ZIP 06482 — 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 06482

K-12 nearby

Public

Private

Avg enrollment

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ZIP 06482 (Sandy Hook, CT) is associated with Newtown School District (LEA 0902910) 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 61 K-12 schools (53 public, 8 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 8.1 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 Western Connecticut State University about 10.5 miles away (4yr-public).

District & higher education

School district

Newtown School District

LEA ID

0902910

Private school share (ACS)

0.1%

Colleges & universities (100)

Western Connecticut State University10.5 miles (16.8 km)4yr-public
Post University12.1 miles (19.4 km)4yr-private
Sacred Heart University13.0 miles (20.9 km)4yr-private
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus14.6 miles (23.5 km)4yr-public
Southern Connecticut State University16.1 miles (26.0 km)4yr-public
University of New Haven16.7 miles (26.9 km)4yr-private
University of Bridgeport17.1 miles (27.5 km)4yr-private
American Institute of Healthcare & Technology17.1 miles (27.6 km)2yr-private
Paier College17.1 miles (27.6 km)4yr-private
Albertus Magnus College17.4 miles (27.9 km)4yr-private
Fairfield University17.4 miles (28.0 km)4yr-private
Yale University17.7 miles (28.5 km)4yr-private

Show all 100 colleges & universities

Quinnipiac University18.1 miles (29.1 km)4yr-private
University of Connecticut-Stamford28.9 miles (46.6 km)4yr-public
Charter Oak State College29.8 miles (47.9 km)4yr-public
Central Connecticut State University31.5 miles (50.7 km)4yr-public
Wesleyan University31.9 miles (51.4 km)4yr-private
Kehilath Yakov Rabbinical Seminary32.4 miles (52.2 km)4yr-private
Holy Apostles College and Seminary33.7 miles (54.2 km)4yr-private
SUNY at Purchase College34.6 miles (55.6 km)4yr-public
American Institute-West Hartford34.6 miles (55.7 km)2yr-private
Stony Brook University34.7 miles (55.9 km)4yr-public
Ohr Hameir Theological Seminary34.9 miles (56.2 km)4yr-private
Manhattanville University35.8 miles (57.6 km)4yr-private
Trinity College36.9 miles (59.4 km)4yr-private
SUNY Westchester Community College36.9 miles (59.4 km)2yr-public
University of Saint Joseph36.9 miles (59.4 km)4yr-private
New York Medical College37.0 miles (59.6 km)4yr-private
United States Military Academy37.0 miles (59.6 km)4yr-public
Center for Ultrasound Research & Education37.1 miles (59.7 km)2yr-private
Western Suffolk BOCES37.1 miles (59.8 km)2yr-public
Hartford International University for Religion and Peace37.2 miles (59.9 km)4yr-private
The College of Westchester38.3 miles (61.6 km)4yr-private
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus38.3 miles (61.6 km)4yr-public
University of Hartford38.3 miles (61.6 km)4yr-private
Connecticut State Community College38.5 miles (62.0 km)2yr-public
Rensselaer at Hartford38.7 miles (62.3 km)4yr-private
Goodwin University38.8 miles (62.4 km)4yr-private
Vassar College38.8 miles (62.5 km)4yr-private
Arizona College of Nursing - Hartford38.9 miles (62.7 km)4yr-private
Suffolk County Community College39.9 miles (64.2 km)2yr-public
Mount Saint Mary College40.5 miles (65.2 km)4yr-private
Dutchess Community College40.6 miles (65.3 km)2yr-public
Yeshiva Ohr Naftoli41.8 miles (67.2 km)4yr-private
