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ZIP 02142 — 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 02142
K-12 nearby
100
Public
73
Private
27
Avg enrollment
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ZIP 02142 (Cambridge, MA) is associated with Cambridge School District (LEA 2503270) 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 (73 public, 27 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 1.9 miles.
ACS estimates show about 0.1% 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 Fisher College about 0.6 miles away (4yr-private).
District & higher education
School district
Cambridge School District
LEA ID
2503270
Private school share (ACS)
0.1%
Colleges & universities (100)
- Fisher College0.6 miles (1.0 km)4yr-private
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology0.6 miles (1.0 km)4yr-private
- New England College of Optometry0.8 miles (1.2 km)4yr-private
- Hult International Business School0.8 miles (1.3 km)4yr-private
- Boston Architectural College1.0 miles (1.5 km)4yr-private
- Sattler College1.0 miles (1.6 km)4yr-private
- Emerson College1.1 miles (1.7 km)4yr-private
- Suffolk University1.1 miles (1.8 km)4yr-private
- Urban College of Boston1.1 miles (1.8 km)2yr-private
- University of Massachusetts-Central Office1.1 miles (1.8 km)4yr-public
- Bunker Hill Community College1.1 miles (1.8 km)2yr-public
- New England Law-Boston1.1 miles (1.8 km)4yr-private
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- Berklee College of Music1.1 miles (1.8 km)4yr-private
- Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology1.3 miles (2.0 km)4yr-private
- North Bennet Street School1.4 miles (2.2 km)2yr-private
- Cambridge College1.4 miles (2.3 km)4yr-private
- The New England Conservatory of Music1.5 miles (2.4 km)4yr-private
- Boston University1.5 miles (2.5 km)4yr-private
- Northeastern University Professional Programs1.6 miles (2.5 km)4yr-private
- Northeastern University1.6 miles (2.5 km)4yr-private
- MGH Institute of Health Professions1.7 miles (2.7 km)4yr-private
- Simmons University1.8 miles (2.9 km)4yr-private
- Emmanuel College1.9 miles (3.0 km)4yr-private
- Wentworth Institute of Technology1.9 miles (3.0 km)4yr-private
- Massachusetts College of Art and Design2.0 miles (3.2 km)4yr-public
- MCPHS University2.0 miles (3.2 km)4yr-private
- Harvard University2.1 miles (3.3 km)4yr-private
- Lesley University2.2 miles (3.6 km)4yr-private
- Roxbury Community College2.4 miles (3.8 km)2yr-public
- Longy School of Music of Bard College2.4 miles (3.9 km)4yr-private
- Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc3.1 miles (4.9 km)4yr-private
- Tufts University3.7 miles (6.0 km)4yr-private
- Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology4.0 miles (6.4 km)4yr-private
- University of Massachusetts-Boston4.1 miles (6.6 km)4yr-public
- Saint John's Seminary4.3 miles (6.9 km)4yr-private
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing4.7 miles (7.5 km)2yr-private
- Boston College4.8 miles (7.8 km)4yr-private
- Laboure College of Healthcare7.1 miles (11.4 km)4yr-private
- Eastern Nazarene College7.2 miles (11.6 km)4yr-private
- Bentley University7.4 miles (11.9 km)4yr-private
- Boston Baptist College7.6 miles (12.2 km)4yr-private
- William James College7.8 miles (12.5 km)4yr-private
- Hebrew College8.3 miles (13.4 km)4yr-private
- Lasell University8.4 miles (13.5 km)4yr-private
- Quincy College8.6 miles (13.8 km)4yr-public
- Curry College8.8 miles (14.1 km)4yr-private
- Brandeis University9.1 miles (14.7 km)4yr-private
- Massachusetts Bay Community College9.9 miles (15.9 km)2yr-public
- Babson College10.3 miles (16.7 km)4yr-private
- Franklin W Olin College of Engineering10.4 miles (16.8 km)4yr-private
- Regis College11.7 miles (18.8 km)4yr-private
- Pope St John XXIII National Seminary11.8 miles (19.0 km)4yr-private
- Wellesley College12.5 miles (20.1 km)4yr-private
- FINE Mortuary College13.7 miles (22.1 km)2yr-private
- Salem State University13.8 miles (22.2 km)4yr-public
- Middlesex Community College14.9 miles (24.0 km)2yr-public
- Montserrat College of Art16.7 miles (26.9 km)4yr-private
- North Shore Community College16.8 miles (27.0 km)2yr-public
- National Aviation Academy of New England17.1 miles (27.5 km)2yr-private
- Endicott College18.0 miles (29.0 km)4yr-private
- Framingham State University18.7 miles (30.1 km)4yr-public
- Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing19.5 miles (31.3 km)2yr-private
- Massasoit Community College20.4 miles (32.8 km)2yr-public
- Gordon College20.6 miles (33.2 km)4yr-private
- Stonehill College20.9 miles (33.7 km)4yr-private
- Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary21.1 miles (34.0 km)4yr-private
- Merrimack College21.3 miles (34.2 km)4yr-private
- Massachusetts School of Law22.9 miles (36.9 km)4yr-private
- University of Massachusetts-Lowell23.7 miles (38.1 km)4yr-public
- Dean College25.0 miles (40.3 km)4yr-private
- Bridgewater State University26.4 miles (42.6 km)4yr-public
- Wheaton College (Massachusetts)27.8 miles (44.8 km)4yr-private
- Northpoint Bible College27.9 miles (44.9 km)4yr-private
- Northern Essex Community College30.1 miles (48.4 km)2yr-public
- Rivier University32.3 miles (51.9 km)4yr-private
- St Joseph School of Nursing33.6 miles (54.0 km)2yr-private
- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School35.3 miles (56.7 km)4yr-public
