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ZIP 19121 — 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 19121
K-12 nearby
100
Public
77
Private
23
Avg enrollment
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ZIP 19121 (Philadelphia, PA) is associated with Philadelphia City School District (LEA 4218990) 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 (77 public, 23 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 1.7 miles.
ACS estimates show about 0.2% 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 Temple University about 1.2 miles away (4yr-public).
District & higher education
School district
Philadelphia City School District
LEA ID
4218990
Private school share (ACS)
0.2%
Colleges & universities (100)
- Temple University1.2 miles (1.9 km)4yr-public
- Community College of Philadelphia1.5 miles (2.5 km)2yr-public
- Moore College of Art and Design1.8 miles (2.8 km)4yr-private
- Drexel University1.9 miles (3.1 km)4yr-private
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts2.0 miles (3.2 km)4yr-private
- Missio Theological Seminary2.2 miles (3.6 km)4yr-private
- University of Pennsylvania2.3 miles (3.7 km)4yr-private
- Peirce College2.3 miles (3.7 km)4yr-private
- Curtis Institute of Music2.3 miles (3.7 km)4yr-private
- Academy of Vocal Arts2.4 miles (3.8 km)4yr-private
- Walnut Hill College2.4 miles (3.8 km)4yr-private
- Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine2.5 miles (4.1 km)4yr-private
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- University of the Arts2.6 miles (4.2 km)4yr-private
- Thomas Jefferson University2.6 miles (4.2 km)4yr-private
- Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia3.3 miles (5.2 km)4yr-private
- Jna Institute of Culinary Arts3.3 miles (5.3 km)2yr-private
- ASPIRA City College3.4 miles (5.5 km)2yr-private
- Roxborough Memorial Hospital School of Nursing3.6 miles (5.8 km)2yr-private
- Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia3.7 miles (5.9 km)4yr-private
- Rutgers University-Camden3.8 miles (6.1 km)4yr-public
- Studio Incamminati4.0 miles (6.5 km)2yr-private
- La Salle University4.1 miles (6.6 km)4yr-private
- Gratz College6.4 miles (10.2 km)4yr-private
- Haverford College6.9 miles (11.1 km)4yr-private
- Reconstructionist Rabbinical College7.5 miles (12.0 km)4yr-private
- Salus University7.6 miles (12.3 km)4yr-private
- Arcadia University7.7 miles (12.4 km)4yr-private
- Chestnut Hill College7.7 miles (12.4 km)4yr-private
- Harcum College7.7 miles (12.4 km)2yr-private
- Bryn Mawr College7.8 miles (12.5 km)4yr-private
- Westminster Theological Seminary8.0 miles (12.9 km)4yr-private
- PITC Institute8.2 miles (13.2 km)2yr-private
- Manor College8.3 miles (13.3 km)4yr-private
- Theological Seminary of the Reformed Episcopal Church8.3 miles (13.4 km)4yr-private
- Rosemont College8.7 miles (14.0 km)4yr-private
- American Institute-Cherry Hill9.2 miles (14.7 km)2yr-private
- Villanova University9.3 miles (15.0 km)4yr-private
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington10.0 miles (16.1 km)4yr-public
- All-State Career School10.4 miles (16.7 km)2yr-private
- Lincoln Technical Institute-Philadelphia10.6 miles (17.0 km)2yr-private
- Swarthmore College10.7 miles (17.2 km)4yr-private
- Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Philadelphia10.9 miles (17.6 km)2yr-private
- Eastern University11.2 miles (18.0 km)4yr-private
- Delaware County Community College11.4 miles (18.3 km)2yr-public
- Holy Family University11.6 miles (18.6 km)4yr-private
- Cabrini University11.6 miles (18.6 km)4yr-private
- Orleans Technical College11.6 miles (18.7 km)2yr-private
- Valley Forge Military College11.8 miles (19.0 km)2yr-private
- Pennsylvania Institute of Technology12.2 miles (19.7 km)4yr-private
- Bryn Athyn College of the New Church12.3 miles (19.7 km)4yr-private
- Widener University12.5 miles (20.1 km)4yr-private
- Pennco Tech-Blackwood13.5 miles (21.8 km)2yr-private
- Williamson College of the Trades13.8 miles (22.3 km)2yr-private
- American College of Financial Services14.1 miles (22.7 km)4yr-private
- Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus14.2 miles (22.9 km)2yr-public
- Montgomery County Community College14.3 miles (23.1 km)2yr-public
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine14.8 miles (23.9 km)4yr-public
- Rowan College at Burlington County15.1 miles (24.3 km)2yr-public
- Gwynedd Mercy University15.2 miles (24.5 km)4yr-private
- Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-Overbrook15.4 miles (24.8 km)4yr-private
- Camden County College15.5 miles (25.0 km)2yr-public
- Neumann University15.7 miles (25.2 km)4yr-private
- Strayer University-Pennsylvania15.8 miles (25.4 km)4yr-private
- Won Institute of Graduate Studies16.0 miles (25.8 km)4yr-private
- Automotive Training Center-Warminster16.1 miles (25.9 km)2yr-private
- Lansdale School of Business17.6 miles (28.3 km)2yr-private
- Pennco Tech-Bristol18.2 miles (29.2 km)2yr-private
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley18.8 miles (30.3 km)4yr-public
- Cheyney University of Pennsylvania18.9 miles (30.4 km)4yr-public
- Cairn University-Langhorne19.1 miles (30.7 km)4yr-private
- Rowan University19.1 miles (30.8 km)4yr-public
- Ursinus College20.7 miles (33.3 km)4yr-private
- Immaculata University21.0 miles (33.7 km)4yr-private
- Bucks County Community College21.0 miles (33.9 km)2yr-public
- University of Valley Forge21.6 miles (34.8 km)4yr-private
- Delaware Valley University21.9 miles (35.3 km)4yr-private
