Rockville city, MD
ZIP 20851 — 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 20851
K-12 nearby
100
Public
61
Private
39
Avg enrollment
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ZIP 20851 (Rockville, MD) is associated with Montgomery County Public Schools (LEA 2400480) 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 (61 public, 39 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 3.1 miles.
ACS estimates show about 0.4% 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 Montgomery College about 2.4 miles away (2yr-public).
District & higher education
School district
Montgomery County Public Schools
LEA ID
2400480
Private school share (ACS)
0.4%
Colleges & universities (100)
- Montgomery College2.4 miles (3.9 km)2yr-public
- SANS Technology Institute2.7 miles (4.4 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva College of the Nations Capital5.5 miles (8.9 km)4yr-private
- Washington Adventist University9.1 miles (14.7 km)4yr-private
- Wesley Theological Seminary9.8 miles (15.8 km)4yr-private
- University of the District of Columbia9.8 miles (15.8 km)4yr-public
- American University10.0 miles (16.2 km)4yr-private
- University of Maryland-College Park11.4 miles (18.3 km)4yr-public
- Marymount University12.0 miles (19.3 km)4yr-private
- Georgetown University12.1 miles (19.4 km)4yr-private
- The Catholic University of America12.1 miles (19.4 km)4yr-private
- Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family12.1 miles (19.4 km)4yr-private
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- National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts12.1 miles (19.4 km)2yr-private
- Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies12.1 miles (19.5 km)4yr-private
- Howard University12.2 miles (19.6 km)4yr-private
- Trinity Washington University12.2 miles (19.7 km)4yr-private
- Columbia College12.4 miles (20.0 km)2yr-private
- Institute of World Politics12.5 miles (20.1 km)4yr-private
- NewU University12.6 miles (20.3 km)4yr-private
- Standard Healthcare Services-College of Nursing12.7 miles (20.4 km)2yr-private
- Chamberlain University-Virginia12.8 miles (20.6 km)4yr-private
- University of Management and Technology12.8 miles (20.6 km)4yr-private
- Virginia University of Integrative Medicine12.9 miles (20.8 km)4yr-private
- Strayer University-District of Columbia12.9 miles (20.8 km)4yr-private
- Strayer University-Global Region12.9 miles (20.8 km)4yr-private
- University of the Potomac-VA Campus12.9 miles (20.8 km)4yr-private
- Windsor University13.0 miles (20.9 km)4yr-private
- Career Technical Institute13.0 miles (20.9 km)2yr-private
- George Washington University13.0 miles (21.0 km)4yr-private
- Strayer University-Virginia13.1 miles (21.1 km)4yr-private
- The Chicago School at Washington DC13.2 miles (21.2 km)4yr-private
- University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus13.2 miles (21.3 km)4yr-private
- Gallaudet University13.7 miles (22.1 km)4yr-private
- Maryland University of Integrative Health13.9 miles (22.4 km)4yr-private
- Saint Michael College of Allied Health14.2 miles (22.9 km)2yr-private
- Capitol Technology University14.7 miles (23.7 km)4yr-private
- DeVry University-Virginia15.6 miles (25.0 km)4yr-private
- Arizona College of Nursing-Falls Church16.0 miles (25.7 km)4yr-private
- Howard Community College16.0 miles (25.8 km)2yr-public
- Fortis College-Landover16.4 miles (26.3 km)2yr-private
- Lincoln College of Technology-Columbia16.7 miles (26.8 km)2yr-private
- Northern Virginia Community College18.1 miles (29.1 km)2yr-public
- Divine Mercy University18.3 miles (29.4 km)4yr-private
- University of Maryland Global Campus18.7 miles (30.1 km)4yr-public
- Washington University of Science and Technology19.3 miles (31.0 km)4yr-private
- George Mason University19.8 miles (31.8 km)4yr-public
- Bowie State University19.9 miles (32.0 km)4yr-public
- Strayer University-Maryland20.6 miles (33.1 km)4yr-private
- Prince George's Community College20.7 miles (33.3 km)2yr-public
- Agora University22.4 miles (36.0 km)4yr-private
- University of Maryland-Baltimore County25.2 miles (40.5 km)4yr-public
- Hood College28.5 miles (45.8 km)4yr-private
- Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Manassas28.9 miles (46.4 km)2yr-private
- Ner Israel Rabbinical College29.1 miles (46.8 km)4yr-private
- Coppin State University29.5 miles (47.5 km)4yr-public
- Baltimore City Community College29.7 miles (47.8 km)2yr-public
- Women's Institute of Torah Seminary and College29.9 miles (48.1 km)4yr-private
- Frederick Community College30.3 miles (48.7 km)2yr-public
- University of Maryland, Baltimore30.3 miles (48.7 km)4yr-public
- Stevenson University30.3 miles (48.8 km)4yr-private
- Patrick Henry College30.8 miles (49.6 km)4yr-private
- University System of Maryland31.1 miles (50.1 km)4yr-public
- University System of Maryland-Research Centers31.1 miles (50.1 km)4yr-public
- Maryland Institute College of Art31.2 miles (50.1 km)4yr-private
- University of Baltimore31.3 miles (50.3 km)4yr-public
- Bais HaMedrash and Mesivta of Baltimore31.7 miles (51.0 km)4yr-private
- Johns Hopkins University31.9 miles (51.3 km)4yr-private
- Carroll Community College32.0 miles (51.6 km)2yr-public
- Loyola University Maryland32.5 miles (52.3 km)4yr-private
- Anne Arundel Community College32.8 miles (52.7 km)2yr-public
- Notre Dame of Maryland University32.8 miles (52.8 km)4yr-private
- Ascent College33.0 miles (53.0 km)4yr-private
- Morgan State University34.0 miles (54.8 km)4yr-public
