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Waltham city, MA
ZIP 02452 — 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 02452
K-12 nearby
100
Public
62
Private
38
Avg enrollment
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ZIP 02452 (Waltham, MA) is associated with Waltham School District (LEA 2512000) 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 (62 public, 38 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 2.9 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 Bentley University about 0.7 miles away (4yr-private).
District & higher education
School district
Waltham School District
LEA ID
2512000
Private school share (ACS)
0.1%
Colleges & universities (100)
- Bentley University0.7 miles (1.1 km)4yr-private
- Brandeis University3.0 miles (4.9 km)4yr-private
- Lasell University3.9 miles (6.2 km)4yr-private
- Hebrew College4.2 miles (6.8 km)4yr-private
- Saint John's Seminary4.3 miles (7.0 km)4yr-private
- Boston College4.6 miles (7.4 km)4yr-private
- Longy School of Music of Bard College4.7 miles (7.6 km)4yr-private
- Tufts University5.0 miles (8.0 km)4yr-private
- Lesley University5.0 miles (8.1 km)4yr-private
- Harvard University5.0 miles (8.1 km)4yr-private
- Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc5.6 miles (9.0 km)4yr-private
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing5.7 miles (9.2 km)2yr-private
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- Regis College5.7 miles (9.2 km)4yr-private
- Boston University6.2 miles (9.9 km)4yr-private
- Massachusetts Bay Community College6.2 miles (9.9 km)2yr-public
- Pope St John XXIII National Seminary6.2 miles (10.0 km)4yr-private
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology6.6 miles (10.6 km)4yr-private
- Emmanuel College6.7 miles (10.8 km)4yr-private
- Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology6.8 miles (11.0 km)4yr-private
- William James College6.8 miles (11.0 km)4yr-private
- Simmons University6.9 miles (11.1 km)4yr-private
- MCPHS University7.0 miles (11.2 km)4yr-private
- Massachusetts College of Art and Design7.0 miles (11.3 km)4yr-public
- New England College of Optometry7.1 miles (11.4 km)4yr-private
- Berklee College of Music7.1 miles (11.5 km)4yr-private
- Babson College7.2 miles (11.5 km)4yr-private
- Wentworth Institute of Technology7.2 miles (11.7 km)4yr-private
- Boston Architectural College7.3 miles (11.7 km)4yr-private
- Cambridge College7.3 miles (11.7 km)4yr-private
- Franklin W Olin College of Engineering7.4 miles (11.8 km)4yr-private
- Northeastern University Professional Programs7.4 miles (11.9 km)4yr-private
- Northeastern University7.4 miles (11.9 km)4yr-private
- The New England Conservatory of Music7.5 miles (12.0 km)4yr-private
- Hult International Business School7.5 miles (12.1 km)4yr-private
- Bunker Hill Community College7.5 miles (12.1 km)2yr-public
- Roxbury Community College7.5 miles (12.1 km)2yr-public
- Fisher College7.6 miles (12.2 km)4yr-private
- Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology8.0 miles (12.9 km)4yr-private
- New England Law-Boston8.1 miles (13.0 km)4yr-private
- Sattler College8.1 miles (13.0 km)4yr-private
- Emerson College8.1 miles (13.0 km)4yr-private
- Urban College of Boston8.1 miles (13.1 km)2yr-private
- University of Massachusetts-Central Office8.2 miles (13.2 km)4yr-public
- Suffolk University8.2 miles (13.2 km)4yr-private
- MGH Institute of Health Professions8.3 miles (13.3 km)4yr-private
- North Bennet Street School8.4 miles (13.5 km)2yr-private
- Wellesley College8.5 miles (13.7 km)4yr-private
- Middlesex Community College9.6 miles (15.4 km)2yr-public
- National Aviation Academy of New England10.0 miles (16.1 km)2yr-private
- University of Massachusetts-Boston10.6 miles (17.1 km)4yr-public
- Boston Baptist College11.0 miles (17.7 km)4yr-private
- Curry College11.8 miles (19.1 km)4yr-private
- Laboure College of Healthcare12.1 miles (19.5 km)4yr-private
- Framingham State University13.2 miles (21.3 km)4yr-public
- Eastern Nazarene College13.4 miles (21.5 km)4yr-private
- Quincy College14.5 miles (23.4 km)4yr-public
- FINE Mortuary College14.7 miles (23.6 km)2yr-private
- Salem State University18.2 miles (29.2 km)4yr-public
- North Shore Community College18.5 miles (29.7 km)2yr-public
- University of Massachusetts-Lowell18.8 miles (30.3 km)4yr-public
- Merrimack College19.5 miles (31.4 km)4yr-private
- Massachusetts School of Law19.9 miles (32.1 km)4yr-private
- Montserrat College of Art20.3 miles (32.7 km)4yr-private
- Endicott College22.0 miles (35.4 km)4yr-private
- Dean College23.3 miles (37.4 km)4yr-private
- Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing23.9 miles (38.5 km)2yr-private
- Stonehill College24.1 miles (38.8 km)4yr-private
- Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary24.1 miles (38.8 km)4yr-private
- Gordon College24.2 miles (38.9 km)4yr-private
- Massasoit Community College24.8 miles (39.9 km)2yr-public
- Northpoint Bible College26.6 miles (42.8 km)4yr-private
- Rivier University26.8 miles (43.2 km)4yr-private
- St Joseph School of Nursing28.1 miles (45.2 km)2yr-private
- Northern Essex Community College29.1 miles (46.8 km)2yr-public
- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School29.1 miles (46.9 km)4yr-public
- Wheaton College (Massachusetts)29.5 miles (47.5 km)4yr-private