- Lincoln Technical Institute-Lincoln35.6 miles (57.3 km)2yr-private
- Quinsigamond Community College36.6 miles (58.9 km)2yr-public
- Thomas More College of Liberal Arts36.9 miles (59.4 km)4yr-private
- Nashua Community College37.4 miles (60.2 km)2yr-public
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute37.6 miles (60.5 km)4yr-private
- College of the Holy Cross38.1 miles (61.3 km)4yr-private
- Assumption University38.5 miles (61.9 km)4yr-private
- Bryant University38.5 miles (62.0 km)4yr-private
- Clark University38.7 miles (62.3 km)4yr-private
- Fitchburg State University39.3 miles (63.3 km)4yr-public
- Worcester State University39.5 miles (63.6 km)4yr-public
- Providence College40.3 miles (64.8 km)4yr-private
- Brown University40.5 miles (65.2 km)4yr-private
- Rhode Island School of Design40.6 miles (65.3 km)4yr-private
- Rhode Island College40.9 miles (65.9 km)4yr-public
- Johnson & Wales University-Providence41.1 miles (66.2 km)4yr-private
- Johnson & Wales University-Online41.1 miles (66.2 km)4yr-private
- College Unbound42.0 miles (67.6 km)4yr-private
- Anna Maria College42.8 miles (68.9 km)4yr-private
- Bristol Community College44.3 miles (71.2 km)2yr-public
- University of New Hampshire at Manchester47.5 miles (76.4 km)4yr-public
- University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies Online47.5 miles (76.4 km)4yr-public
- Saint Anselm College48.2 miles (77.6 km)4yr-private
K-12 schools within ~10 miles
Sorted table with type, grades, enrollment, and distance. Data from NCES CCD / EDGE extracts.
| Grades | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Charter School of Cambridge | public | — | — | 0.4 miles (0.7 km) |
| THE ADVENT SCHOOL | private | — | — | 0.6 miles (0.9 km) |
| Kennedy-Longfellow | public | — | — | 0.6 miles (0.9 km) |
| Vassal Lane Upper School | public | — | — | 0.6 miles (0.9 km) |
| LEARNING PROJECT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 0.6 miles (1.0 km) |
| PARK STREET SCHOOL | private | — | — | 0.6 miles (1.0 km) |
| TORIT MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 0.7 miles (1.1 km) |
| THE NEWMAN SCHOOL | private | — | — | 0.7 miles (1.1 km) |
| THE NEWMAN SCHOOL | private | — | — | 0.7 miles (1.1 km) |
| COMMONWEALTH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 0.7 miles (1.1 km) |
| KINGSLEY MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 0.8 miles (1.3 km) |
| Snowden International High School | public | — | — | 0.8 miles (1.3 km) |
| Fletcher/Maynard Academy | public | — | — | 0.8 miles (1.3 km) |
| Cambridge Street Upper School | public | — | — | 0.9 miles (1.4 km) |
| King Open | public | — | — | 0.9 miles (1.4 km) |
| Cambridgeport | public | — | — | 1.0 miles (1.6 km) |
| Prospect Hill Academy Charter School | public | — | — | 1.1 miles (1.7 km) |
| Boston Adult Tech Academy | public | — | — | 1.1 miles (1.9 km) |
| JAMES F FARR ACADEMY | private | — | — | 1.2 miles (1.9 km) |
| Boston Arts Academy | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.1 km) |
| Melvin H. King South End Academy | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.1 km) |
| Quincy Elementary School | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.1 km) |
| John M Tobin | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.1 km) |
| Quincy Upper School | public | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.2 km) |
| Amigos School | public | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.2 km) |
| Horace Mann School for the Deaf Hard of Hearing | public | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.2 km) |
| Warren-Prescott K-8 School | public | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.3 km) |
| Capuano Early Childhood Center | public | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.3 km) |
| Eliot K-8 Innovation School | public | — | — | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) |
| Albert F. Argenziano School at Lincoln Park | public | — | — | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) |
| ST JOHN SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) |
| Carter School | public | — | — | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) |
| Blackstone Elementary School | public | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.5 km) |
| Harvard-Kent Elementary School | public | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.6 km) |
| CATHEDRAL HIGH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.6 km) |
| Hurley K-8 School | public | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.6 km) |
| Putnam Avenue Upper School | public | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.6 km) |
| Martin Luther King Jr. | public | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.6 km) |
| BOSTON UNIVERSITY ACADEMY | private | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.6 km) |
| Morse | public | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.6 km) |
| Charlestown High School | public | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.6 km) |
| E Somerville Community | public | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.7 km) |
| MALIK ACADEMY | private | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.8 km) |
| MALIK ACADEMY/ AL BUSTAN PRESCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.8 km) |