- St. John's College34.5 miles (55.5 km)4yr-private
- Towson University34.9 miles (56.2 km)4yr-public
- United States Naval Academy35.0 miles (56.4 km)4yr-public
- McDaniel College35.5 miles (57.1 km)4yr-private
- Goucher College36.3 miles (58.4 km)4yr-private
- College of Southern Maryland36.4 miles (58.6 km)2yr-public
- Community College of Baltimore County39.1 miles (63.0 km)2yr-public
- Catholic International University42.0 miles (67.6 km)4yr-private
- American Public University System42.1 miles (67.7 km)4yr-private
- Mount St. Mary's University43.4 miles (69.9 km)4yr-private
- Shepherd University43.9 miles (70.7 km)4yr-public
- Hagerstown Community College48.0 miles (77.2 km)2yr-public
- International Beauty School 452.1 miles (83.9 km)2yr-private
- United Lutheran Seminary52.4 miles (84.3 km)4yr-private
- Gettysburg College52.7 miles (84.8 km)4yr-private
- Valley College-Martinsburg52.9 miles (85.2 km)4yr-private
- Martinsburg College52.9 miles (85.2 km)4yr-private
- Blue Ridge Community and Technical College53.1 miles (85.5 km)2yr-public
- Shenandoah University55.9 miles (89.9 km)4yr-private
- Harford Community College55.9 miles (89.9 km)2yr-public
- Chesapeake College56.4 miles (90.8 km)2yr-public
- University of Mary Washington57.0 miles (91.7 km)4yr-public
- Washington College57.2 miles (92.1 km)4yr-private
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto57.3 miles (92.2 km)4yr-public
- Germanna Community College60.2 miles (96.9 km)2yr-public
- Eastern Virginia Career College61.3 miles (98.7 km)2yr-private
- Laurel Ridge Community College61.5 miles (99.0 km)2yr-public
K-12 schools within ~10 miles
Sorted table with type, grades, enrollment, and distance. Data from NCES CCD / EDGE extracts.
| Grades | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow Hall Elementary | public | — | — | 0.5 miles (0.8 km) |
| Rockville High | public | — | — | 0.6 miles (0.9 km) |
| Twinbrook Elementary | public | — | — | 0.7 miles (1.2 km) |
| Rock Creek Valley Elementary | public | — | — | 1.1 miles (1.7 km) |
| Alternative Programs | public | — | — | 1.1 miles (1.8 km) |
| Carl Sandburg Center | public | — | — | 1.2 miles (1.9 km) |
| ST MARYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.2 miles (1.9 km) |
| SHEPPARD PRATT SCHOOL-ROCKVILLE (FORMERLY FROST SC | private | — | — | 1.2 miles (1.9 km) |
| Maryvale Elementary | public | — | — | 1.2 miles (1.9 km) |
| MELVIN J BERMAN HEBREW ACADEMY | private | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.0 km) |
| Earle B. Wood Middle | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.0 km) |
| Bayard Rustin Elementary | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.1 km) |
| Richard Montgomery High | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.2 km) |
| Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary | public | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.3 km) |
| Brookhaven Elementary | public | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.6 km) |
| ST JUDE REGIONAL CATHOLIC SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.6 km) |
| Parkland Middle | public | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.7 km) |
| CHRIST EPISCOPAL SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.7 km) |
| CHARLES E SMITH JEWISH DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) |
| ST ELIZABETH CATHOLIC SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) |
| Wheaton Woods Elementary | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| EXECUTIVE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER | private | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| THE DIENER SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| GREEN ACRES SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| Beall Elementary | public | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.6 km) |
| Julius West Middle | public | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.6 km) |
| PEP - Itinerant | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.6 km) |
| WHITE FLINT CHILDREN'S HOUSE | private | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| Luxmanor Elementary | public | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.8 km) |
| Flower Valley Elementary | public | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.9 km) |
| Harmony Hills Elementary | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| Farmland Elementary | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.1 km) |
| Sargent Shriver Elementary | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| Rock Terrace School | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| Tilden Middle | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| College Gardens Elementary | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.4 km) |
| MUSLIM COMMUNITY SCHOOL/ALIM ACADEMY | private | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.4 km) |
| MANOR MONTESSORI SCHOOL-ROCKVILLE | private | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) |
| GENEVA DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) |
| Northwood High | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.6 km) |
| NORBECK MONTESSORI CENTER | private | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.6 km) |
| Viers Mill Elementary | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.6 km) |
| A. Mario Loiederman Middle | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) |
| Fallsmead Elementary | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) |
