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ZIP 02138 — 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 02138
K-12 nearby
100
Public
68
Private
32
Avg enrollment
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ZIP 02138 (Cambridge, MA) is associated with Belmont School District (LEA 2502490) 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 (68 public, 32 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 2.1 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 Longy School of Music of Bard College about 0.6 miles away (4yr-private).
District & higher education
School district
Belmont School District
LEA ID
2502490
Private school share (ACS)
0.6%
Colleges & universities (100)
- Longy School of Music of Bard College0.6 miles (1.0 km)4yr-private
- Lesley University0.9 miles (1.5 km)4yr-private
- Harvard University0.9 miles (1.5 km)4yr-private
- Tufts University2.2 miles (3.5 km)4yr-private
- Boston University2.4 miles (3.9 km)4yr-private
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology2.6 miles (4.1 km)4yr-private
- Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc2.8 miles (4.5 km)4yr-private
- Saint John's Seminary2.8 miles (4.5 km)4yr-private
- New England College of Optometry3.1 miles (5.0 km)4yr-private
- Emmanuel College3.1 miles (5.1 km)4yr-private
- Cambridge College3.2 miles (5.1 km)4yr-private
- Berklee College of Music3.3 miles (5.2 km)4yr-private
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- Simmons University3.3 miles (5.3 km)4yr-private
- Boston Architectural College3.3 miles (5.3 km)4yr-private
- Hult International Business School3.4 miles (5.4 km)4yr-private
- Bunker Hill Community College3.4 miles (5.4 km)2yr-public
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing3.4 miles (5.5 km)2yr-private
- MCPHS University3.4 miles (5.5 km)4yr-private
- Boston College3.5 miles (5.6 km)4yr-private
- Massachusetts College of Art and Design3.5 miles (5.6 km)4yr-public
- Fisher College3.5 miles (5.7 km)4yr-private
- Wentworth Institute of Technology3.6 miles (5.8 km)4yr-private
- Northeastern University Professional Programs3.6 miles (5.8 km)4yr-private
- Northeastern University3.6 miles (5.8 km)4yr-private
- The New England Conservatory of Music3.7 miles (5.9 km)4yr-private
- Sattler College4.0 miles (6.4 km)4yr-private
- Emerson College4.0 miles (6.5 km)4yr-private
- Roxbury Community College4.0 miles (6.5 km)2yr-public
- New England Law-Boston4.0 miles (6.5 km)4yr-private
- Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology4.0 miles (6.5 km)4yr-private
- Urban College of Boston4.1 miles (6.6 km)2yr-private
- University of Massachusetts-Central Office4.1 miles (6.6 km)4yr-public
- Suffolk University4.1 miles (6.6 km)4yr-private
- MGH Institute of Health Professions4.2 miles (6.7 km)4yr-private
- North Bennet Street School4.3 miles (6.9 km)2yr-private
- Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology4.3 miles (7.0 km)4yr-private
- Bentley University4.5 miles (7.2 km)4yr-private
- Lasell University6.1 miles (9.8 km)4yr-private
- Hebrew College6.2 miles (10.0 km)4yr-private
- Brandeis University6.5 miles (10.4 km)4yr-private
- William James College6.8 miles (10.9 km)4yr-private
- University of Massachusetts-Boston6.8 miles (11.0 km)4yr-public
- Massachusetts Bay Community College8.0 miles (12.9 km)2yr-public
- Babson College8.7 miles (14.0 km)4yr-private
- Boston Baptist College8.8 miles (14.1 km)4yr-private