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania22.3 miles (35.9 km)4yr-public
- Salem Community College24.9 miles (40.1 km)2yr-public
- Automotive Training Center-Exton25.1 miles (40.4 km)2yr-private
- Strayer University-Delaware25.6 miles (41.2 km)4yr-private
- Delaware College of Art and Design25.7 miles (41.4 km)2yr-private
- Thomas Edison State University27.3 miles (43.9 km)4yr-public
- Universal Technical Institute of Pennsylvania Inc27.5 miles (44.2 km)2yr-private
- Capital Health School of Radiologic Technology28.2 miles (45.4 km)2yr-private
- Capital Health School of Nursing28.2 miles (45.4 km)2yr-private
- The College of New Jersey29.0 miles (46.6 km)4yr-public
- Wilmington University29.9 miles (48.2 km)4yr-private
- Rider University31.1 miles (50.0 km)4yr-private
- Goldey-Beacom College31.8 miles (51.1 km)4yr-private
- Mercer County Community College33.7 miles (54.2 km)2yr-public
- University of Delaware36.9 miles (59.4 km)4yr-public
- Princeton Theological Seminary36.9 miles (59.4 km)4yr-private
- Princeton University37.4 miles (60.1 km)4yr-private
- Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus38.0 miles (61.1 km)2yr-public
- DeSales University39.9 miles (64.1 km)4yr-private
- Lincoln University41.4 miles (66.6 km)4yr-public
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley41.6 miles (66.9 km)4yr-public
- Lehigh University44.5 miles (71.5 km)4yr-private
- Atlantic Cape Community College44.6 miles (71.9 km)2yr-public
- Cedar Crest College45.4 miles (73.1 km)4yr-private
K-12 schools within ~10 miles
Sorted table with type, grades, enrollment, and distance. Data from NCES CCD / EDGE extracts.
| Grades | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelley William D Sch | public | — | — | 0.1 miles (0.2 km) |
| Gideon Edward Sch | public | — | — | 0.2 miles (0.3 km) |
| Blaine James G Sch | public | — | — | 0.3 miles (0.5 km) |
| COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL | private | — | — | 0.3 miles (0.5 km) |
| Dick William Sch | public | — | — | 0.4 miles (0.7 km) |
| Morris Robert Sch | public | — | — | 0.5 miles (0.7 km) |
| Vaux HS: A Big Picture School | public | — | — | 0.5 miles (0.8 km) |
| Frederick Douglass Mastery CS | public | — | — | 0.5 miles (0.9 km) |
| Wright Richard R Sch | public | — | — | 0.6 miles (0.9 km) |
| Strawberry Mansion HS | public | — | — | 0.6 miles (1.0 km) |
| GIRARD COLLEGE | private | — | — | 0.7 miles (1.2 km) |
| CITY SCHOOL AT FAIRMOUNT | private | — | — | 0.7 miles (1.2 km) |
| Meade Gen George C Sch | public | — | — | 0.8 miles (1.3 km) |
| Alliance for Progress CS | public | — | — | 0.8 miles (1.3 km) |
| Bache-Martin Sch | public | — | — | 0.9 miles (1.4 km) |
| HS of Engineering & Science | public | — | — | 0.9 miles (1.5 km) |
| GESU SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.0 miles (1.5 km) |
| ST JOSEPH'S PREPARATORY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.0 miles (1.6 km) |
| ST MARTIN DE PORRES SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.1 miles (1.7 km) |
| ST FRANCIS XAVIER SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.1 miles (1.7 km) |
| Allen Dr Ethel Sch | public | — | — | 1.1 miles (1.8 km) |
| Duckrey Tanner Sch | public | — | — | 1.1 miles (1.8 km) |
| Dobbins Area Vocational-Technical High School | public | — | — | 1.1 miles (1.8 km) |
| Peirce Thomas M Sch | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.1 km) |
| TECH Freire CS | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.1 km) |
| KIPP Philadelphia CS | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.1 km) |
| KIPP North Philadelphia CS | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.1 km) |
| Waring Laura W Sch | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.1 km) |
| Philadelphia Military Academy at Elverson | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.1 km) |
| YouthBuild Phila CS | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.1 km) |
| Dunbar Paul L Sch | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.2 km) |
| McMichael Morton Sch | public | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.2 km) |
| School of the Future | public | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.2 km) |
| People for People CS | public | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.2 km) |
| OUR HOUSE MONTESSORI | private | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.3 km) |
| PRODIGY LEARNING CENTER | private | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.3 km) |
| CLEMENTINE MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.3 km) |
| Franklin LC | public | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.3 km) |
| Rhodes E Washington Sch | public | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.3 km) |
| Masterman Julia R Sec Sch | public | — | — | 1.5 miles (2.3 km) |
| Science Leadership Academy | public | — | — | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) |
| ST JAMES SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.5 km) |
| Franklin Benjamin HS | public | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.5 km) |
| ST MALACHY | private | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.5 km) |
| MERCY CAREER & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.6 km) |
| Spring Garden Sch | public | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.7 km) |
| Parkway Center City Middle College | public | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.7 km) |
