ZIP 98439 — 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 98439

K-12 nearby

100

Public

Private

Avg enrollment

—

ZIP 98439 (McChord AFB, WA) is associated with Bethel School District (LEA 5300480) 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 (90 public, 10 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 4.2 miles.

ACS estimates show about 0.3% 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 Clover Park Technical College about 3.1 miles away (4yr-public).

District & higher education

School district

Bethel School District

LEA ID

5300480

Private school share (ACS)

0.3%

Colleges & universities (51)

Clover Park Technical College3.1 miles (5.0 km)4yr-public
Pacific Lutheran University3.5 miles (5.6 km)4yr-private
Pierce College District3.9 miles (6.2 km)4yr-public
Summit Salon Academy6.6 miles (10.6 km)2yr-private
Tacoma Community College7.8 miles (12.5 km)4yr-public
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus8.5 miles (13.6 km)4yr-public
Bates Technical College8.8 miles (14.1 km)4yr-public
Northwest College of Art & Design9.0 miles (14.5 km)4yr-private
University of Puget Sound9.2 miles (14.7 km)4yr-private
Faith International University10.2 miles (16.4 km)4yr-private
Saint Martin's University15.6 miles (25.1 km)4yr-private
Green River College20.2 miles (32.4 km)4yr-public

Show all 51 colleges & universities

Highline College20.2 miles (32.5 km)4yr-public
South Puget Sound Community College21.0 miles (33.8 km)4yr-public
The Evergreen State College22.2 miles (35.8 km)4yr-public
Pima Medical Institute-Renton27.2 miles (43.8 km)2yr-private
Renton Technical College29.3 miles (47.1 km)4yr-public
South Seattle College29.6 miles (47.7 km)4yr-public
Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine29.8 miles (48.0 km)4yr-private
Olympic College31.1 miles (50.0 km)4yr-public
The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology34.1 miles (54.8 km)4yr-private
Seattle University34.1 miles (54.9 km)4yr-private
Antioch University-Seattle34.3 miles (55.2 km)4yr-private
City University of Seattle34.4 miles (55.4 km)4yr-private
Cornish College of the Arts34.5 miles (55.6 km)4yr-private
Academy of Interactive Entertainment34.6 miles (55.7 km)2yr-private
Seattle Central College34.6 miles (55.7 km)4yr-public
Bellevue College35.5 miles (57.1 km)4yr-public
Centralia College35.8 miles (57.6 km)4yr-public
Seattle Film Institute36.2 miles (58.3 km)4yr-private
Seattle Pacific University36.5 miles (58.7 km)4yr-private
University of Washington-Seattle Campus37.4 miles (60.2 km)4yr-public
Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education39.2 miles (63.1 km)4yr-private
Northwest University39.3 miles (63.2 km)4yr-private
North Seattle College40.0 miles (64.3 km)4yr-public
Pima Medical Institute-Seattle40.1 miles (64.5 km)2yr-private
DigiPen Institute of Technology42.0 miles (67.6 km)4yr-private
Lake Washington Institute of Technology42.7 miles (68.8 km)4yr-public
Bastyr University43.0 miles (69.3 km)4yr-private
Shoreline Community College43.1 miles (69.3 km)4yr-public
University of Washington-Bothell Campus45.9 miles (73.8 km)4yr-public
Cascadia College45.9 miles (73.9 km)4yr-public
Edmonds College48.0 miles (77.3 km)4yr-public
Grays Harbor College62.0 miles (99.8 km)4yr-public
Everett Community College62.1 miles (99.9 km)4yr-public
Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building63.3 miles (101.8 km)2yr-private
Lower Columbia College71.3 miles (114.8 km)4yr-public
Peninsula College79.0 miles (127.1 km)4yr-public
Clatsop Community College90.4 miles (145.4 km)2yr-public
Skagit Valley College90.6 miles (145.9 km)4yr-public
Central Washington University93.3 miles (150.2 km)4yr-public