| Cambridge Rindge and Latin | public | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.8 km) |
| Winter Hill Community | public | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) |
| ST PAUL'S CHOIR SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) |
| Somerville High | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| Full Circle High School | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| Next Wave Junior High | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| IVY STREET SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) |
| THE WINSOR SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) |
| Boston Latin School | public | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.2 km) |
| Brookline Early Education Program at Beacon | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| Match Charter Public School | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| Madison Park Technical Vocational High School | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| ST PETER ACADEMY | private | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| O'Bryant School of Math & Science | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.5 km) |
| Tobin K-8 School | public | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.5 km) |
| Orchard Gardens K-8 School | public | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.5 km) |
| Condon K-8 School | public | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.5 km) |
| ST THERESA SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.6 km) |
| EAST BOSTON CENTRAL CATHOLIC SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.6 km) |
| Maria L. Baldwin | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| Lawrence | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers (Horace Mann | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| Alighieri Dante Montessori School | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| Fenway High School | public | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.8 km) |
| PAIGE ACADEMY | private | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.8 km) |
| Mario Umana Academy | public | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.8 km) |
| Adams Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.9 km) |
| Boston Day and Evening Academy Charter School | public | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.9 km) |
| BAY COVE ACADEMY | private | — | — | 2.5 miles (3.9 km) |
| Florida Ruffin Ridley School | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (3.9 km) |
| Dearborn 6-12 STEM Academy | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| McKay K-8 School | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| East Boston Early Education Center | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| O'Donnell Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| UP Academy Charter School of Boston | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| Boston Collaborative High School | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| The Lynch Center | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.1 km) |
| Mason Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.1 km) |
| Arthur D Healey | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.1 km) |
| John F Kennedy | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.1 km) |
| Hale Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.1 km) |
| Otis Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| MANVILLE SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| SEAPORT ACADEMY | private | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| Graham and Parks | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| ST HERMAN OF ALASKA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| ST MARY OF THE ASSUMPTION SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| Perkins Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.3 km) |
| Roxbury Preparatory Charter School | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.3 km) |
| City on a Hill Charter Public School | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.3 km) |
| Gardner Pilot Academy | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.3 km) |
| Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.3 km) |
| Pierce | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.4 km) |
| East Boston High School | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.4 km) |
| Excel High School | public | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.4 km) |
| ST PETER SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) |
Schools FAQ for ZIP 02142
What school district is ZIP code 02142 in?
ZIP 02142 (Cambridge, MA) maps to Cambridge School District (LEA ID 2503270) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.
How many schools are near ZIP code 02142?
US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 73 public and 27 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.
What share of students in 02142 attend private school?
About 0.1% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 02142 attend private school (ACS estimate).
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Schools & Education key statistics
| Education | |
|---|---|
| Bachelor's or higher | 91.3% |
| High school | 0.3% |
| Less than HS | 0.1% |
| School district | Cambridge School District |