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ZIP 08542 — 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 08542
K-12 nearby
100
Public
67
Private
33
Avg enrollment
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ZIP 08542 (Princeton, NJ) is associated with Princeton Public Schools (LEA 3413410) 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 (67 public, 33 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 6.8 miles.
ACS estimates show about 0.8% 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 Princeton University about 0.3 miles away (4yr-private).
District & higher education
School district
Princeton Public Schools
LEA ID
3413410
Private school share (ACS)
0.8%
Colleges & universities (100)
- Princeton University0.3 miles (0.5 km)4yr-private
- Princeton Theological Seminary0.6 miles (0.9 km)4yr-private
- Rider University6.5 miles (10.5 km)4yr-private
- Mercer County Community College6.8 miles (11.0 km)2yr-public
- The College of New Jersey8.5 miles (13.7 km)4yr-public
- Capital Health School of Radiologic Technology10.4 miles (16.7 km)2yr-private
- Capital Health School of Nursing10.4 miles (16.7 km)2yr-private
- Thomas Edison State University10.8 miles (17.3 km)4yr-public
- Chamberlain University-New Jersey14.0 miles (22.6 km)4yr-private
- American Institute-Somerset15.0 miles (24.1 km)2yr-private
- Rutgers University-New Brunswick15.1 miles (24.3 km)4yr-public
- New Brunswick Theological Seminary15.1 miles (24.3 km)4yr-private
⬇️Show all 100 colleges & universities
- Strayer University-New Jersey17.0 miles (27.4 km)4yr-private
- Rabbi Jacob Joseph School17.2 miles (27.6 km)4yr-private
- Raritan Valley Community College17.8 miles (28.6 km)2yr-public
- Bucks County Community College17.9 miles (28.8 km)2yr-public
- Cairn University-Langhorne18.4 miles (29.7 km)4yr-private
- American Institute of Medical Sciences & Education18.6 miles (29.9 km)2yr-private
- Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield18.6 miles (29.9 km)2yr-private
- Middlesex College18.7 miles (30.0 km)2yr-public
- Pennco Tech-Bristol20.8 miles (33.5 km)2yr-private
- Strayer University-Pennsylvania21.7 miles (35.0 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Gedolah Tiferes Boruch21.9 miles (35.3 km)4yr-private
- JFK Muhlenberg Harold B. and Dorothy A. Snyder Schools22.1 miles (35.5 km)2yr-private
- DeVry University-New Jersey23.2 miles (37.3 km)4yr-private
- Talmudical Academy-New Jersey23.6 miles (37.9 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Gedolah of Cliffwood23.8 miles (38.2 km)4yr-private
- Automotive Training Center-Warminster24.3 miles (39.1 km)2yr-private
- Won Institute of Graduate Studies24.4 miles (39.3 km)4yr-private
- Orleans Technical College25.9 miles (41.7 km)2yr-private
- Bryn Athyn College of the New Church26.0 miles (41.8 km)4yr-private
- Delaware Valley University26.5 miles (42.7 km)4yr-private
- Holy Family University26.5 miles (42.7 km)4yr-private
- Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Philadelphia26.8 miles (43.1 km)2yr-private
- Lincoln Technical Institute-Philadelphia27.6 miles (44.4 km)2yr-private
- Brookdale Community College27.9 miles (44.8 km)2yr-public
- Mosdos Yaakov V'Yisroel27.9 miles (44.9 km)4yr-private
- Yeshivas Emek Hatorah28.0 miles (45.1 km)4yr-private
- UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey28.2 miles (45.4 km)2yr-public
- Georgian Court University28.7 miles (46.3 km)4yr-private
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington28.8 miles (46.4 km)4yr-public
- Rowan College at Burlington County29.1 miles (46.8 km)2yr-public
- Beth Medrash Govoha29.2 miles (47.0 km)4yr-private
- Bais Medrash Mayan Hatorah29.4 miles (47.4 km)4yr-private