- Franklin W Olin College of Engineering8.8 miles (14.2 km)4yr-private
- Laboure College of Healthcare9.1 miles (14.6 km)4yr-private
- Regis College9.2 miles (14.8 km)4yr-private
- Pope St John XXIII National Seminary9.4 miles (15.1 km)4yr-private
- Eastern Nazarene College9.8 miles (15.8 km)4yr-private
- Curry College9.8 miles (15.8 km)4yr-private
- Wellesley College10.7 miles (17.2 km)4yr-private
- Quincy College11.1 miles (17.8 km)4yr-public
- Middlesex Community College12.3 miles (19.8 km)2yr-public
- FINE Mortuary College14.0 miles (22.5 km)2yr-private
- National Aviation Academy of New England14.1 miles (22.6 km)2yr-private
- Salem State University15.1 miles (24.4 km)4yr-public
- Framingham State University16.5 miles (26.5 km)4yr-public
- North Shore Community College16.9 miles (27.1 km)2yr-public
- Montserrat College of Art17.7 miles (28.5 km)4yr-private
- Endicott College19.2 miles (30.9 km)4yr-private
- Merrimack College20.0 miles (32.1 km)4yr-private
- Massachusetts School of Law21.1 miles (34.0 km)4yr-private
- University of Massachusetts-Lowell21.3 miles (34.2 km)4yr-public
- Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing21.4 miles (34.5 km)2yr-private
- Gordon College21.6 miles (34.8 km)4yr-private
- Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary21.9 miles (35.2 km)4yr-private
- Massasoit Community College22.3 miles (35.9 km)2yr-public
- Stonehill College22.3 miles (35.9 km)4yr-private
- Dean College24.4 miles (39.2 km)4yr-private
- Northpoint Bible College26.8 miles (43.1 km)4yr-private
- Bridgewater State University28.3 miles (45.6 km)4yr-public
- Wheaton College (Massachusetts)28.6 miles (46.1 km)4yr-private
- Northern Essex Community College29.1 miles (46.9 km)2yr-public
- Rivier University29.7 miles (47.8 km)4yr-private
- St Joseph School of Nursing31.0 miles (49.9 km)2yr-private
- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School32.8 miles (52.8 km)4yr-public
- Quinsigamond Community College34.0 miles (54.7 km)2yr-public
- Thomas More College of Liberal Arts34.5 miles (55.4 km)4yr-private
- Nashua Community College34.8 miles (56.0 km)2yr-public
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute35.1 miles (56.6 km)4yr-private
- Lincoln Technical Institute-Lincoln35.2 miles (56.6 km)2yr-private
- College of the Holy Cross35.8 miles (57.6 km)4yr-private
- Assumption University35.9 miles (57.8 km)4yr-private
- Clark University36.3 miles (58.4 km)4yr-private
- Fitchburg State University36.3 miles (58.5 km)4yr-public
- Worcester State University37.0 miles (59.6 km)4yr-public
- Bryant University37.9 miles (61.0 km)4yr-private
- Anna Maria College40.2 miles (64.6 km)4yr-private
- Providence College40.2 miles (64.7 km)4yr-private
- Brown University40.6 miles (65.4 km)4yr-private
- Rhode Island School of Design40.7 miles (65.5 km)4yr-private
- Rhode Island College40.8 miles (65.7 km)4yr-public
- Johnson & Wales University-Providence41.2 miles (66.3 km)4yr-private
- Johnson & Wales University-Online41.2 miles (66.3 km)4yr-private
- College Unbound42.1 miles (67.7 km)4yr-private
- University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies Online45.3 miles (72.9 km)4yr-public
- University of New Hampshire at Manchester45.3 miles (72.9 km)4yr-public
- Bristol Community College45.5 miles (73.1 km)2yr-public
- Mount Wachusett Community College45.7 miles (73.5 km)2yr-public
K-12 schools within ~10 miles
Sorted table with type, grades, enrollment, and distance. Data from NCES CCD / EDGE extracts.
