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Meriden city, CT
ZIP 06451 — 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 06451
K-12 nearby
100
Public
81
Private
19
Avg enrollment
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ZIP 06451 (Meriden, CT) is associated with Meriden School District (LEA 0902400) 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 (81 public, 19 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 6.2 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 Wesleyan University about 8.6 miles away (4yr-private).
District & higher education
School district
Meriden School District
LEA ID
0902400
Private school share (ACS)
0.3%
Colleges & universities (100)
- Wesleyan University8.6 miles (13.9 km)4yr-private
- Charter Oak State College8.9 miles (14.3 km)4yr-public
- Quinnipiac University9.3 miles (14.9 km)4yr-private
- Holy Apostles College and Seminary10.1 miles (16.3 km)4yr-private
- Central Connecticut State University10.8 miles (17.4 km)4yr-public
- University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus11.2 miles (18.0 km)4yr-public
- Post University13.3 miles (21.5 km)4yr-private
- American Institute-West Hartford13.8 miles (22.1 km)2yr-private
- Albertus Magnus College15.4 miles (24.7 km)4yr-private
- Trinity College15.8 miles (25.4 km)4yr-private
- Southern Connecticut State University15.8 miles (25.4 km)4yr-public
- Goodwin University16.8 miles (27.0 km)4yr-private
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- Yale University16.8 miles (27.1 km)4yr-private
- Hartford International University for Religion and Peace16.8 miles (27.1 km)4yr-private
- University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus17.1 miles (27.6 km)4yr-public
- University of Saint Joseph17.2 miles (27.7 km)4yr-private
- Connecticut State Community College17.5 miles (28.1 km)2yr-public
- Arizona College of Nursing - Hartford17.7 miles (28.5 km)4yr-private
- Rensselaer at Hartford17.8 miles (28.6 km)4yr-private
- University of Hartford18.6 miles (29.9 km)4yr-private
- University of New Haven18.7 miles (30.1 km)4yr-private
- American Institute of Healthcare & Technology30.8 miles (49.5 km)2yr-private
- Sacred Heart University31.1 miles (50.0 km)4yr-private
- University of Bridgeport32.3 miles (51.9 km)4yr-private
- Paier College32.5 miles (52.3 km)4yr-private
- Western Connecticut State University33.6 miles (54.1 km)4yr-public
- Eastern Connecticut State University33.6 miles (54.1 km)4yr-public
- Fairfield University34.8 miles (55.9 km)4yr-private
- University of Connecticut34.9 miles (56.1 km)4yr-public
- Bay Path University37.5 miles (60.4 km)4yr-private
- Connecticut College38.7 miles (62.3 km)4yr-private
- United States Coast Guard Academy39.1 miles (62.9 km)4yr-public
- Mitchell College40.5 miles (65.2 km)4yr-private
- Westfield State University40.8 miles (65.7 km)4yr-public
- Springfield College41.1 miles (66.1 km)4yr-private
- Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing Education41.1 miles (66.1 km)4yr-private
- Springfield Technical Community College41.1 miles (66.2 km)2yr-public
- American International College41.7 miles (67.1 km)4yr-private
- University of Connecticut-Avery Point42.3 miles (68.0 km)4yr-public
- Western New England University42.6 miles (68.5 km)4yr-private
- College of Our Lady of the Elms43.0 miles (69.2 km)4yr-private
- Holyoke Community College46.0 miles (74.0 km)2yr-public
- Stony Brook University46.0 miles (74.0 km)4yr-public
- Suffolk County Community College49.4 miles (79.5 km)2yr-public
