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Waltham city, MA
ZIP 02453 — 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 02453
K-12 nearby
100
Public
63
Private
37
Avg enrollment
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ZIP 02453 (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 (63 public, 37 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 3.4 miles.
ACS estimates show about 0.7% 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 Brandeis University about 1.0 miles away (4yr-private).
District & higher education
School district
Waltham School District
LEA ID
2512000
Private school share (ACS)
0.7%
Colleges & universities (100)
- Brandeis University1.0 miles (1.7 km)4yr-private
- Bentley University1.4 miles (2.3 km)4yr-private
- Lasell University1.9 miles (3.1 km)4yr-private
- Hebrew College2.3 miles (3.8 km)4yr-private
- Regis College3.8 miles (6.1 km)4yr-private
- Massachusetts Bay Community College4.1 miles (6.7 km)2yr-public
- Pope St John XXIII National Seminary4.2 miles (6.7 km)4yr-private
- Boston College4.3 miles (6.9 km)4yr-private
- Saint John's Seminary4.4 miles (7.0 km)4yr-private
- Babson College5.2 miles (8.3 km)4yr-private
- Franklin W Olin College of Engineering5.4 miles (8.7 km)4yr-private
- William James College5.5 miles (8.8 km)4yr-private
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- Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc5.9 miles (9.4 km)4yr-private
- Longy School of Music of Bard College6.0 miles (9.7 km)4yr-private
- Harvard University6.3 miles (10.1 km)4yr-private
- Lesley University6.3 miles (10.2 km)4yr-private
- Wellesley College6.4 miles (10.2 km)4yr-private
- Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology6.7 miles (10.8 km)4yr-private
- Tufts University6.8 miles (10.9 km)4yr-private
- Boston University6.9 miles (11.1 km)4yr-private
- Emmanuel College7.3 miles (11.7 km)4yr-private
- MCPHS University7.5 miles (12.0 km)4yr-private
- Simmons University7.5 miles (12.0 km)4yr-private
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology7.5 miles (12.2 km)4yr-private
- Massachusetts College of Art and Design7.6 miles (12.2 km)4yr-public
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing7.7 miles (12.3 km)2yr-private
- Wentworth Institute of Technology7.8 miles (12.5 km)4yr-private
- Berklee College of Music7.9 miles (12.7 km)4yr-private
- Roxbury Community College7.9 miles (12.7 km)2yr-public
- New England College of Optometry7.9 miles (12.8 km)4yr-private
- Northeastern University Professional Programs8.0 miles (12.9 km)4yr-private
- Northeastern University8.0 miles (12.9 km)4yr-private
- Boston Architectural College8.0 miles (12.9 km)4yr-private
- The New England Conservatory of Music8.1 miles (13.1 km)4yr-private
- Fisher College8.6 miles (13.8 km)4yr-private
- Cambridge College8.6 miles (13.9 km)4yr-private
- Hult International Business School8.7 miles (14.0 km)4yr-private
- Bunker Hill Community College8.8 miles (14.1 km)2yr-public
- Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology8.8 miles (14.2 km)4yr-private
- New England Law-Boston9.0 miles (14.5 km)4yr-private
- Emerson College9.0 miles (14.5 km)4yr-private
- Urban College of Boston9.1 miles (14.6 km)2yr-private
- Sattler College9.1 miles (14.7 km)4yr-private
- Suffolk University9.2 miles (14.8 km)4yr-private
- University of Massachusetts-Central Office9.2 miles (14.8 km)4yr-public
- North Bennet Street School9.5 miles (15.3 km)2yr-private