K-12 schools within ~10 miles

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

		Grades
Carter Lake Elementary School	public	—	—	0.5 miles (0.8 km)
Tyee Park Elementary School	public	—	—	1.2 miles (1.9 km)
CPSD Open Doors Program	public	—	—	1.6 miles (2.5 km)
Gravelly Lake K-12 Academy	public	—	—	1.6 miles (2.5 km)
Clover Park High School	public	—	—	1.8 miles (2.8 km)
Special Education Services/relife	public	—	—	1.9 miles (3.0 km)
ST FRANCES CABRINI SCHOOL	private	—	—	1.9 miles (3.0 km)
Tillicum Elementary School	public	—	—	2.0 miles (3.2 km)
Lakeview Hope Academy	public	—	—	2.1 miles (3.4 km)
Park Lodge Elementary School	public	—	—	2.3 miles (3.8 km)
Idlewild Elementary School	public	—	—	2.4 miles (3.8 km)
Clover Park Early Learning Program	public	—	—	2.4 miles (3.9 km)
Evergreen Elementary School	public	—	—	2.6 miles (4.1 km)
Washington High School	public	—	—	2.8 miles (4.5 km)
Thomas Middle School	public	—	—	2.9 miles (4.6 km)
Re-Entry High School	public	—	—	2.9 miles (4.6 km)
Re-Entry Middle School	public	—	—	2.9 miles (4.6 km)
General William H. Harrison Preparatory School	public	—	—	2.9 miles (4.7 km)
Four Heroes Elementary	public	—	—	2.9 miles (4.7 km)
Perry G Keithley Middle School	public	—	—	3.0 miles (4.8 km)
Northwest Career and Technical High School	public	—	—	3.1 miles (4.9 km)
Lake Louise Elementary School	public	—	—	3.2 miles (5.1 km)
Lochburn Middle School	public	—	—	3.2 miles (5.1 km)
LAKEWOOD LUTHERAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	3.2 miles (5.2 km)
ST MARY'S ACADEMY	private	—	—	3.3 miles (5.3 km)
James Sales Elementary	public	—	—	3.3 miles (5.3 km)
Hillside Elementary School	public	—	—	3.4 miles (5.4 km)
Brookdale Elementary	public	—	—	3.4 miles (5.5 km)
Custer Elementary School	public	—	—	3.6 miles (5.7 km)
Beachwood Elementary School	public	—	—	3.6 miles (5.8 km)
Alfaretta House	public	—	—	3.6 miles (5.8 km)
Lakes High School	public	—	—	3.6 miles (5.8 km)
Learning Support	public	—	—	3.6 miles (5.8 km)
Meriwether Elementary School	public	—	—	3.7 miles (5.9 km)
Dower Elementary School	public	—	—	3.7 miles (6.0 km)
Hudtloff Middle School	public	—	—	3.8 miles (6.1 km)
Oakridge Group Home	public	—	—	3.8 miles (6.1 km)
Christensen Elementary	public	—	—	3.8 miles (6.1 km)
PARKLAND LUTHERAN CHURCH & SCHOOL	private	—	—	3.9 miles (6.2 km)
Spanaway Elementary	public	—	—	3.9 miles (6.3 km)
Helen Stafford Elementary School	public	—	—	3.9 miles (6.3 km)
Hewins Early Learning Center	public	—	—	3.9 miles (6.3 km)
Spanaway Elementary Preschool	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.4 km)
Mount Tahoma High School	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.4 km)
Acceleration Academy	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.4 km)
Firwood	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.5 km)
Transition Day Students	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.5 km)
Oakbrook Elementary School	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.5 km)
Oak Grove	public	—	—	4.1 miles (6.6 km)
BETHEL HOPE EARLY LEARNING CENTER	public	—	—	4.1 miles (6.6 km)
Spanaway Middle School	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.7 km)
Elmhurst Elementary School	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.7 km)
Cherrydale Elementary	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.8 km)
Thompson Preschool	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.8 km)
Chester H Thompson Elementary	public	—	—	4.3 miles (6.9 km)
Steilacoom High	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.0 km)
Arlington Elementary School	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.2 km)
Manitou Park Elementary School	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.3 km)
FAITH LUTHERAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	4.6 miles (7.4 km)
Fern Hill Elementary School	public	—	—	4.6 miles (7.5 km)
Baker Middle School	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.6 km)
Birney Elementary School	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.6 km)
Gray Middle School	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.6 km)
Challenger High School	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.6 km)
Camas Prairie Elementary	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.6 km)
Developmental Preschool	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.6 km)
Birth to Three	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.6 km)
Transition 18-21 Program	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.7 km)
BETHEL BAPTIST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
SOUND CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	5.0 miles (8.0 km)
Saltars Point Elementary	public	—	—	5.0 miles (8.1 km)
CHARLES WRIGHT ACADEMY	private	—	—	5.0 miles (8.1 km)
Spanaway Lake High School	public	—	—	5.1 miles (8.2 km)
Larchmont Elementary School	public	—	—	5.1 miles (8.2 km)
Collins Elementary	public	—	—	5.1 miles (8.3 km)
VISITATION CATHOLIC STEM ACADEMY	private	—	—	5.2 miles (8.3 km)
Evergreen Elementary	public	—	—	5.2 miles (8.4 km)
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	5.2 miles (8.4 km)
Edison Elementary School	public	—	—	5.2 miles (8.4 km)
Franklin Pierce High School	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
Morris Ford Middle School	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
Rainier Elementary School	public	—	—	5.4 miles (8.7 km)
Industrial Design Engineering and Arts	public	—	—	5.5 miles (8.9 km)
Chambers Elementary	public	—	—	5.6 miles (9.0 km)
Drum Intermediate	public	—	—	5.6 miles (9.1 km)
Midland Elementary	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.2 km)
Cedarcrest Middle School	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.2 km)
Naches Trail Preschool	public	—	—	6.0 miles (9.6 km)
Naches Trail Elementary	public	—	—	6.0 miles (9.6 km)
Angelo Giaudrone Middle School	public	—	—	6.0 miles (9.7 km)
Katherine G. Johnson Elementary School	public	—	—	6.0 miles (9.7 km)
Harvard Elementary	public	—	—	6.0 miles (9.7 km)
Narrows View Intermediate	public	—	—	6.0 miles (9.7 km)
Evergreen Primary	public	—	—	6.0 miles (9.7 km)
Mann Elementary School	public	—	—	6.1 miles (9.9 km)
Sunset Primary	public	—	—	6.2 miles (9.9 km)
Fawcett Elementary School	public	—	—	6.2 miles (10.0 km)
Madison Headstart	public	—	—	6.2 miles (10.0 km)
Curtis Senior High	public	—	—	6.4 miles (10.3 km)
Chloe Clark Elementary	public	—	—	6.4 miles (10.3 km)

Schools FAQ for ZIP 98439

What school district is ZIP code 98439 in?

ZIP 98439 (McChord AFB, WA) maps to Bethel School District (LEA ID 5300480) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.

How many schools are near ZIP code 98439?

US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 90 public and 10 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.

What share of students in 98439 attend private school?

About 0.3% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 98439 attend private school (ACS estimate).

Education
Bachelor's or higher	14.4%
High school	30.3%
Less than HS	13.7%
School district	Bethel School District

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