ZIP 01523 — 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 01523

K-12 nearby

Public

Private

Avg enrollment

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ZIP 01523 (South Lancaster, MA) is associated with Harvard School District (LEA 2505880) 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 72 K-12 schools (56 public, 16 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 7.5 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 Fitchburg State University about 9.3 miles away (4yr-public).

District & higher education

School district

Harvard School District

LEA ID

2505880

Private school share (ACS)

0.4%

Colleges & universities (100)

Fitchburg State University9.3 miles (14.9 km)4yr-public
Quinsigamond Community College13.2 miles (21.3 km)2yr-public
National Aviation Academy of New England14.8 miles (23.8 km)2yr-private
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School14.9 miles (23.9 km)4yr-public
Assumption University15.3 miles (24.5 km)4yr-private
Worcester Polytechnic Institute15.9 miles (25.6 km)4yr-private
Anna Maria College16.3 miles (26.2 km)4yr-private
Worcester State University17.2 miles (27.7 km)4yr-public
Mount Wachusett Community College17.4 miles (28.1 km)2yr-public
Framingham State University17.7 miles (28.5 km)4yr-public
Clark University17.8 miles (28.7 km)4yr-private
College of the Holy Cross18.3 miles (29.5 km)4yr-private

Show all 100 colleges & universities

Middlesex Community College20.6 miles (33.2 km)2yr-public
Regis College20.7 miles (33.4 km)4yr-private
Rivier University20.9 miles (33.6 km)4yr-private
St Joseph School of Nursing21.0 miles (33.7 km)2yr-private
Pope St John XXIII National Seminary21.1 miles (34.0 km)4yr-private
University of Massachusetts-Lowell21.3 miles (34.2 km)4yr-public
Brandeis University22.7 miles (36.5 km)4yr-private
Nashua Community College22.8 miles (36.8 km)2yr-public
Wellesley College23.0 miles (37.1 km)4yr-private
Bentley University24.1 miles (38.7 km)4yr-private
Lasell University24.1 miles (38.8 km)4yr-private
Massachusetts Bay Community College24.1 miles (38.8 km)2yr-public
Thomas More College of Liberal Arts24.4 miles (39.2 km)4yr-private
Hebrew College24.4 miles (39.3 km)4yr-private
Babson College24.6 miles (39.7 km)4yr-private
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering24.8 miles (39.9 km)4yr-private
William James College27.4 miles (44.1 km)4yr-private
Boston College27.8 miles (44.7 km)4yr-private
Massachusetts School of Law27.8 miles (44.8 km)4yr-private
Saint John's Seminary27.9 miles (44.9 km)4yr-private
Franklin Pierce University28.3 miles (45.5 km)4yr-private
Tufts University28.9 miles (46.5 km)4yr-private
Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing29.1 miles (46.8 km)2yr-private
Longy School of Music of Bard College29.1 miles (46.8 km)4yr-private
Lesley University29.4 miles (47.2 km)4yr-private
Harvard University29.4 miles (47.3 km)4yr-private
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc29.4 miles (47.3 km)4yr-private
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology30.1 miles (48.5 km)4yr-private
Boston University30.4 miles (48.9 km)4yr-private
Emmanuel College30.8 miles (49.6 km)4yr-private
Merrimack College30.8 miles (49.6 km)4yr-private
Massachusetts Institute of Technology30.9 miles (49.8 km)4yr-private