- Bais Medrash Toras Chesed29.4 miles (47.4 km)4yr-private
- Torah Temimah Talmudical Seminary29.5 miles (47.4 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Bais Aharon29.8 miles (47.9 km)4yr-private
- Manor College29.8 miles (47.9 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Gedola Tiferes Yerachmiel30.0 miles (48.3 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Gedolah Keren Hatorah30.2 miles (48.7 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Chemdas Hatorah30.3 miles (48.7 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Gedolah Shaarei Shmuel30.4 miles (48.9 km)4yr-private
- Seminary Bnos Chaim30.5 miles (49.0 km)2yr-private
- St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island30.7 miles (49.4 km)2yr-private
- Yeshiva Toras Chaim30.7 miles (49.5 km)4yr-private
- Drew University30.8 miles (49.6 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Gedola Tiferes Yaakov Yitzchok30.9 miles (49.6 km)4yr-private
- Salus University30.9 miles (49.7 km)4yr-private
- PITC Institute31.1 miles (50.0 km)2yr-private
- Yeshiva Gedolah of Woodlake Village31.2 miles (50.3 km)4yr-private
- Keser Torah-Mayan Hatalmud31.3 miles (50.3 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Yesodei Hatorah31.3 miles (50.3 km)4yr-private
- Healthcare Training Institute31.4 miles (50.6 km)2yr-private
- American Institute-Toms River31.5 miles (50.7 km)2yr-private
- Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus31.5 miles (50.7 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Leyma31.6 miles (50.8 km)4yr-private
- Rabbinical Seminary Mkor Chaim31.6 miles (50.9 km)4yr-private
- Reconstructionist Rabbinical College31.6 miles (50.9 km)4yr-private
- Kean University31.7 miles (51.1 km)4yr-public
- Saint Elizabeth University31.8 miles (51.2 km)4yr-private
- Gratz College31.9 miles (51.3 km)4yr-private
- Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-Overbrook31.9 miles (51.3 km)4yr-private
- Beth Medrash of Asbury Park31.9 miles (51.4 km)4yr-private
- College of Staten Island CUNY31.9 miles (51.4 km)4yr-public
- Arcadia University32.1 miles (51.6 km)4yr-private
- Gwynedd Mercy University32.3 miles (51.9 km)4yr-private
- Rabbinical College of America32.4 miles (52.2 km)4yr-private
- Westminster Theological Seminary32.4 miles (52.2 km)4yr-private
- Theological Seminary of the Reformed Episcopal Church32.5 miles (52.4 km)4yr-private
- Yeshivas Be'er Yitzchok32.7 miles (52.6 km)4yr-private
- MCI Institute of NJ32.9 miles (53.0 km)2yr-private
- Warren County Community College33.0 miles (53.0 km)2yr-public
- La Salle University33.9 miles (54.6 km)4yr-private
- Lansdale School of Business34.1 miles (54.9 km)2yr-private
- ASPIRA City College34.1 miles (54.9 km)2yr-private
- American Institute-Cherry Hill34.2 miles (55.0 km)2yr-private
- Seton Hall University34.6 miles (55.7 km)4yr-private
- Montgomery County Community College34.7 miles (55.8 km)2yr-public
- Monmouth University34.8 miles (56.0 km)4yr-private
- Wagner College34.9 miles (56.2 km)4yr-private
- Chestnut Hill College35.2 miles (56.6 km)4yr-private
- County College of Morris35.2 miles (56.7 km)2yr-public
- Ocean County College35.4 miles (56.9 km)2yr-public
- Centenary University35.4 miles (56.9 km)4yr-private
- Roxborough Memorial Hospital School of Nursing36.6 miles (59.0 km)2yr-private
- Best Care College36.6 miles (59.0 km)2yr-private
- Temple University36.7 miles (59.1 km)4yr-public
- Essex County College36.7 miles (59.1 km)2yr-public
- Rutgers University-Newark36.9 miles (59.3 km)4yr-public
- New Jersey Institute of Technology37.0 miles (59.5 km)4yr-public
K-12 schools within ~10 miles
Sorted table with type, grades, enrollment, and distance. Data from NCES CCD / EDGE extracts.