- University of Connecticut-Stamford50.2 miles (80.8 km)4yr-public
- Mount Holyoke College50.9 miles (81.9 km)4yr-private
- Western Suffolk BOCES53.3 miles (85.8 km)2yr-public
- Conway School of Landscape Design54.1 miles (87.0 km)4yr-private
- Bard College at Simon's Rock54.2 miles (87.3 km)4yr-private
- Smith College54.5 miles (87.7 km)4yr-private
- Kehilath Yakov Rabbinical Seminary56.0 miles (90.1 km)4yr-private
- Hampshire College56.2 miles (90.5 km)4yr-private
- Vassar College56.3 miles (90.5 km)4yr-private
- SUNY at Purchase College57.0 miles (91.7 km)4yr-public
- Dutchess Community College57.2 miles (92.1 km)2yr-public
- Nichols College57.6 miles (92.7 km)4yr-private
- Manhattanville University58.2 miles (93.6 km)4yr-private
- Ohr Hameir Theological Seminary58.4 miles (94.0 km)4yr-private
- Marist University58.8 miles (94.5 km)4yr-private
- Five Towns College58.9 miles (94.8 km)4yr-private
- Culinary Institute of America59.0 miles (95.0 km)4yr-private
- Amherst College59.5 miles (95.7 km)4yr-private
- Center for Ultrasound Research & Education59.6 miles (95.9 km)2yr-private
- United States Military Academy59.6 miles (95.9 km)4yr-public
- SUNY Westchester Community College59.9 miles (96.4 km)2yr-public
- New York Medical College60.1 miles (96.8 km)4yr-private
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst60.3 miles (97.0 km)4yr-public
- The College of Westchester61.0 miles (98.2 km)4yr-private
- Mount Saint Mary College61.5 miles (99.1 km)4yr-private
- New York College of Health Professions62.0 miles (99.8 km)4yr-private
- Webb Institute62.3 miles (100.3 km)4yr-private
- Farmingdale State College62.9 miles (101.2 km)4yr-public
- Yeshiva Ohr Naftoli63.5 miles (102.3 km)4yr-private
- Long Island University63.9 miles (102.9 km)4yr-private
- SUNY Old Westbury64.4 miles (103.7 km)4yr-public
- New York Institute of Technology64.8 miles (104.3 km)4yr-private
- Bard College65.0 miles (104.6 km)4yr-private
- Saint Vladimirs Orthodox Theological Seminary65.3 miles (105.1 km)4yr-private
- Mercy University65.3 miles (105.2 km)4yr-private
- Iona University65.8 miles (105.8 km)4yr-private
- Hunter Business School66.4 miles (106.8 km)2yr-private
- State University of New York at New Paltz66.4 miles (106.9 km)4yr-public
- University of Rhode Island67.2 miles (108.1 km)4yr-public
- St. Thomas Aquinas College67.3 miles (108.4 km)4yr-private
- Island Drafting and Technical Institute67.4 miles (108.4 km)2yr-private
- Sarah Lawrence College67.6 miles (108.7 km)4yr-private
- Dominican University New York67.8 miles (109.0 km)4yr-private
- Cochran School of Nursing67.9 miles (109.3 km)2yr-private
- Berkshire Community College68.3 miles (109.8 km)2yr-public
- Montefiore School of Nursing68.5 miles (110.2 km)2yr-private
- Be'er Yaakov Talmudic Seminary68.5 miles (110.3 km)4yr-private
- New England Institute of Technology68.7 miles (110.6 km)4yr-private
- Nassau Community College69.1 miles (111.1 km)2yr-public
- Columbia-Greene Community College69.3 miles (111.5 km)2yr-public
- New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine69.8 miles (112.4 km)4yr-private
- Academy for Jewish Religion69.9 miles (112.4 km)4yr-private
- Hofstra University70.0 miles (112.6 km)4yr-private
- Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular Medicine70.0 miles (112.6 km)4yr-private
- United States Merchant Marine Academy70.1 miles (112.9 km)4yr-public
- Community College of Rhode Island70.3 miles (113.1 km)2yr-public
K-12 schools within ~10 miles
Sorted table with type, grades, enrollment, and distance. Data from NCES CCD / EDGE extracts.
