Wilmington city, DE
ZIP 19809 — 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 19809
K-12 nearby
100
Public
75
Private
25
Avg enrollment
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ZIP 19809 (Wilmington, DE) is associated with Colonial School District (LEA 1000230) 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 (75 public, 25 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 4.1 miles.
ACS estimates show about 0.5% 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 Strayer University-Delaware about 2.7 miles away (4yr-private).
District & higher education
School district
Colonial School District
LEA ID
1000230
Private school share (ACS)
0.5%
Colleges & universities (100)
- Strayer University-Delaware2.7 miles (4.3 km)4yr-private
- Delaware College of Art and Design2.8 miles (4.5 km)2yr-private
- Salem Community College4.4 miles (7.1 km)2yr-public
- Wilmington University6.9 miles (11.2 km)4yr-private
- Neumann University8.7 miles (14.0 km)4yr-private
- Goldey-Beacom College10.1 miles (16.2 km)4yr-private
- Widener University10.6 miles (17.0 km)4yr-private
- Williamson College of the Trades11.2 miles (18.0 km)2yr-private
- Pennsylvania Institute of Technology12.0 miles (19.3 km)4yr-private
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine12.0 miles (19.3 km)4yr-public
- Cheyney University of Pennsylvania12.2 miles (19.6 km)4yr-public
- Swarthmore College12.8 miles (20.6 km)4yr-private
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- All-State Career School12.9 miles (20.8 km)2yr-private
- University of Delaware14.4 miles (23.2 km)4yr-public
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania14.5 miles (23.3 km)4yr-public
- Delaware County Community College15.5 miles (25.0 km)2yr-public
- Immaculata University19.0 miles (30.6 km)4yr-private
- Haverford College20.1 miles (32.4 km)4yr-private
- Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus20.2 miles (32.6 km)2yr-public
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley20.4 miles (32.8 km)4yr-public
- Rowan University20.6 miles (33.1 km)4yr-public
- Walnut Hill College20.7 miles (33.3 km)4yr-private
- Harcum College20.8 miles (33.5 km)2yr-private
- Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia20.9 miles (33.6 km)4yr-private
- Villanova University21.1 miles (33.9 km)4yr-private
- University of Pennsylvania21.1 miles (33.9 km)4yr-private
- Rosemont College21.1 miles (34.0 km)4yr-private
- Bryn Mawr College21.1 miles (34.0 km)4yr-private
- Eastern University21.4 miles (34.4 km)4yr-private
- Valley Forge Military College21.4 miles (34.4 km)2yr-private
- Drexel University21.4 miles (34.4 km)4yr-private
- Studio Incamminati21.5 miles (34.6 km)2yr-private
- Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia21.5 miles (34.6 km)4yr-private
- Jna Institute of Culinary Arts21.5 miles (34.6 km)2yr-private
- Cabrini University21.7 miles (34.9 km)4yr-private
- Academy of Vocal Arts21.8 miles (35.0 km)4yr-private
- Curtis Institute of Music21.9 miles (35.3 km)4yr-private
- University of the Arts22.0 miles (35.4 km)4yr-private
- Peirce College22.1 miles (35.5 km)4yr-private
- Automotive Training Center-Exton22.1 miles (35.5 km)2yr-private
- Moore College of Art and Design22.2 miles (35.8 km)4yr-private
- Thomas Jefferson University22.4 miles (36.1 km)4yr-private
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts22.5 miles (36.3 km)4yr-private
- Community College of Philadelphia22.7 miles (36.6 km)2yr-public
- Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine22.8 miles (36.7 km)4yr-private
- Lincoln University22.9 miles (36.8 km)4yr-public
- Missio Theological Seminary23.2 miles (37.4 km)4yr-private
- Pennco Tech-Blackwood23.6 miles (37.9 km)2yr-private
- Universal Technical Institute of Pennsylvania Inc23.7 miles (38.2 km)2yr-private
- Temple University23.9 miles (38.4 km)4yr-public
- Rutgers University-Camden24.0 miles (38.6 km)4yr-public
- Roxborough Memorial Hospital School of Nursing24.3 miles (39.1 km)2yr-private
- American College of Financial Services24.4 miles (39.3 km)4yr-private
- Camden County College24.6 miles (39.7 km)2yr-public
- University of Valley Forge25.0 miles (40.2 km)4yr-private
- Cecil College25.5 miles (41.0 km)2yr-public
- ASPIRA City College26.4 miles (42.5 km)2yr-private
- La Salle University26.7 miles (43.0 km)4yr-private
- Chestnut Hill College26.9 miles (43.3 km)4yr-private
- American Institute-Cherry Hill28.6 miles (46.1 km)2yr-private
- Gratz College28.9 miles (46.5 km)4yr-private
- Westminster Theological Seminary29.1 miles (46.9 km)4yr-private
- Theological Seminary of the Reformed Episcopal Church29.2 miles (46.9 km)4yr-private
- Arcadia University29.2 miles (47.0 km)4yr-private
- Reconstructionist Rabbinical College29.4 miles (47.4 km)4yr-private
- Salus University30.0 miles (48.3 km)4yr-private
- PITC Institute30.1 miles (48.5 km)2yr-private
- Ursinus College30.2 miles (48.5 km)4yr-private
- Manor College31.0 miles (49.8 km)4yr-private
- Montgomery County Community College31.2 miles (50.3 km)2yr-public
- Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus32.2 miles (51.8 km)2yr-public
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington32.3 miles (52.0 km)4yr-public
- Lincoln Technical Institute-Philadelphia33.4 miles (53.7 km)2yr-private
- Gwynedd Mercy University33.5 miles (53.8 km)4yr-private
- Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-Overbrook33.8 miles (54.4 km)4yr-private
- Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Philadelphia33.9 miles (54.6 km)2yr-private
- Lansdale School of Business34.2 miles (55.0 km)2yr-private
- Holy Family University34.4 miles (55.3 km)4yr-private
- Orleans Technical College34.7 miles (55.8 km)2yr-private
- Bryn Athyn College of the New Church34.9 miles (56.2 km)4yr-private
- Rowan College at Burlington County35.4 miles (57.0 km)2yr-public
- Won Institute of Graduate Studies37.9 miles (61.0 km)4yr-private
- Automotive Training Center-Warminster38.0 miles (61.2 km)2yr-private
- Delaware Technical Community College-Central Office38.6 miles (62.1 km)4yr-public
- Delaware Technical Community College-Terry38.8 miles (62.4 km)4yr-public
- Strayer University-Pennsylvania38.8 miles (62.5 km)4yr-private
- Delaware State University39.5 miles (63.5 km)4yr-public
- Pennco Tech-Bristol40.8 miles (65.7 km)2yr-private
- Delaware Valley University41.5 miles (66.8 km)4yr-private
- Cairn University-Langhorne42.1 miles (67.8 km)4yr-private
- Lancaster County Career and Technology Center43.5 miles (70.0 km)2yr-public
- Bucks County Community College43.7 miles (70.3 km)2yr-public
- Harford Community College43.8 miles (70.4 km)2yr-public
- Alvernia University44.6 miles (71.7 km)4yr-private
- Saint Joseph's University - Lancaster44.7 miles (72.0 km)4yr-private
- Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences45.9 miles (73.9 km)2yr-private
- Reading Area Community College46.0 miles (74.0 km)2yr-public
- Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology46.0 miles (74.1 km)2yr-public
- Albright College47.0 miles (75.6 km)4yr-private
- Pennsylvania College of Art and Design47.1 miles (75.8 km)4yr-private
K-12 schools within ~10 miles
Sorted table with type, grades, enrollment, and distance. Data from NCES CCD / EDGE extracts.
| Grades | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant Elementary School | public | — | — | 0.9 miles (1.5 km) |
| Mount Pleasant High School | public | — | — | 1.0 miles (1.7 km) |
| MARANATHA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | private | — | — | 1.2 miles (1.9 km) |
| East Side Charter School | public | — | — | 1.2 miles (2.0 km) |
| Harlan (David W. ) Elementary School | public | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.5 km) |
| URBAN PROMISE SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.7 km) |
| duPont (Pierre S.) Middle School | public | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.8 km) |
| Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School | public | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) |
| IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY | private | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) |
| URBAN PROMISE ACADEMY | private | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.3 km) |
| Carrcroft Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| SHARON TEMPLE ADVENTIST SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| Stubbs Early Education Center | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| Howard High School of Technology | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| Shortlidge (Evan G.) Academy | public | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.8 km) |
| Kuumba Academy Charter School | public | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.9 km) |
| Great Oaks Charter School | public | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.9 km) |
| Freire Charter School | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| First State Montessori Academy | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.1 km) |
| Warner Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.1 km) |
| Lombardy Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| DARUL AMAANAH ACADEMY | private | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| Maurice Pritchett SR. Academy | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| First State School | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| AUGUSTINE HILLS SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.4 km) |
| SERVIAM GIRLS ACADEMY | private | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) |
| Maple Lane Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.6 km) |
| ST PETER CATHEDRAL SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.8 km) |
| Field Street School | public | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.8 km) |
| Paul W Carleton | public | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.8 km) |
| URSULINE ACADEMY, LOWER | private | — | — | 3.1 miles (5.0 km) |
| Lewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.1 miles (5.0 km) |
| Penns Grove Middle School | public | — | — | 3.1 miles (5.0 km) |
| Brandywine High School | public | — | — | 3.1 miles (5.0 km) |
| ST EDMOND'S ACADEMY | private | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.2 km) |
| PADUA ACADEMY | private | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.4 km) |
| Forwood Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.4 km) |
| Lafayette - Pershing | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.4 km) |
| ST ANN SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.4 km) |
| Johnson (Joseph E. Jr) Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| ST ANTHONY OF PADUA GRADE SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.7 km) |
| ST MARY MAGDALEN SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.8 km) |
