ZIP 02779 — 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 02779

K-12 nearby

Public

Private

Avg enrollment

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ZIP 02779 (MA) is associated with Somerset-Berkley School District (LEA 2500541) 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 69 K-12 schools (54 public, 15 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 7.8 miles.

ACS estimates show about 0.3% 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 Bristol Community College about 8.3 miles away (2yr-public).

District & higher education

School district

Somerset-Berkley School District

LEA ID

2500541

Private school share (ACS)

0.3%

Colleges & universities (100)

Bristol Community College8.3 miles (13.4 km)2yr-public
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)10.4 miles (16.8 km)4yr-private
Bridgewater State University11.6 miles (18.7 km)4yr-public
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth14.9 miles (24.1 km)4yr-public
Stonehill College15.3 miles (24.6 km)4yr-private
Roger Williams University School of Law16.0 miles (25.8 km)4yr-private
Roger Williams University16.0 miles (25.8 km)4yr-private
Brown University16.8 miles (27.1 km)4yr-private
Massasoit Community College17.0 miles (27.3 km)2yr-public
Rhode Island School of Design17.1 miles (27.5 km)4yr-private
Johnson & Wales University-Providence17.3 miles (27.8 km)4yr-private
Johnson & Wales University-Online17.3 miles (27.8 km)4yr-private

Show all 100 colleges & universities

College Unbound17.4 miles (28.0 km)4yr-private
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing17.8 miles (28.7 km)2yr-private
Providence College18.5 miles (29.8 km)4yr-private
Rhode Island College20.0 miles (32.1 km)4yr-public
Lincoln Technical Institute-Lincoln21.7 miles (34.9 km)2yr-private
Community College of Rhode Island22.5 miles (36.3 km)2yr-public
Dean College23.7 miles (38.2 km)4yr-private
Massachusetts Maritime Academy24.4 miles (39.2 km)4yr-public
Bryant University24.4 miles (39.3 km)4yr-private
FINE Mortuary College24.5 miles (39.4 km)2yr-private
New England Institute of Technology25.1 miles (40.4 km)4yr-private
IYRS School of Technology & Trades27.5 miles (44.3 km)2yr-private
Curry College27.7 miles (44.6 km)4yr-private
Salve Regina University27.8 miles (44.8 km)4yr-private
Boston Baptist College28.8 miles (46.3 km)4yr-private
Quincy College28.9 miles (46.5 km)4yr-public
Laboure College of Healthcare29.2 miles (47.0 km)4yr-private
Eastern Nazarene College30.1 miles (48.5 km)4yr-private
William James College32.2 miles (51.9 km)4yr-private
University of Massachusetts-Boston32.9 miles (52.9 km)4yr-public
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering32.9 miles (52.9 km)4yr-private
Babson College33.1 miles (53.3 km)4yr-private
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology33.2 miles (53.4 km)4yr-private
Wellesley College33.5 miles (53.8 km)4yr-private
University of Rhode Island33.7 miles (54.2 km)4yr-public
Roxbury Community College34.0 miles (54.6 km)2yr-public
Massachusetts Bay Community College34.1 miles (54.9 km)2yr-public
Wentworth Institute of Technology34.5 miles (55.5 km)4yr-private
MCPHS University34.5 miles (55.5 km)4yr-private
Massachusetts College of Art and Design34.5 miles (55.5 km)4yr-public
Simmons University34.6 miles (55.8 km)4yr-private