| Grades | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST PAUL SCHOOL OF PRINCETON | private | — | — | 0.4 miles (0.6 km) |
| Princeton High School | public | — | — | 0.4 miles (0.7 km) |
| Community Park School | public | — | — | 0.4 miles (0.7 km) |
| Princeton Middle School | public | — | — | 0.6 miles (1.0 km) |
| Princeton Charter School | public | — | — | 1.2 miles (1.9 km) |
| Riverside School | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.0 km) |
| Johnson Park School | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.1 km) |
| Littlebrook School | public | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.2 km) |
| STUART COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL OF THE SACRED HEART | private | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.7 km) |
| PRINCETON DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.8 km) |
| PRINCETON INTERNATIONAL SCHL OF MATH AND SCIENCE | private | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) |
| PRINCETON FRIENDS SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.3 km) |
| FRENCH AMERICAN SCHOOL OF PRINCETON | private | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.3 km) |
| WILBERFORCE SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.3 km) |
| FUSION ACADEMY PRINCETON | private | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| PRINCETON MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.4 km) |
| YINGHUA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.8 km) |
| CHAPIN SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.4 km) |
| WALDORF SCHOOL OF PRINCETON | private | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.8 km) |
| Maurice Hawk Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.9 km) |
| MONTGOMERY MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.7 miles (5.9 km) |
| J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.1 km) |
| Community Middle School | public | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.1 km) |
| West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North | public | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.1 km) |
| West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.2 km) |
| THE DOW JONES FAMILY CENTER | private | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.3 km) |
| PRINCETON CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE | private | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.3 km) |
| Millstone River School | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.3 km) |
| Town Center Elementary School at Plainsboro | public | — | — | 4.3 miles (7.0 km) |
| THE BLAWENBURG VILLAGE SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.3 miles (7.0 km) |
| Village Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.4 km) |
| Orchard Hill Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.6 km) |
| Montgomery Upper Middle School | public | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.0 km) |
| Montgomery Lower Middle School | public | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.1 km) |
| Montgomery High School | public | — | — | 5.1 miles (8.2 km) |
| WINDSOR MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.1 miles (8.2 km) |
| South Brunswick High School | public | — | — | 5.3 miles (8.4 km) |
| NOOR-UL-IMAN SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.3 miles (8.6 km) |
| Lawrenceville Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.4 miles (8.6 km) |
| THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.4 miles (8.7 km) |
| Dutch Neck Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.6 miles (9.1 km) |
| Hopewell Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.7 miles (9.1 km) |
| Ben Franklin Elementary | public | — | — | 6.1 miles (9.8 km) |
| SPLENDOR BILINGUAL MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 6.1 miles (9.8 km) |
| Stony Brook Elementary School | public | — | — | 6.1 miles (9.9 km) |
| Monmouth Junction Elementary School | public | — | — | 6.1 miles (9.9 km) |
| Constable Elementary School | public | — | — | 6.1 miles (9.9 km) |
| Village Elementary School | public | — | — | 6.4 miles (10.4 km) |
| Thomas R Grover Middle School | public | — | — | 6.5 miles (10.5 km) |
| University Heights Elementary School | public | — | — | 6.8 miles (10.9 km) |
| Cambridge Elementary School | public | — | — | 6.8 miles (10.9 km) |
