9 miles (3.1 km)
Summit Public School: Olympus	public	—	—	1.9 miles (3.1 km)
Tacoma School of the Arts	public	—	—	1.9 miles (3.1 km)
Impact Public Schools	public	—	—	2.0 miles (3.2 km)
Special Services	public	—	—	2.1 miles (3.5 km)
Alternative Spcl Needs Div Occ	public	—	—	2.1 miles (3.5 km)
Comm Based Trans Program	public	—	—	2.1 miles (3.5 km)
Tacoma Pierce County Education Center	public	—	—	2.2 miles (3.5 km)
THE COR DEO SCHOOL	private	—	—	2.2 miles (3.6 km)
Roosevelt Elementary School	public	—	—	2.2 miles (3.6 km)
Bates Technical College - Open Doors	public	—	—	2.3 miles (3.7 km)
Bates Technical High School	public	—	—	2.3 miles (3.7 km)
Tacoma Open Doors	public	—	—	2.3 miles (3.7 km)
Stadium High School	public	—	—	2.3 miles (3.7 km)
Crescent Heights Elementary School	public	—	—	2.3 miles (3.8 km)
COMMUNITY MONTESSORI	private	—	—	2.4 miles (3.8 km)
Meeker Middle School	public	—	—	2.5 miles (3.9 km)
Edna Travis Elementary School	public	—	—	2.6 miles (4.1 km)
Willard Early Learning Center	public	—	—	2.6 miles (4.2 km)
Fife High School	public	—	—	2.7 miles (4.3 km)
HOLY ROSARY BILINGUAL ACADEMY	private	—	—	2.7 miles (4.4 km)
Blix Elementary School	public	—	—	2.7 miles (4.4 km)
Fife Open Doors	public	—	—	2.8 miles (4.4 km)
ANNIE WRIGHT SCHOOLS	private	—	—	2.8 miles (4.6 km)
Fife Elementary School	public	—	—	2.8 miles (4.6 km)
Bryant Montessori Middle School	public	—	—	2.9 miles (4.6 km)
Bryant Montessori School	public	—	—	2.9 miles (4.6 km)
Brigadoon Elementary School	public	—	—	2.9 miles (4.7 km)
Columbia Junior High School	public	—	—	2.9 miles (4.7 km)
Stanley Elementary School	public	—	—	3.0 miles (4.9 km)
Hilltop Heritage Middle School	public	—	—	3.0 miles (4.9 km)
ST PATRICK CATHOLIC SCHOOL	private	—	—	3.0 miles (4.9 km)
Birth to Three Development Center	public	—	—	3.0 miles (4.9 km)
Lister Elementary School	public	—	—	3.1 miles (5.0 km)
Browns Point Elementary School	public	—	—	3.1 miles (5.0 km)
Lowell Elementary School	public	—	—	3.1 miles (5.0 km)
Lincoln High School	public	—	—	3.1 miles (5.0 km)
TACOMA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	3.2 miles (5.1 km)
Sherwood Forest Elementary School	public	—	—	3.2 miles (5.2 km)
Illahee Middle School	public	—	—	3.2 miles (5.2 km)
Grant Elementary School	public	—	—	3.3 miles (5.3 km)
Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie	public	—	—	3.3 miles (5.3 km)
Enterprise Elementary School	public	—	—	3.3 miles (5.3 km)
Green Gables Elementary School	public	—	—	3.4 miles (5.4 km)
Lyon Elementary School	public	—	—	3.4 miles (5.5 km)
MONTESSORI ACADEMY AT SPRING VALLEY	private	—	—	3.5 miles (5.6 km)
Employment Transition Program	public	—	—	3.5 miles (5.6 km)
Whitman Elementary School	public	—	—	3.5 miles (5.7 km)
First Creek Middle School	public	—	—	3.5 miles (5.7 km)
Sheridan Elementary School	public	—	—	3.7 miles (6.0 km)
Olympic View Elementary School	public	—	—	3.7 miles (6.0 km)
Reed Elementary School	public	—	—	3.7 miles (6.0 km)
Stewart Middle School	public	—	—	3.8 miles (6.1 km)
BROOKLAKE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	3.8 miles (6.1 km)
Franklin Elementary School	public	—	—	3.8 miles (6.1 km)
Twin Lakes Elementary School	public	—	—	3.9 miles (6.2 km)
Panther Lake Elementary School	public	—	—	3.9 miles (6.2 km)
LIFE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	3.9 miles (6.3 km)
Chief Leschi School	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.4 km)
Insight School of WA Open Doors Program	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.4 km)
CONCORDIA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	4.0 miles (6.5 km)
Hoyt Early Learning Center	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.5 km)
Silver Lake Elementary School	public	—	—	4.1 miles (6.6 km)
Washington Elementary School	public	—	—	4.1 miles (6.6 km)
Todd Beamer High School	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.7 km)
Decatur High School	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.7 km)
Mann Elementary School	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.7 km)
CARPE DIEM ACADEMY	private	—	—	4.2 miles (6.8 km)
Federal Way Public Academy	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.8 km)
Waller Road Elementary	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.8 km)
Fawcett Elementary School	public	—	—	4.3 miles (6.9 km)
Mason Middle School	public	—	—	4.3 miles (6.9 km)
Discovery Primary School	public	—	—	4.3 miles (6.9 km)
BELLARMINE PREPARATORY SCHOOL	private	—	—	4.3 miles (7.0 km)
Angelo Giaudrone Middle School	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.0 km)
Surprise Lake Middle School	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
Boze Elementary School	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
Jefferson Elementary School	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.2 km)
Oakland High School	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.3 km)
Madison Headstart	public	—	—	4.6 miles (7.3 km)
Lakota Middle School	public	—	—	4.6 miles (7.4 km)
Federal Way Running Start Home School	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.5 km)
Federal Way Public School ECEAP	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.5 km)
Foss High School	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.5 km)
Support School	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.5 km)
Gateway to College	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.5 km)
Sherman Elementary School	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.8 km)
Delong Elementary School	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.8 km)
EVERGREEN LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL	private	—	—	4.8 miles (7.8 km)
Industrial Design Engineering and Arts	public	—	—	4.9 miles (7.8 km)
BEREAN CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
Rainier View Elementary School	public	—	—	5.0 miles (8.0 km)
Dr. Dolores Silas High School	public	—	—	5.0 miles (8.0 km)
Northwood Elementary	public	—	—	5.0 miles (8.1 km)
Downing Elementary School	public	—	—	5.1 miles (8.1 km)
Adelaide Elementary School	public	—	—	5.2 miles (8.3 km)
Lakeland Elementary School	public	—	—	5.2 miles (8.3 km)
Remann Hall Juvenile Detention Center	public	—	—	5.2 miles (8.4 km)
Edison Elementary School	public	—	—	5.2 miles (8.4 km)

Schools FAQ for ZIP 98421

What school district is ZIP code 98421 in?

ZIP 98421 (Tacoma, WA) maps to Fife Public Schools (LEA ID 5302880) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.

How many schools are near ZIP code 98421?

US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 86 public and 14 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.

What share of students in 98421 attend private school?

About 0.0% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 98421 attend private school (ACS estimate).

Education
Bachelor's or higher	25.2%
High school	31.4%
Less than HS	1.9%
School district	Fife Public Schools

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