Northeastern University34.7 miles (55.8 km)4yr-private
Northeastern University Professional Programs34.7 miles (55.8 km)4yr-private
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc34.7 miles (55.9 km)4yr-private
Boston College34.7 miles (55.9 km)4yr-private
The New England Conservatory of Music34.8 miles (55.9 km)4yr-private
Emmanuel College34.8 miles (55.9 km)4yr-private
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology35.1 miles (56.5 km)4yr-private
Berklee College of Music35.1 miles (56.6 km)4yr-private
Saint John's Seminary35.2 miles (56.7 km)4yr-private
Boston Architectural College35.3 miles (56.8 km)4yr-private
Hebrew College35.4 miles (57.0 km)4yr-private
New England Law-Boston35.4 miles (57.0 km)4yr-private
Boston University35.5 miles (57.1 km)4yr-private
New England College of Optometry35.5 miles (57.1 km)4yr-private
Emerson College35.5 miles (57.2 km)4yr-private
Urban College of Boston35.6 miles (57.3 km)2yr-private
Fisher College35.7 miles (57.5 km)4yr-private
Lasell University35.9 miles (57.7 km)4yr-private
Suffolk University35.9 miles (57.8 km)4yr-private
University of Massachusetts-Central Office36.0 miles (57.9 km)4yr-public
Massachusetts Institute of Technology36.0 miles (58.0 km)4yr-private
Sattler College36.1 miles (58.1 km)4yr-private
North Bennet Street School36.3 miles (58.4 km)2yr-private
Pope St John XXIII National Seminary36.6 miles (59.0 km)4yr-private
Framingham State University36.7 miles (59.1 km)4yr-public
Hult International Business School36.8 miles (59.1 km)4yr-private
Bunker Hill Community College37.1 miles (59.7 km)2yr-public
Harvard University37.1 miles (59.7 km)4yr-private
MGH Institute of Health Professions37.1 miles (59.7 km)4yr-private
Regis College37.4 miles (60.2 km)4yr-private
Longy School of Music of Bard College37.4 miles (60.2 km)4yr-private
Lesley University37.5 miles (60.4 km)4yr-private
Cambridge College37.5 miles (60.4 km)4yr-private
Brandeis University37.6 miles (60.6 km)4yr-private
Bentley University38.6 miles (62.1 km)4yr-private
Cape Cod Community College39.5 miles (63.5 km)2yr-public
Tufts University39.5 miles (63.5 km)4yr-private
Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing40.6 miles (65.4 km)2yr-private
National Aviation Academy of New England46.0 miles (73.9 km)2yr-private
Nichols College46.1 miles (74.2 km)4yr-private
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School46.4 miles (74.7 km)4yr-public
College of the Holy Cross46.6 miles (74.9 km)4yr-private
Salem State University47.0 miles (75.6 km)4yr-public
Clark University47.7 miles (76.7 km)4yr-private
Worcester Polytechnic Institute48.1 miles (77.5 km)4yr-private
Middlesex Community College48.5 miles (78.0 km)2yr-public
Worcester State University49.3 miles (79.3 km)4yr-public
Quinsigamond Community College49.3 miles (79.4 km)2yr-public
Assumption University49.8 miles (80.1 km)4yr-private
Montserrat College of Art50.3 miles (80.9 km)4yr-private
Endicott College50.9 miles (81.9 km)4yr-private
North Shore Community College52.3 miles (84.1 km)2yr-public
Gordon College53.6 miles (86.3 km)4yr-private
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary54.9 miles (88.3 km)4yr-private
Anna Maria College55.0 miles (88.4 km)4yr-private
Merrimack College57.4 miles (92.4 km)4yr-private
University of Massachusetts-Lowell57.7 miles (92.9 km)4yr-public