Dean College30.9 miles (49.8 km)4yr-private
MCPHS University31.0 miles (49.9 km)4yr-private
Simmons University31.0 miles (49.9 km)4yr-private
Massachusetts College of Art and Design31.1 miles (50.1 km)4yr-public
Wentworth Institute of Technology31.3 miles (50.4 km)4yr-private
Berklee College of Music31.4 miles (50.5 km)4yr-private
New England College of Optometry31.4 miles (50.5 km)4yr-private
Roxbury Community College31.5 miles (50.6 km)2yr-public
Boston Architectural College31.5 miles (50.7 km)4yr-private
Northeastern University Professional Programs31.5 miles (50.8 km)4yr-private
Northeastern University31.5 miles (50.8 km)4yr-private
Cambridge College31.6 miles (50.8 km)4yr-private
The New England Conservatory of Music31.6 miles (50.9 km)4yr-private
Bunker Hill Community College31.8 miles (51.2 km)2yr-public
Hult International Business School31.8 miles (51.2 km)4yr-private
Fisher College31.9 miles (51.4 km)4yr-private
FINE Mortuary College32.3 miles (52.0 km)2yr-private
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology32.3 miles (52.0 km)4yr-private
New England Law-Boston32.4 miles (52.1 km)4yr-private
Emerson College32.4 miles (52.2 km)4yr-private
Sattler College32.4 miles (52.2 km)4yr-private
Urban College of Boston32.5 miles (52.3 km)2yr-private
University of Massachusetts-Central Office32.5 miles (52.4 km)4yr-public
Suffolk University32.5 miles (52.4 km)4yr-private
MGH Institute of Health Professions32.6 miles (52.4 km)4yr-private
North Bennet Street School32.8 miles (52.7 km)2yr-private
Boston Baptist College32.9 miles (53.0 km)4yr-private
Nichols College33.0 miles (53.2 km)4yr-private
Curry College33.2 miles (53.4 km)4yr-private
University of Massachusetts-Boston34.7 miles (55.8 km)4yr-public
Laboure College of Healthcare35.1 miles (56.4 km)4yr-private
Saint Anselm College35.9 miles (57.7 km)4yr-private
Northpoint Bible College36.0 miles (58.0 km)4yr-private
University of New Hampshire at Manchester36.4 miles (58.5 km)4yr-public
University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies Online36.4 miles (58.5 km)4yr-public
North Shore Community College36.8 miles (59.2 km)2yr-public
Eastern Nazarene College37.0 miles (59.5 km)4yr-private
Quincy College37.9 miles (60.9 km)4yr-public
Manchester Community College38.3 miles (61.7 km)2yr-public
Northern Essex Community College38.5 miles (62.0 km)2yr-public
Lincoln Technical Institute-Lincoln39.0 miles (62.8 km)2yr-private
Bryant University39.5 miles (63.6 km)4yr-private
Southern New Hampshire University40.0 miles (64.4 km)4yr-private
Salem State University40.0 miles (64.4 km)4yr-public
Montserrat College of Art41.0 miles (65.9 km)4yr-private
Stonehill College42.3 miles (68.0 km)4yr-private
Endicott College42.8 miles (68.8 km)4yr-private
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary43.1 miles (69.4 km)4yr-private
Keene State College43.3 miles (69.7 km)4yr-public
Amherst College43.7 miles (70.3 km)4yr-private
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)43.7 miles (70.3 km)4yr-private
University of Massachusetts-Amherst43.9 miles (70.7 km)4yr-public
Gordon College44.1 miles (71.0 km)4yr-private
Antioch University-New England44.1 miles (71.0 km)4yr-private
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing44.3 miles (71.3 km)2yr-private
Hampshire College45.0 miles (72.4 km)4yr-private