| Grades | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Franklin School | public | — | — | 0.3 miles (0.5 km) |
| Lincoln Middle School | public | — | — | 0.3 miles (0.5 km) |
| Orville H. Platt High School | public | — | — | 0.5 miles (0.9 km) |
| H. C. Wilcox Technical High School | public | — | — | 1.0 miles (1.6 km) |
| John Barry School | public | — | — | 1.0 miles (1.6 km) |
| Casimir Pulaski School | public | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.5 km) |
| Hanover School | public | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.6 km) |
| MIDSTATE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | private | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.8 km) |
| Israel Putnam School | public | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) |
| Roger Sherman School | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| Washington Middle School | public | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.8 km) |
| Nathan Hale School | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| Edison Middle School | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| Francis T. Maloney High School | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.3 km) |
| Thomas Hooker School | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.6 km) |
| South End Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| Mary G. Fritz Elementary School of Yalesville | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.7 km) |
| MELIORA ACADEMY | private | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.8 km) |
| Highland School | public | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.1 km) |
| Mark T. Sheehan High School | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.3 km) |
| James H. Moran Middle School | public | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.4 km) |
| Chapman School | public | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| Highland School | public | — | — | 4.3 miles (6.9 km) |
| William H. Hatton Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.0 km) |
| Wrinn Integrated Preschool - HES | public | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.1 km) |
| John F. Kennedy Middle School | public | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.1 km) |
| BENHAVEN SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.3 km) |
| BENHAVEN ACADEMY | private | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.4 km) |
| Parker Farms School | public | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.5 km) |
| Dodd Middle School | public | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.6 km) |
| Walter A. Derynoski Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.6 km) |
| HIGH ROAD SCHOOL OF WALLINGFORD-HS | private | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.6 km) |
| ST LUKE CATHOLIC SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.7 km) |
| Joseph A. Depaolo Middle School | public | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.8 km) |
| THE CHESHIRE ACADEMY | private | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.8 km) |
| Zaya A. Oshana Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.0 km) |
| Flanders Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.3 miles (8.5 km) |
| William M. Strong Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.3 miles (8.6 km) |
| Wrinn Integrated Preschool - SES | public | — | — | 5.3 miles (8.6 km) |
| John Lyman School | public | — | — | 5.3 miles (8.6 km) |
| Southington High School | public | — | — | 5.5 miles (8.9 km) |
| Cheshire High School | public | — | — | 5.6 miles (9.0 km) |
| Moses Y. Beach School | public | — | — | 5.7 miles (9.1 km) |
| CHOATE ROSEMARY HALL | private | — | — | 5.8 miles (9.4 km) |
| Urbin T. Kelley School | public | — | — | 5.9 miles (9.5 km) |
| Moody School | public | — | — | 6.0 miles (9.6 km) |
| Darcey School | public | — | — | 6.0 miles (9.6 km) |
| Doolittle School | public | — | — | 6.0 miles (9.6 km) |
| Catherine M. McGee Middle School | public | — | — | 6.0 miles (9.6 km) |
| Cook Hill School | public | — | — | 6.1 miles (9.9 km) |
| Emma Hart Willard School | public | — | — | 6.2 miles (10.0 km) |