Marist University41.8 miles (67.3 km)4yr-private
Webb Institute41.9 miles (67.4 km)4yr-private
Mercy University42.4 miles (68.2 km)4yr-private
Culinary Institute of America42.6 miles (68.6 km)4yr-private
Saint Vladimirs Orthodox Theological Seminary42.9 miles (69.0 km)4yr-private
Five Towns College43.0 miles (69.2 km)4yr-private
New York College of Health Professions43.7 miles (70.3 km)4yr-private
Iona University43.8 miles (70.5 km)4yr-private
St. Thomas Aquinas College44.1 miles (71.0 km)4yr-private
Dominican University New York44.5 miles (71.6 km)4yr-private
Long Island University44.6 miles (71.7 km)4yr-private
Be'er Yaakov Talmudic Seminary44.9 miles (72.3 km)4yr-private
Cochran School of Nursing45.2 miles (72.7 km)2yr-private
Sarah Lawrence College45.3 miles (72.8 km)4yr-private
New York Institute of Technology45.4 miles (73.0 km)4yr-private
SUNY Old Westbury45.5 miles (73.2 km)4yr-public
Farmingdale State College46.3 miles (74.4 km)4yr-public
Montefiore School of Nursing46.3 miles (74.6 km)2yr-private
Mechon L'hoyroa46.9 miles (75.5 km)4yr-private
Yeshiva Shaar Ephraim47.0 miles (75.7 km)4yr-private
Ohel Margulia Seminary47.1 miles (75.8 km)2yr-private
Yeshiva Gedolah Kesser Torah47.2 miles (75.9 km)4yr-private
Academy for Jewish Religion47.3 miles (76.1 km)4yr-private
Yeshiva D'monsey Rabbinical College47.3 miles (76.1 km)4yr-private
Bais Medrash of Dexter Park47.5 miles (76.4 km)4yr-private
Beth Medrash Meor Yitzchok47.5 miles (76.5 km)4yr-private
Bais Medrash Elyon47.5 miles (76.5 km)4yr-private
Yeshivath Viznitz47.5 miles (76.5 km)4yr-private
Rabbinical College Beth Shraga47.7 miles (76.7 km)4yr-private
Bais Binyomin Academy47.7 miles (76.8 km)4yr-private
Rockland Community College47.7 miles (76.8 km)2yr-public
Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel47.9 miles (77.1 km)4yr-private
Derech Hachaim Seminary47.9 miles (77.1 km)2yr-private
Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland48.2 miles (77.6 km)4yr-private
University of Mount Saint Vincent48.7 miles (78.4 km)4yr-private
Hunter Business School48.9 miles (78.8 km)2yr-private
State University of New York at New Paltz49.1 miles (79.0 km)4yr-public
United States Merchant Marine Academy49.3 miles (79.3 km)4yr-public
Yeshiva of the Telshe Alumni49.6 miles (79.9 km)4yr-private
Manhattan University49.6 miles (79.9 km)4yr-private
Albert Einstein College of Medicine49.6 miles (79.9 km)4yr-private
Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular Medicine49.9 miles (80.3 km)4yr-private
School of Professional Horticulture, New York Botanical Garden50.0 miles (80.4 km)2yr-private
CUNY Lehman College50.3 miles (80.9 km)4yr-public
Nassau Community College50.5 miles (81.2 km)2yr-public
Fordham University50.5 miles (81.3 km)4yr-private
SUNY Maritime College50.6 miles (81.4 km)4yr-public
New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine50.7 miles (81.5 km)4yr-private
Monroe University50.9 miles (81.9 km)4yr-private
Hofstra University51.4 miles (82.7 km)4yr-private
Island Drafting and Technical Institute51.5 miles (82.8 km)2yr-private
CUNY Bronx Community College51.6 miles (83.0 km)2yr-public
Holy Name Medical Center-Sister Claire Tynan School of Nursing52.1 miles (83.8 km)2yr-private
Adelphi University52.1 miles (83.8 km)4yr-private
Eastwick College-Ramsey52.2 miles (84.0 km)4yr-private
Lincoln Technical Institute-Mahwah52.2 miles (84.0 km)2yr-private