K-12 schools within ~10 miles

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

		Grades
Luther Burbank Middle School	public	—	—	1.1 miles (1.7 km)
Mary Rowlandson Elementary	public	—	—	1.1 miles (1.7 km)
DOCTOR FRANKLIN PERKINS SCHOOL	private	—	—	1.5 miles (2.4 km)
DOCTOR FRANKLIN PERKINS SCHOOL	private	—	—	1.5 miles (2.4 km)
TRIVIUM SCHOOL	private	—	—	1.6 miles (2.6 km)
NASHOBA MONTESSORI SCHOOL	private	—	—	1.9 miles (3.1 km)
SOUTH LANCASTER ACADEMY	private	—	—	2.6 miles (4.2 km)
IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY SCHOOL	private	—	—	2.7 miles (4.3 km)
RFK DON WATSON ACADEMY	private	—	—	2.9 miles (4.6 km)
Nashoba Regional	public	—	—	3.2 miles (5.1 km)
Lura A. White Elementary School	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.4 km)
Frances Drake School	public	—	—	4.3 miles (6.9 km)
Sky View Middle School	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.2 km)
Leominster Center for Excellence	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.2 km)
Leominster Academy	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.2 km)
Clinton Elementary	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.3 km)
Ayer Shirley Regional Middle School	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.6 km)
The Bromfield High School	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.6 km)
The Bromfield Middle School	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.6 km)
Samoset School	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.7 km)
Lincoln School	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.7 km)
Fall Brook	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.7 km)
Hildreth Elementary School	public	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
Florence Sawyer School	public	—	—	5.0 miles (8.1 km)
Bennett	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.4 km)
ST LEO SCHOOL	private	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
Clinton Middle School	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.6 km)
Clinton Senior High	public	—	—	5.4 miles (8.6 km)
Priest Street	public	—	—	5.4 miles (8.7 km)
Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.2 km)
Johnny Appleseed	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.2 km)
Northwest	public	—	—	5.9 miles (9.4 km)
Center For Technical Education Innovation	public	—	—	6.2 miles (10.0 km)
Leominster High School	public	—	—	6.2 miles (10.0 km)
Houghton Elementary	public	—	—	7.1 miles (11.4 km)
Chocksett Middle School	public	—	—	7.1 miles (11.4 km)
Page Hilltop Elementary School	public	—	—	7.5 miles (12.1 km)
Berlin Memorial School	public	—	—	7.6 miles (12.2 km)
Ayer Shirley Regional High School	public	—	—	7.7 miles (12.4 km)
C A Farley	public	—	—	7.7 miles (12.4 km)
Tahanto Regional High	public	—	—	8.0 miles (12.9 km)
David J. Quinn Middle School	public	—	—	8.0 miles (12.9 km)
Lunenburg Primary School	public	—	—	8.2 miles (13.1 km)
Advanced Community Experience Program	public	—	—	8.2 miles (13.2 km)
ST BERNARD ELEMENTARY	private	—	—	8.2 miles (13.2 km)
Lunenburg High	public	—	—	8.3 miles (13.4 km)
Lunenburg Middle School	public	—	—	8.3 miles (13.4 km)
Turkey Hill Elementary School	public	—	—	8.4 miles (13.5 km)
DARNELL SCHOOL FOR EDUCATIONAL & BEHAVIORAL SERVIC	private	—	—	8.4 miles (13.6 km)
Goodrich Academy	public	—	—	8.5 miles (13.6 km)
ST BERNARD'S HIGH SCHOOL INC	private	—	—	8.5 miles (13.7 km)
Hudson High	public	—	—	8.6 miles (13.9 km)
South Street Early Learning Center	public	—	—	8.7 miles (13.9 km)
Blanchard Memorial School	public	—	—	8.7 miles (13.9 km)
GROTON SCHOOL	private	—	—	8.9 miles (14.4 km)
Thomas Prince	public	—	—	9.0 miles (14.5 km)
Hale	public	—	—	9.1 miles (14.6 km)
Mulready Elementary	public	—	—	9.1 miles (14.6 km)
Center School	public	—	—	9.1 miles (14.7 km)
CROSSROADS SCHOOL	private	—	—	9.2 miles (14.8 km)
Memorial Middle School	public	—	—	9.2 miles (14.8 km)
Forest Avenue Elementary	public	—	—	9.3 miles (15.0 km)
Littleton High School	public	—	—	9.4 miles (15.2 km)
Arthur M Longsjo Middle School	public	—	—	9.5 miles (15.3 km)
Major Edwards Elementary	public	—	—	9.6 miles (15.4 km)
West Boylston Junior/Senior High	public	—	—	9.6 miles (15.5 km)
McKay Elementary School	public	—	—	9.7 miles (15.5 km)
GROTON COMMUNITY SCHOOL	private	—	—	9.7 miles (15.6 km)
Assabet Valley Vocational High School	public	—	—	9.7 miles (15.6 km)
HILLSIDE SCHOOL	private	—	—	9.8 miles (15.7 km)
Reingold Elementary	public	—	—	9.9 miles (16.0 km)
NEW ENGLAND INNOVATION ACADEMY	private	—	—	10.0 miles (16.1 km)

Schools FAQ for ZIP 01523

What school district is ZIP code 01523 in?

ZIP 01523 (South Lancaster, MA) maps to Harvard School District (LEA ID 2505880) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.

How many schools are near ZIP code 01523?

US5 lists 72 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 56 public and 16 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.

What share of students in 01523 attend private school?

About 0.4% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 01523 attend private school (ACS estimate).

Education
Bachelor's or higher	51.5%
High school	23.6%
Less than HS	5.5%
School district	Harvard School District

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