| Mercer High School | public | — | — | 6.9 miles (11.1 km) |
| Joseph F. Cappello School | public | — | — | 6.9 miles (11.1 km) |
| Lawrence Intermediate School | public | — | — | 6.9 miles (11.1 km) |
| Regional Day School | public | — | — | 7.0 miles (11.2 km) |
| Mercer Elementary School | public | — | — | 7.0 miles (11.3 km) |
| Lawrence High School | public | — | — | 7.1 miles (11.4 km) |
| MCVS Assunpink Shared Time Center/Rubino | public | — | — | 7.2 miles (11.5 km) |
| Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy | public | — | — | 7.2 miles (11.5 km) |
| Toll Gate Grammar School | public | — | — | 7.2 miles (11.5 km) |
| DOVES RCH | public | — | — | 7.2 miles (11.6 km) |
| THE PENNINGTON SCHOOL | private | — | — | 7.3 miles (11.7 km) |
| MCVS Arthur R. Sypek Center | public | — | — | 7.3 miles (11.7 km) |
| Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy | public | — | — | 7.3 miles (11.7 km) |
| Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy | public | — | — | 7.3 miles (11.7 km) |
| Lawrence Middle School | public | — | — | 7.3 miles (11.7 km) |
| CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL | private | — | — | 7.3 miles (11.8 km) |
| PENNINGTON MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 7.4 miles (11.9 km) |
| Crossroads South Middle School | public | — | — | 7.4 miles (11.9 km) |
| ST ANN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 7.5 miles (12.0 km) |
| Melvin H. Kreps Middle School | public | — | — | 7.5 miles (12.1 km) |
| Eldridge Park School | public | — | — | 7.6 miles (12.2 km) |
| Crossroads North Middle School | public | — | — | 7.6 miles (12.3 km) |
| Morgan Elementary School | public | — | — | 7.7 miles (12.3 km) |
| MONTESSORI ACADEMY & LEARNING CENTER | private | — | — | 7.7 miles (12.4 km) |
| Greenbrook Elementary School | public | — | — | 7.8 miles (12.5 km) |
| Hopewell Valley Central High School | public | — | — | 7.8 miles (12.5 km) |
| William L Antheil Elementary School | public | — | — | 7.9 miles (12.7 km) |
| Timberlane Middle School | public | — | — | 8.0 miles (12.8 km) |
| Cranbury School | public | — | — | 8.0 miles (12.8 km) |
| Dayton Elementary School | public | — | — | 8.1 miles (13.0 km) |
| NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 8.1 miles (13.0 km) |
| ALL DAY LEARNING CENTERS | private | — | — | 8.1 miles (13.1 km) |
| Mercerville Elementary School | public | — | — | 8.1 miles (13.1 km) |
| OUR LADY OF SORROWS SCHOOL | private | — | — | 8.2 miles (13.1 km) |
| Slackwood Elementary School | public | — | — | 8.2 miles (13.2 km) |
| Robbinsville High School | public | — | — | 8.2 miles (13.2 km) |
| PAINTED OAK NATURE SCHOOL | private | — | — | 8.2 miles (13.3 km) |
| THE NEWGRANGE SCHOOL | private | — | — | 8.3 miles (13.3 km) |
| LAUREL SCHOOL OF PRINCETON | private | — | — | 8.3 miles (13.3 km) |
| LAUREL SCHOOL OF PRINCETON, THE | private | — | — | 8.3 miles (13.3 km) |
| Indian Fields Elementary School | public | — | — | 8.3 miles (13.3 km) |
| Pond Road Middle School | public | — | — | 8.3 miles (13.3 km) |
| Deans Elementary School | public | — | — | 8.4 miles (13.5 km) |
| Sayen Elementary School | public | — | — | 8.4 miles (13.5 km) |
| MONTESSORI PRESCHOOL ACADEMY | private | — | — | 8.4 miles (13.5 km) |
| Claremont Elementary School | public | — | — | 8.5 miles (13.6 km) |
| Brooks Crossing Elementary School | public | — | — | 8.6 miles (13.8 km) |
| Klockner Elementary School | public | — | — | 8.6 miles (13.8 km) |
| Woods Road Elementary School | public | — | — | 8.7 miles (14.0 km) |
Schools FAQ for ZIP 08542
What school district is ZIP code 08542 in?
ZIP 08542 (Princeton, NJ) maps to Princeton Public Schools (LEA ID 3413410) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.
How many schools are near ZIP code 08542?
US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 67 public and 33 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.
What share of students in 08542 attend private school?
About 0.8% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 08542 attend private school (ACS estimate).
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Schools & Education key statistics
| Education | |
|---|---|
| Bachelor's or higher | 69.7% |
| High school | 8.9% |
| Less than HS | 4.0% |
| School district | Princeton Public Schools |