- Quinsigamond Community College30.2 miles (48.6 km)2yr-public
- Bridgewater State University30.6 miles (49.3 km)4yr-public
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute31.4 miles (50.6 km)4yr-private
- Thomas More College of Liberal Arts31.7 miles (51.0 km)4yr-private
- Nashua Community College31.9 miles (51.3 km)2yr-public
- Assumption University32.1 miles (51.7 km)4yr-private
- College of the Holy Cross32.2 miles (51.9 km)4yr-private
- Fitchburg State University32.3 miles (51.9 km)4yr-public
- Clark University32.7 miles (52.6 km)4yr-private
- Worcester State University33.3 miles (53.7 km)4yr-public
- Lincoln Technical Institute-Lincoln34.2 miles (55.1 km)2yr-private
- Anna Maria College36.3 miles (58.4 km)4yr-private
- Bryant University36.7 miles (59.1 km)4yr-private
- Providence College39.8 miles (64.0 km)4yr-private
- Rhode Island College40.2 miles (64.7 km)4yr-public
- Rhode Island School of Design40.4 miles (65.0 km)4yr-private
- Brown University40.4 miles (65.0 km)4yr-private
- Johnson & Wales University-Providence40.9 miles (65.9 km)4yr-private
- Johnson & Wales University-Online40.9 miles (65.9 km)4yr-private
- Mount Wachusett Community College41.6 miles (66.9 km)2yr-public
- College Unbound41.8 miles (67.3 km)4yr-private
- University of New Hampshire at Manchester43.0 miles (69.2 km)4yr-public
- University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies Online43.0 miles (69.2 km)4yr-public
- Saint Anselm College43.5 miles (70.1 km)4yr-private
K-12 schools within ~10 miles
Sorted table with type, grades, enrollment, and distance. Data from NCES CCD / EDGE extracts.
| Grades | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GANN ACADEMY-THE NEW JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 0.2 miles (0.3 km) |
| Dual Language School | public | — | — | 0.8 miles (1.3 km) |
| Waltham Valor High School | public | — | — | 0.8 miles (1.3 km) |
| Northeast Elementary School | public | — | — | 0.8 miles (1.3 km) |
| James Fitzgerald Elementary School | public | — | — | 0.9 miles (1.5 km) |
| John F Kennedy Middle | public | — | — | 1.0 miles (1.6 km) |
| ARLINGTON SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.1 miles (1.8 km) |
| CHAPEL HILL CHAUNCY HALL SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.2 miles (1.9 km) |
| OUR LADYS ACADEMY | private | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.1 km) |
| Waltham Sr High | public | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.2 km) |
| Cunniff | public | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.2 km) |
| Daniel Butler | public | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.3 km) |
| John W. McDevitt Middle School | public | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.3 km) |
| BELMONT DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.3 km) |
| Thomas R Plympton Elementary School | public | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.7 km) |
| JEWISH COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL, INC DBA JCDS BOSTONS | private | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.8 km) |
| Watertown Middle | public | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) |
| Watertown High | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| James Russell Lowell | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) |
| THE GLOBAL MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) |
| Douglas MacArthur Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.2 km) |
| MILESTONES DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.3 km) |
| Bowman | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.3 km) |
| Henry Whittemore Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| Cyrus E Dallin | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| Roger E Wellington | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| COTTING SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.5 km) |
| Winthrop L Chenery Upper Elementary | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.6 km) |
| Horace Mann | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| Brackett | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| Belmont High | public | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.9 km) |
| F A Day Middle | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (3.9 km) |
| Belmont Middle School | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| CNS/PATHWAYS ACADEMY | private | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| WALDORF SCHOOL OF LEXINGTON | private | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.1 km) |
| Winn Brook | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.1 km) |
| Franklin | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.1 km) |
| Mary Lee Burbank | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.1 km) |
| Lincoln-Eliot | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.1 km) |
| Jonas Clarke Middle | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| William F. Stanley Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.3 km) |
| Newton Early Childhood Program | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.3 km) |
| COMMUNITY THERAPEUTIC DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.4 km) |
| Ottoson Middle | public | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.4 km) |