- MGH Institute of Health Professions9.5 miles (15.3 km)4yr-private
- National Aviation Academy of New England9.8 miles (15.9 km)2yr-private
- Boston Baptist College10.4 miles (16.7 km)4yr-private
- Middlesex Community College10.8 miles (17.4 km)2yr-public
- Curry College11.1 miles (17.8 km)4yr-private
- University of Massachusetts-Boston11.1 miles (17.9 km)4yr-public
- Framingham State University11.2 miles (18.1 km)4yr-public
- Laboure College of Healthcare12.0 miles (19.2 km)4yr-private
- FINE Mortuary College13.2 miles (21.3 km)2yr-private
- Eastern Nazarene College13.6 miles (21.8 km)4yr-private
- Quincy College14.6 miles (23.4 km)4yr-public
- University of Massachusetts-Lowell20.1 miles (32.3 km)4yr-public
- Salem State University20.1 miles (32.4 km)4yr-public
- North Shore Community College20.6 miles (33.2 km)2yr-public
- Dean College21.2 miles (34.1 km)4yr-private
- Merrimack College21.5 miles (34.6 km)4yr-private
- Massachusetts School of Law21.7 miles (34.9 km)4yr-private
- Montserrat College of Art22.4 miles (36.0 km)4yr-private
- Stonehill College23.0 miles (37.0 km)4yr-private
- Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing23.2 miles (37.4 km)2yr-private
- Endicott College24.0 miles (38.6 km)4yr-private
- Massasoit Community College24.1 miles (38.7 km)2yr-public
- Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary26.2 miles (42.2 km)4yr-private
- Gordon College26.3 miles (42.2 km)4yr-private
- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School27.4 miles (44.1 km)4yr-public
- Rivier University27.8 miles (44.7 km)4yr-private
- Wheaton College (Massachusetts)28.0 miles (45.0 km)4yr-private
- Northpoint Bible College28.6 miles (45.9 km)4yr-private
- Quinsigamond Community College28.6 miles (46.0 km)2yr-public
- St Joseph School of Nursing28.9 miles (46.6 km)2yr-private
- Bridgewater State University29.7 miles (47.8 km)4yr-public
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute29.7 miles (47.9 km)4yr-private
- College of the Holy Cross30.4 miles (48.9 km)4yr-private
- Assumption University30.5 miles (49.1 km)4yr-private
- Clark University30.9 miles (49.7 km)4yr-private
- Northern Essex Community College31.1 miles (50.0 km)2yr-public
- Worcester State University31.6 miles (50.9 km)4yr-public
- Fitchburg State University31.8 miles (51.2 km)4yr-public
- Lincoln Technical Institute-Lincoln32.2 miles (51.8 km)2yr-private
- Thomas More College of Liberal Arts32.7 miles (52.6 km)4yr-private
- Nashua Community College32.7 miles (52.6 km)2yr-public
- Bryant University34.6 miles (55.7 km)4yr-private
- Anna Maria College34.8 miles (55.9 km)4yr-private
- Providence College37.8 miles (60.8 km)4yr-private
- Rhode Island College38.2 miles (61.5 km)4yr-public
- Rhode Island School of Design38.5 miles (61.9 km)4yr-private
- Brown University38.5 miles (61.9 km)4yr-private
- Johnson & Wales University-Providence39.0 miles (62.7 km)4yr-private
- Johnson & Wales University-Online39.0 miles (62.7 km)4yr-private
- College Unbound39.9 miles (64.2 km)4yr-private
- Mount Wachusett Community College40.9 miles (65.9 km)2yr-public
- Nichols College41.9 miles (67.4 km)4yr-private
- University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies Online44.2 miles (71.2 km)4yr-public
- University of New Hampshire at Manchester44.2 miles (71.2 km)4yr-public
K-12 schools within ~10 miles
Sorted table with type, grades, enrollment, and distance. Data from NCES CCD / EDGE extracts.