| ST PATRICK'S SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) |
| ALEF BET MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC. | private | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.9 km) |
| Ritchie Park Elementary | public | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.9 km) |
| Strathmore Elementary | public | — | — | 3.1 miles (4.9 km) |
| Weller Road Elementary | public | — | — | 3.1 miles (5.0 km) |
| ST RAPHAEL SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.1 miles (5.0 km) |
| IVYMOUNT SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.1 miles (5.1 km) |
| THE MADDUX SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.1 miles (5.1 km) |
| Wheaton High | public | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.1 km) |
| THE WINCHESTER SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.1 km) |
| Thomas Edison High School of Technology | public | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.1 km) |
| Georgian Forest Elementary | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.2 km) |
| GEORGETOWN PREPARATORY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.3 km) |
| Thomas S. Wootton High | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.3 km) |
| HOLY CROSS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| PAX ACADEMY | private | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| Beverly Farms Elementary | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| Garrett Park Elementary | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| ACADEMY OF THE HOLY CROSS | private | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| Robert Frost Middle School | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.7 km) |
| Bel Pre Elementary | public | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.8 km) |
| Col. Zadok Magruder High | public | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.8 km) |
| AVALON SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.8 km) |
| Highland Elementary | public | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.9 km) |
| Rock View Elementary | public | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.9 km) |
| Winston Churchill High | public | — | — | 3.7 miles (5.9 km) |
| Walter Johnson High | public | — | — | 3.7 miles (6.0 km) |
| MC LEAN SCHOOL OF MARYLAND | private | — | — | 3.7 miles (6.0 km) |
| Candlewood Elementary | public | — | — | 3.7 miles (6.0 km) |
| ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.7 miles (6.0 km) |
| THE GODDARD SCHOOL @ GAITHER RD | private | — | — | 3.7 miles (6.0 km) |
| Cold Spring Elementary | public | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.2 km) |
| Herbert Hoover Middle | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.2 km) |
| WHOLE KIDS ACADEMY | private | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.2 km) |
| Newport Mill Middle | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.3 km) |
| Lakewood Elementary | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.3 km) |
| Argyle Middle | public | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.4 km) |
| BARRIE SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.4 km) |
| FERNWOOD MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.4 km) |
| Albert Einstein High | public | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.5 km) |
| LITTLE GENIUS MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.5 km) |
| WASHINGTON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | private | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.5 km) |
| Bells Mill Elementary | public | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| Ashburton Elementary | public | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| CROSSWAY COMMUNITY MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.7 km) |
| Sequoyah Elementary | public | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.7 km) |
| FEYNMAN SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.7 km) |
| Kensington Parkwood Elementary | public | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.8 km) |
| Cabin John Middle | public | — | — | 4.3 miles (6.9 km) |
| Redland Middle | public | — | — | 4.3 miles (6.9 km) |
| Cashell Elementary | public | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.2 km) |
| Glenallan Elementary | public | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.2 km) |
| MARCIA D SMITH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.2 km) |
| CHILDREN'S MANOR MONTESSORI SCHOOL & DAYCARE | private | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.3 km) |
| THE HARBOR SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.3 km) |
| John F. Kennedy High | public | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.3 km) |
Schools FAQ for ZIP 20851
What school district is ZIP code 20851 in?
ZIP 20851 (Rockville, MD) maps to Montgomery County Public Schools (LEA ID 2400480) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.
How many schools are near ZIP code 20851?
US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 61 public and 39 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.
What share of students in 20851 attend private school?
About 0.4% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 20851 attend private school (ACS estimate).
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Schools & Education key statistics
| Education | |
|---|---|
| Bachelor's or higher | 41.4% |
| High school | 23.3% |
| Less than HS | 15.4% |
| School district | Montgomery County Public Schools |