| The SD of Philadelphia Virtual Academy | public | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.7 km) |
| Belmont CS | public | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.7 km) |
| Math Civics and Sciences CS | public | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.8 km) |
| HOPE PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATION | private | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.8 km) |
| SMART CENTER ACADEMY | private | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.8 km) |
| The U School: Innovative Lab | public | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.8 km) |
| Mastery CS-Clymer Elementary | public | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) |
| CRISTO REY PHILADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) |
| Inquiry CS | public | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) |
| GREENE TOWNE MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) |
| Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS | public | — | — | 1.8 miles (3.0 km) |
| Russell Byers CS | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| Powel Samuel Sch | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| Science Leadership Academy MS | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| Discovery CS | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| Randolph A. Philip Area Vocational-Technical High School | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| Hartranft John F Sch | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| Ludlow James R Sch | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| Philadelphia Learning Academy - West | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| Young Scholars CS | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) |
| LITTLE CITY MONTESSORI | private | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.2 km) |
| Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures CS | public | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.2 km) |
| Blankenburg Rudolph Sch | public | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.3 km) |
| McKinley William Sch | public | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.3 km) |
| Global Leadership Academy CS | public | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.3 km) |
| ST PETER THE APOSTLE SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.3 km) |
| QUBA INSTITUTE OF ARABIC AND ISLAMIC STUDIES | private | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.3 km) |
| Washington Martha Sch | public | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.3 km) |
| Greenfield Albert M Sch | public | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.3 km) |
| Freire CS | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.3 km) |
| Kearny Gen Philip Sch | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.3 km) |
| Kenderton El Sch | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.3 km) |
| Philadelphia Hebrew Public CS | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| Welsh John Sch | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| Bodine William W HS | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| Bethune Mary McLeod Sch | public | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.6 km) |
| Locke Alain Sch | public | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.6 km) |
| KIPP West Philadelphia CS | public | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.6 km) |
| KIPP DuBois CS | public | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.6 km) |
| Robeson HS for Human Services | public | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.6 km) |
| Laboratory CS | public | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.6 km) |
| DeBurgos Bilingual Magnet MS | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.6 km) |
| Mifflin Thomas Sch | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| Parkway West | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| Middle Years Alternative | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| Mastery CS-Cleveland Elementary | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| Potter-Thomas Sch | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| Moffet John Sch | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.8 km) |
| QUADRAT ACADEMY | private | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.8 km) |
| Wissahickon CS | public | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.8 km) |
| Rhoads James Sch | public | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.8 km) |
| THE MILL CREEK SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.9 km) |
| THE PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.9 km) |
Schools FAQ for ZIP 19121
What school district is ZIP code 19121 in?
ZIP 19121 (Philadelphia, PA) maps to Philadelphia City School District (LEA ID 4218990) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.
How many schools are near ZIP code 19121?
US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 77 public and 23 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.
What share of students in 19121 attend private school?
About 0.2% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 19121 attend private school (ACS estimate).
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Schools & Education key statistics
| Education | |
|---|---|
| Bachelor's or higher | 24.7% |
| High school | 34.6% |
| Less than HS | 16.0% |
| School district | Philadelphia City School District |