K-12 schools within ~10 miles

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

		Grades
Newtown High School	public	—	—	1.5 miles (2.4 km)
Sandy Hook Elementary School	public	—	—	1.9 miles (3.1 km)
Reed Intermediate School	public	—	—	2.4 miles (3.9 km)
ST ROSE OF LIMA SCHOOL	private	—	—	2.9 miles (4.6 km)
Newtown Middle School	public	—	—	3.0 miles (4.8 km)
Hawley Elementary School	public	—	—	3.1 miles (5.0 km)
Middle Gate Elementary School	public	—	—	3.3 miles (5.4 km)
Pomperaug Elementary School	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.5 km)
Rochambeau Middle School	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.7 km)
Head O'Meadow Elementary School	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.7 km)
Fawn Hollow Elementary School	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.2 km)
Jockey Hollow School	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.3 km)
Masuk High School	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.7 km)
Gainfield Elementary School	public	—	—	5.0 miles (8.0 km)
Quaker Farms School	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
Oxford Middle School	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.6 km)
Great Oak Elementary School	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.6 km)
Oxford High School	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.2 km)
HOUSATONIC VALLEY WALDORF SCHOOL	private	—	—	6.2 miles (10.0 km)
Stepney Elementary School	public	—	—	6.3 miles (10.2 km)
Monroe Elementary School	public	—	—	7.0 miles (11.2 km)
Whisconier Middle School	public	—	—	7.2 miles (11.7 km)
Seymour Middle School	public	—	—	7.3 miles (11.7 km)
Seymour High School	public	—	—	7.7 miles (12.3 km)
Pomperaug Regional High School	public	—	—	7.7 miles (12.4 km)
ST MARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	private	—	—	7.9 miles (12.7 km)
Ralph M. T. Johnson School	public	—	—	8.0 miles (12.8 km)
Bethel Middle School	public	—	—	8.0 miles (12.9 km)
Bungay School	public	—	—	8.0 miles (12.9 km)
Long Meadow Elementary School	public	—	—	8.0 miles (12.9 km)
Anna H. Rockwell School	public	—	—	8.1 miles (13.0 km)
Bethel High School	public	—	—	8.1 miles (13.1 km)
Mohegan School	public	—	—	8.2 miles (13.1 km)
Frank A. Berry School	public	—	—	8.2 miles (13.2 km)
Woodland Regional High School	public	—	—	8.3 miles (13.4 km)
Elizabeth Shelton School	public	—	—	8.5 miles (13.7 km)
CHRISTIAN LIFE ACADEMY	private	—	—	8.8 miles (14.2 km)
Shelton High School	public	—	—	8.9 miles (14.3 km)
Joel Barlow High School	public	—	—	9.0 miles (14.5 km)
Derby Middle School	public	—	—	9.1 miles (14.6 km)
Brookfield High School	public	—	—	9.1 miles (14.6 km)
Intermediate School	public	—	—	9.1 miles (14.7 km)
Derby High School	public	—	—	9.1 miles (14.7 km)
HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC ACADEMY	private	—	—	9.1 miles (14.7 km)
Little Raiders University	public	—	—	9.2 miles (14.7 km)
Booth Hill School	public	—	—	9.2 miles (14.7 km)
Shelter Rock School	public	—	—	9.2 miles (14.8 km)
Tashua School	public	—	—	9.3 miles (14.9 km)
ASSUMPTION SCHOOL	private	—	—	9.4 miles (15.1 km)
Ansonia Middle School	public	—	—	9.4 miles (15.2 km)
Candlewood Lake Elementary School	public	—	—	9.5 miles (15.3 km)
Chatfield-LoPresti School	public	—	—	9.7 miles (15.5 km)
Irving School	public	—	—	9.8 miles (15.8 km)
Stadley Rough School	public	—	—	9.8 miles (15.8 km)
Mitchell Elementary School	public	—	—	9.8 miles (15.8 km)
HUDSON COUNTRY MONTESSORI SCHOOL	private	—	—	9.8 miles (15.8 km)
HUDSON COUNTRY MONTESSORI SCHOOL	private	—	—	9.8 miles (15.8 km)
Laurel Ledge School	public	—	—	9.8 miles (15.8 km)
Woodbury Middle School	public	—	—	9.8 miles (15.8 km)
Daniels Farm School	public	—	—	9.9 miles (15.9 km)
Great Plain School	public	—	—	10.0 miles (16.1 km)

Schools FAQ for ZIP 06482

What school district is ZIP code 06482 in?

ZIP 06482 (Sandy Hook, CT) maps to Newtown School District (LEA ID 0902910) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.

How many schools are near ZIP code 06482?

US5 lists 61 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 53 public and 8 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.

What share of students in 06482 attend private school?

About 0.1% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 06482 attend private school (ACS estimate).

Education
Bachelor's or higher	57.6%
High school	18.6%
Less than HS	2.6%
School district	Newtown School District

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