K-12 schools within ~10 miles

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

		Grades
Berkley Community School	public	—	—	0.7 miles (1.1 km)
Berkley Middle School	public	—	—	0.8 miles (1.4 km)
Bristol County Agricultural High	public	—	—	1.9 miles (3.1 km)
Dighton Elementary	public	—	—	2.2 miles (3.5 km)
Dighton Middle School	public	—	—	2.3 miles (3.7 km)
East Taunton Elementary	public	—	—	3.0 miles (4.8 km)
Bristol-Plymouth Vocational Technical	public	—	—	3.1 miles (5.1 km)
Edward F. Leddy Preschool	public	—	—	3.5 miles (5.6 km)
Joseph H Martin	public	—	—	3.5 miles (5.6 km)
OUR LADY OF LOURDES SCHOOL	private	—	—	3.6 miles (5.8 km)
CRYSTAL SPRINGS INC.	private	—	—	3.7 miles (6.0 km)
John F Parker Middle	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.0 km)
Taunton High	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
Taunton Alternative High School	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
Taunton Public Virtual Academy (TPVA)	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
Elizabeth Pole	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.2 km)
H H Galligan	public	—	—	4.6 miles (7.4 km)
James L. Mulcahey Elementary School	public	—	—	5.0 miles (8.0 km)
Edmund Hatch Bennett	public	—	—	5.5 miles (8.8 km)
North Elementary	public	—	—	5.5 miles (8.8 km)
Freetown-Lakeville Middle School	public	—	—	5.8 miles (9.3 km)
Apponequet Regional High	public	—	—	5.8 miles (9.3 km)
George R Austin Intermediate School	public	—	—	6.0 miles (9.7 km)
Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School	public	—	—	6.2 miles (10.0 km)
Freetown Elementary School	public	—	—	6.2 miles (10.0 km)
Chace Street	public	—	—	6.3 miles (10.1 km)
Joseph C Chamberlain	public	—	—	6.3 miles (10.1 km)
Benjamin Friedman Middle	public	—	—	6.5 miles (10.4 km)
Assawompset Elementary School	public	—	—	6.7 miles (10.8 km)
Merrill Elementary School	public	—	—	7.0 miles (11.3 km)
Laliberte Elementary School	public	—	—	7.1 miles (11.5 km)
North End Elementary	public	—	—	7.4 miles (12.0 km)
Somerset Berkley Regional High School	public	—	—	7.6 miles (12.2 km)
MULLEIN HILL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	7.7 miles (12.3 km)
Raynham Middle School	public	—	—	7.8 miles (12.5 km)
CEDAR BROOK SCHOOL	private	—	—	7.9 miles (12.8 km)
THE MEADOWRIDGE ACADEMY	private	—	—	8.2 miles (13.1 km)
Somerset Middle School	public	—	—	8.2 miles (13.1 km)
JRI ANCHOR ACADEMY SCHOOL MIDDLEBOROUGH	private	—	—	8.3 miles (13.3 km)
South	public	—	—	8.3 miles (13.4 km)
SWANSEA WOOD SCHOOL	private	—	—	8.3 miles (13.4 km)
THE PINECROFT SCHOOL	private	—	—	8.4 miles (13.5 km)
STEVENS SCHOOL	private	—	—	8.4 miles (13.6 km)
Joseph Case Jr High	public	—	—	8.5 miles (13.7 km)
Joseph Case High	public	—	—	8.6 miles (13.8 km)
ST MICHAEL SCHOOL	private	—	—	8.7 miles (14.0 km)
James Tansey	public	—	—	8.7 miles (14.0 km)
Elizabeth S Brown	public	—	—	8.8 miles (14.1 km)
B M C Durfee High	public	—	—	9.0 miles (14.4 km)
WHITNEY ACADEMY	private	—	—	9.0 miles (14.5 km)
Spencer Borden	public	—	—	9.0 miles (14.5 km)
Palmer River	public	—	—	9.0 miles (14.5 km)
Mary K. Goode Elementary School	public	—	—	9.2 miles (14.7 km)
Morton Middle	public	—	—	9.2 miles (14.8 km)
Dorothy L Beckwith	public	—	—	9.2 miles (14.8 km)
HOLY NAME SCHOOL	private	—	—	9.2 miles (14.8 km)
Henry B. Burkland Elementary School	public	—	—	9.2 miles (14.8 km)
Middleborough High	public	—	—	9.4 miles (15.1 km)
ANTIOCH SCHOOL	private	—	—	9.6 miles (15.5 km)
FALL RIVER DEACONESS HOME SCHOOL	private	—	—	9.7 miles (15.5 km)
Memorial Early Childhood Center	public	—	—	9.7 miles (15.6 km)
Westall Elementary	public	—	—	9.8 miles (15.7 km)
HOPE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	9.8 miles (15.8 km)
Diman Regional Vocational Technical High	public	—	—	9.8 miles (15.9 km)
Mark G Hoyle Elementary	public	—	—	9.9 miles (15.9 km)
Early Learning Center	public	—	—	9.9 miles (15.9 km)
Resiliency Preparatory Academy	public	—	—	9.9 miles (16.0 km)
Mary Fonseca Elementary School	public	—	—	9.9 miles (16.0 km)
Joseph G Luther	public	—	—	10.0 miles (16.0 km)

Schools FAQ for ZIP 02779

What school district is ZIP code 02779 in?

ZIP 02779 (MA) maps to Somerset-Berkley School District (LEA ID 2500541) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.

How many schools are near ZIP code 02779?

US5 lists 69 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 54 public and 15 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.

What share of students in 02779 attend private school?

About 0.3% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 02779 attend private school (ACS estimate).

Education
Bachelor's or higher	37.5%
High school	29.4%
Less than HS	5.1%
School district	Somerset-Berkley School District

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