| Grades | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST PETER SCHOOL | private | — | — | 0.3 miles (0.5 km) |
| SHADY HILL SCHOOL | private | — | — | 0.6 miles (0.9 km) |
| CAMBRIDGE FRIENDS SCHOOL | private | — | — | 0.6 miles (1.0 km) |
| Graham and Parks | public | — | — | 0.6 miles (1.0 km) |
| CAMBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL M-GYMNASIUM LLD | private | — | — | 0.8 miles (1.3 km) |
| Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School | public | — | — | 0.9 miles (1.4 km) |
| Haggerty | public | — | — | 0.9 miles (1.4 km) |
| STAR ACADEMY FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED | private | — | — | 0.9 miles (1.5 km) |
| Peabody | public | — | — | 0.9 miles (1.5 km) |
| Rindge Avenue Upper School | public | — | — | 0.9 miles (1.5 km) |
| Maria L. Baldwin | public | — | — | 1.0 miles (1.5 km) |
| WILD ROSE MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.1 miles (1.8 km) |
| ATRIUM SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.1 miles (1.9 km) |
| ST PAUL'S CHOIR SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.2 miles (1.9 km) |
| John F Kennedy | public | — | — | 1.2 miles (1.9 km) |
| Cambridge Rindge and Latin | public | — | — | 1.2 miles (2.0 km) |
| FAYERWEATHER STREET SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.0 km) |
| Gardner Pilot Academy | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.1 km) |
| GERMAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL BOSTON | private | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.1 km) |
| ST STEPHEN'S ARMENIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.3 km) |
| Putnam Avenue Upper School | public | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.3 km) |
| ST THERESA SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.3 km) |
| Martin Luther King Jr. | public | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.3 km) |
| Mary Lee Burbank | public | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.6 km) |
| Benjamin G Brown | public | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.6 km) |
| MALIK ACADEMY/ AL BUSTAN PRESCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.7 km) |
| MALIK ACADEMY | private | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.7 km) |
| John M Tobin | public | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.7 km) |
| ST HERMAN OF ALASKA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.8 km) |
| Amigos School | public | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) |
| Hardy | public | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) |
| Albert F. Argenziano School at Lincoln Park | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| Hosmer | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| Winthrop L Chenery Upper Elementary | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| West Somerville Neighborhood | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| Belmont Middle School | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| Belmont High | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) |
| JAMES F FARR ACADEMY | private | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) |
| Prospect Hill Academy Charter School | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) |
| LESLEY ELLIS SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) |
| Morse | public | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.2 km) |
| Cambridgeport | public | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.3 km) |
| Match Charter Public School | public | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.3 km) |
| Full Circle High School | public | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.3 km) |
| Next Wave Junior High | public | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.3 km) |
| Somerville High | public | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.3 km) |
| Winn Brook | public | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.3 km) |
| ST COLUMBKILLE PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.3 km) |
| Roger E Wellington | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.3 km) |
| KENNEDY DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.3 km) |
| Boston Green Academy Horace Mann Charter School | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| BAY COVE ACADEMY | private | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| MESIVTA HIGH SCHOOL OF GREATER BOSTON | private | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| Curtis-Tufts | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| Brighton High School | public | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.5 km) |
| Fletcher/Maynard Academy | public | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.5 km) |
| Gibbs School | public | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.5 km) |
| Thompson | public | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.6 km) |
| Missituk Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| King Open | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| THE GLOBAL MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| Cambridge Street Upper School | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| Lyon High School | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| BOSTON UNIVERSITY ACADEMY | private | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.8 km) |
| Arthur D Healey | public | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.8 km) |
| Lyon K-8 School | public | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.8 km) |
| SHALOH HOUSE HEBREW DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.9 km) |
| PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND | private | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.9 km) |
| Winship Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (3.9 km) |
| Capuano Early Childhood Center | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| Florida Ruffin Ridley School | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| James Russell Lowell | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| IVY STREET SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| Winter Hill Community | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| E Somerville Community | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.1 km) |
| Kennedy-Longfellow | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.1 km) |
| Menotomy Preschool | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.1 km) |
| Vassal Lane Upper School | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.1 km) |
| ST AGNES SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| ARLINGTON CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL/SAINT AGNES SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| Baldwin Early Learning Pilot Academy | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| Edison Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.3 km) |
| Community Charter School of Cambridge | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.3 km) |
| Brookline Early Education Program at Beacon | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.4 km) |
| Michael Driscoll | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.4 km) |
| Daniel Butler | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.4 km) |
| John J. McGlynn Middle School | public | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) |
| John J McGlynn Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) |
| TORAH ACADEMY | private | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) |
| BELMONT DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.6 km) |
| Brooks School | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) |
| BAIS YAAKOV OF BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) |
| Madeleine Dugger Andrews | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) |
| Watertown Middle | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) |
| ST JOSEPH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.7 km) |
| Bigelow Middle | public | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.8 km) |
| Arlington High | public | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.8 km) |
| Watertown High | public | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.8 km) |
| Lawrence | public | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.8 km) |
| Underwood | public | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.8 km) |
Schools FAQ for ZIP 02138
What school district is ZIP code 02138 in?
ZIP 02138 (Cambridge, MA) maps to Belmont School District (LEA ID 2502490) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.
How many schools are near ZIP code 02138?
US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 68 public and 32 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.
What share of students in 02138 attend private school?
About 0.6% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 02138 attend private school (ACS estimate).
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Schools & Education key statistics
| Education | |
|---|---|
| Bachelor's or higher | 85.6% |
| High school | 4.2% |
| Less than HS | 2.0% |
| School district | Belmont School District |