Potomac CDP, MD
ZIP 20854 — 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 20854
K-12 nearby
100
Public
53
Private
47
Avg enrollment
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ZIP 20854 (Potomac, 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 (53 public, 47 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 4.9 miles.
ACS estimates show about 0.9% 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 5.6 miles away (2yr-public).
District & higher education
School district
Montgomery County Public Schools
LEA ID
2400480
Private school share (ACS)
0.9%
Colleges & universities (100)
- Montgomery College5.6 miles (9.0 km)2yr-public
- SANS Technology Institute5.9 miles (9.5 km)4yr-private
- Columbia College7.4 miles (11.9 km)2yr-private
- Chamberlain University-Virginia8.4 miles (13.6 km)4yr-private
- Virginia University of Integrative Medicine8.5 miles (13.6 km)4yr-private
- Standard Healthcare Services-College of Nursing8.7 miles (14.0 km)2yr-private
- University of the Potomac-VA Campus8.7 miles (14.0 km)4yr-private
- Wesley Theological Seminary9.5 miles (15.3 km)4yr-private
- American University9.7 miles (15.7 km)4yr-private
- Marymount University10.1 miles (16.2 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva College of the Nations Capital10.2 miles (16.5 km)4yr-private
- University of the District of Columbia10.3 miles (16.6 km)4yr-public
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- Georgetown University11.7 miles (18.8 km)4yr-private
- Arizona College of Nursing-Falls Church11.9 miles (19.2 km)4yr-private
- National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts11.9 miles (19.2 km)2yr-private
- Divine Mercy University12.2 miles (19.6 km)4yr-private
- Strayer University-Virginia12.2 miles (19.7 km)4yr-private
- Washington Adventist University12.3 miles (19.7 km)4yr-private
- University of Management and Technology12.3 miles (19.8 km)4yr-private
- Institute of World Politics13.0 miles (21.0 km)4yr-private
- NewU University13.1 miles (21.0 km)4yr-private
- George Washington University13.1 miles (21.1 km)4yr-private
- Howard University13.3 miles (21.3 km)4yr-private
- Windsor University13.3 miles (21.3 km)4yr-private
- Strayer University-District of Columbia13.4 miles (21.5 km)4yr-private
- Strayer University-Global Region13.4 miles (21.5 km)4yr-private
- Career Technical Institute13.5 miles (21.7 km)2yr-private
- The Chicago School at Washington DC13.6 miles (21.8 km)4yr-private
- University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus13.6 miles (21.9 km)4yr-private
- Trinity Washington University13.7 miles (22.1 km)4yr-private
- Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family13.8 miles (22.2 km)4yr-private
- The Catholic University of America13.8 miles (22.2 km)4yr-private
- Northern Virginia Community College13.8 miles (22.2 km)2yr-public
- Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies13.8 miles (22.2 km)4yr-private
- George Mason University14.6 miles (23.5 km)4yr-public
- Gallaudet University15.0 miles (24.1 km)4yr-private
- DeVry University-Virginia15.0 miles (24.2 km)4yr-private
- University of Maryland-College Park15.1 miles (24.4 km)4yr-public
- Saint Michael College of Allied Health15.6 miles (25.2 km)2yr-private
- Washington University of Science and Technology17.6 miles (28.3 km)4yr-private
- Agora University18.0 miles (28.9 km)4yr-private
- Fortis College-Landover19.9 miles (32.0 km)2yr-private
- Capitol Technology University19.9 miles (32.0 km)4yr-private
- Maryland University of Integrative Health20.1 miles (32.3 km)4yr-private
- Strayer University-Maryland21.6 miles (34.7 km)4yr-private
- University of Maryland Global Campus21.7 miles (34.9 km)4yr-public
- Howard Community College22.2 miles (35.8 km)2yr-public
- Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Manassas22.8 miles (36.7 km)2yr-private
- Lincoln College of Technology-Columbia22.8 miles (36.7 km)2yr-private
- Prince George's Community College23.5 miles (37.8 km)2yr-public
- Bowie State University24.8 miles (39.9 km)4yr-public
- Patrick Henry College26.3 miles (42.2 km)4yr-private
- Ascent College26.8 miles (43.1 km)4yr-private
- Hood College28.8 miles (46.4 km)4yr-private
- Frederick Community College30.8 miles (49.6 km)2yr-public
- University of Maryland-Baltimore County31.4 miles (50.5 km)4yr-public
- College of Southern Maryland34.7 miles (55.8 km)2yr-public
- Ner Israel Rabbinical College35.0 miles (56.4 km)4yr-private
- Coppin State University35.7 miles (57.5 km)4yr-public
- Baltimore City Community College35.9 miles (57.7 km)2yr-public
- Women's Institute of Torah Seminary and College36.0 miles (57.9 km)4yr-private
- Stevenson University36.1 miles (58.2 km)4yr-private
- University of Maryland, Baltimore36.5 miles (58.7 km)4yr-public
- Carroll Community College36.6 miles (58.9 km)2yr-public
- University System of Maryland37.3 miles (60.1 km)4yr-public
- University System of Maryland-Research Centers37.3 miles (60.1 km)4yr-public
- Maryland Institute College of Art37.4 miles (60.1 km)4yr-private
- University of Baltimore37.5 miles (60.3 km)4yr-public
- Bais HaMedrash and Mesivta of Baltimore37.8 miles (60.8 km)4yr-private
- Anne Arundel Community College38.0 miles (61.2 km)2yr-public
- Johns Hopkins University38.1 miles (61.3 km)4yr-private