| Rock Hill School | public | — | — | 6.3 miles (10.1 km) |
| HERITAGE BAPTIST ACADEMY | private | — | — | 6.3 miles (10.2 km) |
| Norton School | public | — | — | 6.5 miles (10.5 km) |
| Berlin High School | public | — | — | 6.6 miles (10.7 km) |
| Mary E. Griswold School | public | — | — | 6.9 miles (11.1 km) |
| Middlefield Memorial School | public | — | — | 6.9 miles (11.1 km) |
| ST PAUL SCHOOL | private | — | — | 6.9 miles (11.2 km) |
| Lyman Hall High School | public | — | — | 7.2 miles (11.6 km) |
| CENTRAL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | private | — | — | 7.2 miles (11.6 km) |
| RUSHFORD ACADEMY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 7.3 miles (11.7 km) |
| YESHIVA GEDOLAH OF WATERBURY- MESIVTA DURHAM | private | — | — | 7.3 miles (11.7 km) |
| Richard D. Hubbard School | public | — | — | 7.3 miles (11.8 km) |
| R. E. Thalberg Elementary School | public | — | — | 7.4 miles (11.9 km) |
| THE INDEPENDENT DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 7.4 miles (11.9 km) |
| Dag Hammarskjold Middle School | public | — | — | 7.4 miles (12.0 km) |
| Evarts C. Stevens School | public | — | — | 7.5 miles (12.0 km) |
| Tyrrell Middle School | public | — | — | 7.6 miles (12.2 km) |
| Rotella Interdistrict Magnet School | public | — | — | 7.6 miles (12.2 km) |
| MERCY HIGH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 7.7 miles (12.3 km) |
| Spencer School | public | — | — | 7.7 miles (12.4 km) |
| Michael F. Wallace Middle School | public | — | — | 7.7 miles (12.4 km) |
| Vinal Technical High School | public | — | — | 7.7 miles (12.5 km) |
| Crosby High School | public | — | — | 7.8 miles (12.5 km) |
| RAYMOND HILL SCHOOL | private | — | — | 7.8 miles (12.5 km) |
| Snow School | public | — | — | 7.8 miles (12.6 km) |
| Middletown High School | public | — | — | 7.8 miles (12.6 km) |
| New Britain High School | public | — | — | 7.9 miles (12.7 km) |
| Lawrence School | public | — | — | 7.9 miles (12.8 km) |
| Vance Elementary School | public | — | — | 7.9 miles (12.8 km) |
| NORTHWEST CHILDRENS CENTER | private | — | — | 8.0 miles (12.8 km) |
| Wesley School | public | — | — | 8.1 miles (13.1 km) |
| IMAGO DEI CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC. | private | — | — | 8.1 miles (13.1 km) |
| Frederick Brewster School | public | — | — | 8.1 miles (13.1 km) |
| Lincoln Elementary School | public | — | — | 8.2 miles (13.1 km) |
| Slade Middle School | public | — | — | 8.2 miles (13.2 km) |
| Margaret M. Generali Elementary School | public | — | — | 8.2 miles (13.2 km) |
| Northend Elementary School | public | — | — | 8.2 miles (13.2 km) |
| Long River Middle School | public | — | — | 8.3 miles (13.4 km) |
| Prospect Elementary School | public | — | — | 8.4 miles (13.6 km) |
| Frisbie School | public | — | — | 8.5 miles (13.6 km) |
| Pond Hill School | public | — | — | 8.5 miles (13.7 km) |
| Plainville High School | public | — | — | 8.7 miles (14.0 km) |
| Frank Ward Strong School | public | — | — | 8.7 miles (14.1 km) |
| MacDonough School | public | — | — | 8.8 miles (14.2 km) |
| Smith Elementary School | public | — | — | 8.9 miles (14.3 km) |
| AFIR-LISA'S House | public | — | — | 8.9 miles (14.3 km) |
| Linden Street School | public | — | — | 9.0 miles (14.5 km) |
| Alcott School | public | — | — | 9.0 miles (14.5 km) |
| ST JOHN PAUL II SCHOOL | private | — | — | 9.0 miles (14.5 km) |
Schools FAQ for ZIP 06451
What school district is ZIP code 06451 in?
ZIP 06451 (Meriden, CT) maps to Meriden School District (LEA ID 0902400) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.
How many schools are near ZIP code 06451?
US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 81 public and 19 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.
What share of students in 06451 attend private school?
About 0.3% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 06451 attend private school (ACS estimate).
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Schools & Education key statistics
| Education | |
|---|---|
| Bachelor's or higher | 21.5% |
| High school | 34.1% |
| Less than HS | 15.3% |
| School district | Meriden School District |