| WALNUT PARK MONTESSORI | private | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.4 km) |
| JACKSON SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.4 km) |
| CLEARWAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) |
| DEARBORN ACADEMY | private | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) |
| NEW COVENANT SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) |
| Hosmer | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) |
| PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND | private | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) |
| THE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL OF WESTON | private | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.9 km) |
| Peirce | public | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.9 km) |
| Lexington Children's Place | public | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.9 km) |
| FAYERWEATHER STREET SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.9 km) |
| Underwood | public | — | — | 3.1 miles (4.9 km) |
| Menotomy Preschool | public | — | — | 3.1 miles (5.0 km) |
| LEXINGTON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | private | — | — | 3.1 miles (5.0 km) |
| MEADOWRIDGE PELHAM ACADEMY | private | — | — | 3.1 miles (5.0 km) |
| Arlington High | public | — | — | 3.1 miles (5.1 km) |
| Cabot | public | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.1 km) |
| C C Burr | public | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.1 km) |
| Bigelow Middle | public | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.2 km) |
| Haggerty | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.3 km) |
| Newton North High | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.4 km) |
| ST STEPHEN'S ARMENIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.4 km) |
| M Norcross Stratton | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| LEARNING PREP SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| STAR ACADEMY FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED | private | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| Bridge | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| ATRIUM SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.7 km) |
| NEWTON COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.7 km) |
| ARLINGTON CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL/SAINT AGNES SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.7 km) |
| Lexington High | public | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.7 km) |
| Hardy | public | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.8 km) |
| ST AGNES SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.9 km) |
| Harrington | public | — | — | 3.7 miles (5.9 km) |
| Peirce | public | — | — | 3.7 miles (5.9 km) |
| Gibbs School | public | — | — | 3.7 miles (5.9 km) |
| John A Bishop | public | — | — | 3.7 miles (6.0 km) |
| GIFFORD SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.7 miles (6.0 km) |
| CAMBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL M-GYMNASIUM LLD | private | — | — | 3.7 miles (6.0 km) |
| LESLEY ELLIS SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.2 km) |
| Lyon High School | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.3 km) |
| Lyon K-8 School | public | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.4 km) |
| Williams | public | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.4 km) |
| MEADOWBROOK SCHOOL OF WESTON | private | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.5 km) |
| Thompson | public | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.5 km) |
| John Ward | public | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| Maria Hastings | public | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.7 km) |
| SHADY HILL SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.7 km) |
| Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School | public | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.8 km) |
| ST COLUMBKILLE PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.8 km) |
| CAMBRIDGE FRIENDS SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.3 miles (6.9 km) |
| Mason-Rice | public | — | — | 4.3 miles (6.9 km) |
| Edison Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.3 miles (6.9 km) |
| MESIVTA HIGH SCHOOL OF GREATER BOSTON | private | — | — | 4.3 miles (7.0 km) |
| MOUNT ALVERNIA ACADEMY | private | — | — | 4.3 miles (7.0 km) |
| Winship Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.0 km) |
| Peabody | public | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.0 km) |
Schools FAQ for ZIP 02452
What school district is ZIP code 02452 in?
ZIP 02452 (Waltham, MA) maps to Waltham School District (LEA ID 2512000) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.
How many schools are near ZIP code 02452?
US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 62 public and 38 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.
What share of students in 02452 attend private school?
About 0.1% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 02452 attend private school (ACS estimate).
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Schools & Education key statistics
| Education | |
|---|---|
| Bachelor's or higher | 54.3% |
| High school | 19.6% |
| Less than HS | 7.0% |
| School district | Waltham School District |