- Catholic International University38.5 miles (61.9 km)4yr-private
- American Public University System38.5 miles (62.0 km)4yr-private
- Loyola University Maryland38.7 miles (62.3 km)4yr-private
- Notre Dame of Maryland University39.0 miles (62.7 km)4yr-private
- St. John's College39.3 miles (63.3 km)4yr-private
- United States Naval Academy39.9 miles (64.1 km)4yr-public
- McDaniel College39.9 miles (64.1 km)4yr-private
- Morgan State University40.3 miles (64.8 km)4yr-public
- Towson University41.1 miles (66.1 km)4yr-public
- Shepherd University41.7 miles (67.1 km)4yr-public
- Goucher College42.5 miles (68.3 km)4yr-private
- Community College of Baltimore County45.3 miles (72.9 km)2yr-public
- Mount St. Mary's University45.4 miles (73.0 km)4yr-private
- Hagerstown Community College47.7 miles (76.8 km)2yr-public
- International Beauty School 449.4 miles (79.6 km)2yr-private
- Blue Ridge Community and Technical College50.2 miles (80.8 km)2yr-public
- Valley College-Martinsburg50.5 miles (81.2 km)4yr-private
- Martinsburg College50.5 miles (81.2 km)4yr-private
- Shenandoah University51.1 miles (82.2 km)4yr-private
- University of Mary Washington52.3 miles (84.2 km)4yr-public
- Germanna Community College54.5 miles (87.7 km)2yr-public
- United Lutheran Seminary55.2 miles (88.9 km)4yr-private
- Gettysburg College55.5 miles (89.4 km)4yr-private
- Laurel Ridge Community College56.2 miles (90.4 km)2yr-public
- Eastern Virginia Career College56.7 miles (91.2 km)2yr-private
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto58.5 miles (94.1 km)4yr-public
- Chesapeake College61.3 miles (98.7 km)2yr-public
- Harford Community College62.0 miles (99.8 km)2yr-public
- Washington College63.0 miles (101.5 km)4yr-private
K-12 schools within ~10 miles
Sorted table with type, grades, enrollment, and distance. Data from NCES CCD / EDGE extracts.
| Grades | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potomac Elementary | public | — | — | 0.9 miles (1.4 km) |
| POTOMAC GLEN DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 0.9 miles (1.4 km) |
| BULLIS SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.2 miles (1.9 km) |
| GEORGETOWN HILL POTOMAC VILLAGE | private | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.1 km) |
| Wayside Elementary | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.1 km) |
| THE HARBOR SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.7 km) |
| THE MANOR MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) |
| FEYNMAN SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.3 km) |
| Herbert Hoover Middle | public | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.9 km) |
| Cold Spring Elementary | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.1 km) |
| Cabin John Middle | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| Winston Churchill High | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.3 km) |
| Beverly Farms Elementary | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.4 km) |
| Bells Mill Elementary | public | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) |
| GERMAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL WASHINGTON DC | private | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) |
| CONNELLY SCHOOL OF THE HOLY CHILD | private | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.6 km) |
| MC LEAN SCHOOL OF MARYLAND | private | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) |
| OUR LADY OF MERCY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.8 km) |
| ST RAPHAEL SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.1 km) |
| NORWOOD SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.1 km) |
| Ritchie Park Elementary | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.2 km) |
| IVYMOUNT SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.3 km) |
| THE MADDUX SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.3 km) |
| MUSLIM COMMUNITY SCHOOL/ALIM ACADEMY | private | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| Seven Locks Elementary | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| GENEVA DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| Robert Frost Middle School | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| Thomas S. Wootton High | public | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.9 km) |
| PRIMARY MONTESSORI DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.7 miles (6.0 km) |
| Travilah Elementary | public | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.0 km) |
| Fallsmead Elementary | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.3 km) |
| Lakewood Elementary | public | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.5 km) |
| Stone Mill Elementary | public | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| Farmland Elementary | public | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.7 km) |
| LITTLE GENIUS MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.3 miles (6.9 km) |
| Carderock Springs Elementary | public | — | — | 4.3 miles (6.9 km) |
| THE MADEIRA SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.3 miles (7.0 km) |
| Julius West Middle | public | — | — | 4.3 miles (7.0 km) |
| CHILDREN'S MANOR MONTESSORI SCHOOL & DAYCARE | private | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.0 km) |