| Grades | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William F. Stanley Elementary School | public | — | — | 0.6 miles (0.9 km) |
| Henry Whittemore Elementary School | public | — | — | 0.7 miles (1.0 km) |
| John W. McDevitt Middle School | public | — | — | 0.7 miles (1.2 km) |
| Thomas R Plympton Elementary School | public | — | — | 0.9 miles (1.4 km) |
| Franklin | public | — | — | 1.0 miles (1.6 km) |
| C C Burr | public | — | — | 1.2 miles (1.9 km) |
| CHAPEL HILL CHAUNCY HALL SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.0 km) |
| F A Day Middle | public | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.6 km) |
| JEWISH COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL, INC DBA JCDS BOSTONS | private | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.6 km) |
| LEARNING PREP SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.7 km) |
| Newton Early Childhood Program | public | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.8 km) |
| Horace Mann | public | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.8 km) |
| James Fitzgerald Elementary School | public | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.8 km) |
| Waltham Valor High School | public | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) |
| Dual Language School | public | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) |
| Waltham Sr High | public | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) |
| MILESTONES DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| GIFFORD SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) |
| John F Kennedy Middle | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) |
| Williams | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) |
| MEADOWBROOK SCHOOL OF WESTON | private | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) |
| Peirce | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) |
| THE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL OF WESTON | private | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.2 km) |
| GANN ACADEMY-THE NEW JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| Cunniff | public | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.5 km) |
| Newton North High | public | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.8 km) |
| DEARBORN ACADEMY | private | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.8 km) |
| CLEARWAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.9 km) |
| Watertown High | public | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.9 km) |
| Douglas MacArthur Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.9 km) |
| Northeast Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| Lincoln-Eliot | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| Watertown Middle | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| JACKSON SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| WALNUT PARK MONTESSORI | private | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.1 km) |
| Cabot | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.1 km) |
| OUR LADYS ACADEMY | private | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) |
| Field Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) |
| Country | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) |
| Daniel Butler | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) |
| James Russell Lowell | public | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.7 km) |
| Zervas | public | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.8 km) |
| A E Angier | public | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.8 km) |
| NEWTON COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.8 km) |
| ARLINGTON SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.9 km) |
| Underwood | public | — | — | 3.1 miles (4.9 km) |
| Woodland | public | — | — | 3.1 miles (5.0 km) |
| Bigelow Middle | public | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.2 km) |
| ST JOHN SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.3 km) |
| Mason-Rice | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.3 km) |
| PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND | private | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.4 km) |
| BELMONT DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.4 km) |
| Schofield | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| COTTING SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| WELLAN MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.8 km) |
| COMMUNITY THERAPEUTIC DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.8 km) |
| Hosmer | public | — | — | 3.7 miles (5.9 km) |
| THE GLOBAL MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.7 miles (5.9 km) |
| John Ward | public | — | — | 3.7 miles (6.0 km) |
| Winthrop L Chenery Upper Elementary | public | — | — | 3.7 miles (6.0 km) |
| Weston Middle | public | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.1 km) |
| Roger E Wellington | public | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.2 km) |
| Weston High | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.2 km) |
| Preschool at Wellesley Schools | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.2 km) |
| Bowman | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.3 km) |
| Joseph E Fiske | public | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.4 km) |
| MOUNT ALVERNIA ACADEMY | private | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.5 km) |
| Mary Lee Burbank | public | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| Belmont High | public | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.7 km) |
| Belmont Middle School | public | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.8 km) |
| ST STEPHEN'S ARMENIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.8 km) |
| Jonas Clarke Middle | public | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.8 km) |
| Lyon K-8 School | public | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.8 km) |
| THE TREMONT SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.8 km) |
| Lyon High School | public | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.8 km) |
| Bowen | public | — | — | 4.3 miles (6.9 km) |
| Cyrus E Dallin | public | — | — | 4.3 miles (6.9 km) |
| Countryside | public | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.0 km) |
| Winn Brook | public | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.0 km) |
| John Eliot | public | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.1 km) |
| Brackett | public | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.1 km) |
| B C CAMPUS SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.1 km) |
| Edison Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.1 km) |
| ATRIUM SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.2 km) |
| FUSION ACADEMY NEWTON | private | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.2 km) |
| WALDORF SCHOOL OF LEXINGTON | private | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.3 km) |
| STAR ACADEMY FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED | private | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.3 km) |
| Haggerty | public | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.3 km) |
| Winship Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.4 km) |
| RIVERSIDE SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.4 km) |
| CNS/PATHWAYS ACADEMY | private | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.5 km) |
| ST COLUMBKILLE PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.5 km) |
| FAYERWEATHER STREET SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.5 km) |
| SHALOH HOUSE HEBREW DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.5 km) |
| NEEHAM MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.5 km) |
| Newton South High | public | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.6 km) |
| MESIVTA HIGH SCHOOL OF GREATER BOSTON | private | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.6 km) |
| Bridge | public | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.6 km) |
| Oak Hill Middle | public | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.7 km) |
| Lexington Children's Place | public | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.8 km) |
Schools FAQ for ZIP 02453
What school district is ZIP code 02453 in?
ZIP 02453 (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 02453?
US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 63 public and 37 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.
What share of students in 02453 attend private school?
About 0.7% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 02453 attend private school (ACS estimate).
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Schools & Education key statistics
| Education | |
|---|---|
| Bachelor's or higher | 58.5% |
| High school | 17.2% |
| Less than HS | 8.1% |
| School district | Waltham School District |