| Brandywine SITE | public | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.8 km) |
| WILMINGTON SUDBURY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.8 km) |
| Penns Grove High School | public | — | — | 3.7 miles (5.9 km) |
| Claymont Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.7 miles (6.0 km) |
| Springer Middle School | public | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.0 km) |
| NATIVITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL OF WILMINGTON | private | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.1 km) |
| The Bayard School | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.2 km) |
| Pulaski Early Education Center | public | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.4 km) |
| ST ELIZABETH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| BRANDYWINE VALLEY CHRISTIAN PRESCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.3 miles (7.0 km) |
| duPont (Alexis I.) Middle School | public | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.1 km) |
| Douglass School | public | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.1 km) |
| Lancashire Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.3 km) |
| Bush (Charles W.) Pre-School | public | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.3 km) |
| Hanby Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.3 km) |
| Calloway (Cab) School of the Arts | public | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.4 km) |
| Charter School of Wilmington | public | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.4 km) |
| ALBERT EINSTEIN ACADEMY | private | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.5 km) |
| CONCORD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | private | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.5 km) |
| Talley Middle School | public | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.7 km) |
| Delaware Military Academy | public | — | — | 5.1 miles (8.2 km) |
| THE PILOT SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.1 miles (8.2 km) |
| Oldmans Township School | public | — | — | 5.2 miles (8.3 km) |
| McCullough (Calvin R. ) Middle School | public | — | — | 5.2 miles (8.3 km) |
| Concord High School | public | — | — | 5.2 miles (8.3 km) |
| Odyssey Charter School | public | — | — | 5.2 miles (8.4 km) |
| Baltz (Austin D.) Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.3 miles (8.6 km) |
| Richardson Park Learning Center | public | — | — | 5.3 miles (8.6 km) |
| Richardson Park Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.3 miles (8.6 km) |
| duPont (Alexis I.) High School | public | — | — | 5.5 miles (8.8 km) |
| Boothwyn El Sch | public | — | — | 5.6 miles (9.0 km) |
| Eisenberg (Harry O.) Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.6 miles (9.0 km) |
| Leach (John G.) School | public | — | — | 5.8 miles (9.3 km) |
| The Colwyck Center | public | — | — | 5.8 miles (9.3 km) |
| Conrad Schools of Science | public | — | — | 5.9 miles (9.4 km) |
| Charter School of New Castle | public | — | — | 6.0 miles (9.6 km) |
| Bethel Springs El Sch | public | — | — | 6.1 miles (9.8 km) |
| THE TATNALL SCHOOL | private | — | — | 6.1 miles (9.8 km) |
| Linwood El Sch | public | — | — | 6.2 miles (9.9 km) |
| Marcus Hook El Sch | public | — | — | 6.2 miles (9.9 km) |
| Chichester MS | public | — | — | 6.2 miles (10.0 km) |
| Richey Elementary School | public | — | — | 6.3 miles (10.2 km) |
| Castle Hills Elementary School | public | — | — | 6.4 miles (10.2 km) |
| Chichester SHS | public | — | — | 6.5 miles (10.4 km) |
| Gateway Charter School | public | — | — | 6.7 miles (10.7 km) |
| Marbrook Elementary School | public | — | — | 6.7 miles (10.7 km) |
| Central Park Elementary School | public | — | — | 6.7 miles (10.7 km) |
| Wilmington Manor Elementary School | public | — | — | 6.7 miles (10.8 km) |
| Delcastle Technical High School | public | — | — | 7.0 miles (11.3 km) |
| Read (George) Middle School | public | — | — | 7.2 miles (11.6 km) |
| Hilltop El Sch | public | — | — | 7.3 miles (11.7 km) |
| New Castle Elementary School | public | — | — | 7.4 miles (12.0 km) |
| Mote (Anna P.) Elementary School | public | — | — | 7.5 miles (12.0 km) |
| Pennsville Memorial High School | public | — | — | 7.5 miles (12.1 km) |
| Garnet Valley HS | public | — | — | 7.5 miles (12.1 km) |
| HARVEST CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | private | — | — | 7.5 miles (12.1 km) |
| HARVEST CHRISTIAN ACADEMY NEW CASTLE | private | — | — | 7.5 miles (12.1 km) |
| Downie (Carrie) Elementary School | public | — | — | 7.5 miles (12.2 km) |
Schools FAQ for ZIP 19809
What school district is ZIP code 19809 in?
ZIP 19809 (Wilmington, DE) maps to Colonial School District (LEA ID 1000230) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.
How many schools are near ZIP code 19809?
US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 75 public and 25 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.
What share of students in 19809 attend private school?
About 0.5% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 19809 attend private school (ACS estimate).
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Schools & Education key statistics
| Education | |
|---|---|
| Bachelor's or higher | 44.9% |
| High school | 24.0% |
| Less than HS | 3.1% |
| School district | Colonial School District |