| MINAS SCHOOL OF GREAT FALLS | private | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.1 km) |
| Great Falls Elementary | public | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.1 km) |
| THE KATHERINE THOMAS SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.5 km) |
| FRANKLIN MONTESSORI SCHOOLS | private | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.6 km) |
| THE WOODS ACADEMY | private | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.6 km) |
| ST ELIZABETH CATHOLIC SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.7 km) |
| DuFief Elementary | public | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.8 km) |
| Tilden Middle | public | — | — | 4.9 miles (7.8 km) |
| Bayard Rustin Elementary | public | — | — | 4.9 miles (7.8 km) |
| Rock Terrace School | public | — | — | 4.9 miles (7.8 km) |
| Walter Johnson High | public | — | — | 4.9 miles (7.9 km) |
| Beall Elementary | public | — | — | 4.9 miles (8.0 km) |
| John L Gildner Regional Inst for Children & Adol | public | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.0 km) |
| GREEN ACRES SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.0 km) |
| THE DIENER SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.0 km) |
| ALEF BET MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC. | private | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.0 km) |
| CHRIST EPISCOPAL SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.0 km) |
| Ashburton Elementary | public | — | — | 5.1 miles (8.2 km) |
| Luxmanor Elementary | public | — | — | 5.1 miles (8.2 km) |
| Burning Tree Elementary | public | — | — | 5.1 miles (8.2 km) |
| Richard Montgomery High | public | — | — | 5.1 miles (8.2 km) |
| Wyngate Elementary | public | — | — | 5.2 miles (8.4 km) |
| WHOLE KIDS ACADEMY | private | — | — | 5.2 miles (8.4 km) |
| CHARLES E SMITH JEWISH DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.2 miles (8.4 km) |
| MANOR MONTESSORI SCHOOL-ROCKVILLE | private | — | — | 5.3 miles (8.4 km) |
| FERNWOOD MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.3 miles (8.5 km) |
| Northwood High | public | — | — | 5.3 miles (8.5 km) |
| ST MARYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.3 miles (8.6 km) |
| EXECUTIVE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER | private | — | — | 5.4 miles (8.7 km) |
| Jones Lane Elementary | public | — | — | 5.4 miles (8.8 km) |
| ST BARTHOLOMEWS SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.5 miles (8.8 km) |
| PEP - Itinerant | public | — | — | 5.5 miles (8.8 km) |
| North Bethesda Middle | public | — | — | 5.5 miles (8.9 km) |
| Thomas W. Pyle Middle | public | — | — | 5.7 miles (9.2 km) |
| College Gardens Elementary | public | — | — | 5.7 miles (9.2 km) |
| Lakelands Park Middle | public | — | — | 5.8 miles (9.3 km) |
| Cooper Middle | public | — | — | 5.8 miles (9.3 km) |
| ST JANE DE CHANTAL SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.8 miles (9.3 km) |
| ST LUKE CATHOLIC SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.9 miles (9.5 km) |
| SHAARE TORAH KINDERGARTEN | private | — | — | 5.9 miles (9.5 km) |
| SIENA ACADEMY | private | — | — | 5.9 miles (9.5 km) |
| Darnestown Elementary | public | — | — | 5.9 miles (9.5 km) |
| Fields Road Elementary | public | — | — | 5.9 miles (9.6 km) |
| Twinbrook Elementary | public | — | — | 6.0 miles (9.6 km) |
| BETHESDA COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 6.0 miles (9.6 km) |
| Bradley Hills Elementary | public | — | — | 6.0 miles (9.6 km) |
| BETHESDA COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 6.0 miles (9.6 km) |
| Rachel Carson Elementary | public | — | — | 6.0 miles (9.6 km) |
| GEORGETOWN PREPARATORY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 6.0 miles (9.6 km) |
| THE GODDARD SCHOOL @ GAITHER RD | private | — | — | 6.0 miles (9.7 km) |
| Bannockburn Elementary | public | — | — | 6.0 miles (9.7 km) |
| Quince Orchard High | public | — | — | 6.0 miles (9.7 km) |
| Carl Sandburg Center | public | — | — | 6.1 miles (9.8 km) |
| Maryvale Elementary | public | — | — | 6.1 miles (9.8 km) |
| Walt Whitman High | public | — | — | 6.1 miles (9.8 km) |
| Churchill Road Elementary | public | — | — | 6.2 miles (10.0 km) |
| MARCIA D SMITH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 6.3 miles (10.2 km) |
| AMBLESIDE SCHOOL | private | — | — | 6.4 miles (10.3 km) |
| Forestville Elementary | public | — | — | 6.4 miles (10.3 km) |
| Colvin Run Elementary | public | — | — | 6.4 miles (10.3 km) |
Schools FAQ for ZIP 20854
What school district is ZIP code 20854 in?
ZIP 20854 (Potomac, 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 20854?
US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 53 public and 47 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.
What share of students in 20854 attend private school?
About 0.9% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 20854 attend private school (ACS estimate).
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Schools & Education key statistics
| Education | |
|---|---|
| Bachelor's or higher | 85.7% |
| High school | 3.5% |
| Less than HS | 3.4% |
| School district | Montgomery County Public Schools |