Ashton-Sandy Spring CDP, MD
ZIP 20860 — 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 20860
K-12 nearby
100
Public
65
Private
35
Avg enrollment
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ZIP 20860 (Ashton-Sandy Spring, 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 (65 public, 35 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 5.7 miles.
ACS estimates show about 0.0% 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 Yeshiva College of the Nations Capital about 6.9 miles away (4yr-private).
District & higher education
School district
Montgomery County Public Schools
LEA ID
2400480
Private school share (ACS)
0.0%
Colleges & universities (100)
- Yeshiva College of the Nations Capital6.9 miles (11.1 km)4yr-private
- Maryland University of Integrative Health7.5 miles (12.1 km)4yr-private
- Montgomery College7.8 miles (12.5 km)2yr-public
- SANS Technology Institute8.4 miles (13.5 km)4yr-private
- Howard Community College9.3 miles (15.0 km)2yr-public
- Lincoln College of Technology-Columbia10.4 miles (16.7 km)2yr-private
- Washington Adventist University10.9 miles (17.5 km)4yr-private
- Capitol Technology University11.5 miles (18.5 km)4yr-private
- University of Maryland-College Park11.5 miles (18.5 km)4yr-public
- University of the District of Columbia13.9 miles (22.4 km)4yr-public
- Wesley Theological Seminary14.4 miles (23.2 km)4yr-private
- The Catholic University of America14.5 miles (23.3 km)4yr-private
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- Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family14.5 miles (23.4 km)4yr-private
- Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies14.6 miles (23.5 km)4yr-private
- American University14.7 miles (23.6 km)4yr-private
- Trinity Washington University14.9 miles (24.0 km)4yr-private
- Howard University15.2 miles (24.5 km)4yr-private
- Fortis College-Landover15.8 miles (25.4 km)2yr-private
- Institute of World Politics16.0 miles (25.8 km)4yr-private
- NewU University16.1 miles (25.9 km)4yr-private
- National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts16.2 miles (26.1 km)2yr-private
- Gallaudet University16.3 miles (26.3 km)4yr-private
- Georgetown University16.3 miles (26.3 km)4yr-private
- Strayer University-District of Columbia16.4 miles (26.4 km)4yr-private
- Strayer University-Global Region16.4 miles (26.4 km)4yr-private
- Career Technical Institute16.5 miles (26.5 km)2yr-private
- Saint Michael College of Allied Health16.6 miles (26.7 km)2yr-private
- Bowie State University16.6 miles (26.8 km)4yr-public
- The Chicago School at Washington DC16.6 miles (26.8 km)4yr-private
- Windsor University16.6 miles (26.8 km)4yr-private
- University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus16.7 miles (26.9 km)4yr-private
- George Washington University16.8 miles (27.1 km)4yr-private
- University of Management and Technology17.1 miles (27.5 km)4yr-private
- Marymount University17.3 miles (27.8 km)4yr-private
- Strayer University-Virginia17.7 miles (28.4 km)4yr-private
- University of Maryland Global Campus18.5 miles (29.8 km)4yr-public
- University of Maryland-Baltimore County18.6 miles (29.9 km)4yr-public
- Standard Healthcare Services-College of Nursing18.9 miles (30.5 km)2yr-private
- Columbia College19.0 miles (30.6 km)2yr-private
- Chamberlain University-Virginia19.1 miles (30.8 km)4yr-private
- University of the Potomac-VA Campus19.2 miles (30.9 km)4yr-private
- Virginia University of Integrative Medicine19.3 miles (31.0 km)4yr-private
- DeVry University-Virginia19.5 miles (31.4 km)4yr-private
- Prince George's Community College20.6 miles (33.1 km)2yr-public
- Arizona College of Nursing-Falls Church22.1 miles (35.5 km)4yr-private
- Ner Israel Rabbinical College22.4 miles (36.0 km)4yr-private
- Strayer University-Maryland22.5 miles (36.2 km)4yr-private
- Coppin State University22.8 miles (36.8 km)4yr-public
- Baltimore City Community College23.0 miles (37.0 km)2yr-public
- Women's Institute of Torah Seminary and College23.1 miles (37.2 km)4yr-private
- University of Maryland, Baltimore23.7 miles (38.1 km)4yr-public
- Washington University of Science and Technology23.7 miles (38.2 km)4yr-private
- Stevenson University23.7 miles (38.2 km)4yr-private
- Northern Virginia Community College24.2 miles (38.9 km)2yr-public
- Maryland Institute College of Art24.5 miles (39.4 km)4yr-private
- University System of Maryland24.6 miles (39.6 km)4yr-public
- University System of Maryland-Research Centers24.6 miles (39.6 km)4yr-public
- University of Baltimore24.6 miles (39.6 km)4yr-public
- Divine Mercy University24.8 miles (39.9 km)4yr-private
- Bais HaMedrash and Mesivta of Baltimore24.9 miles (40.1 km)4yr-private
- Johns Hopkins University25.2 miles (40.5 km)4yr-private
- Loyola University Maryland25.8 miles (41.5 km)4yr-private
- Notre Dame of Maryland University26.0 miles (41.9 km)4yr-private
- George Mason University26.2 miles (42.2 km)4yr-public
- Carroll Community College27.0 miles (43.4 km)2yr-public
- Morgan State University27.4 miles (44.0 km)4yr-public
- Towson University28.1 miles (45.3 km)4yr-public
- Anne Arundel Community College28.3 miles (45.5 km)2yr-public
- Agora University28.5 miles (45.8 km)4yr-private
- Hood College28.5 miles (45.9 km)4yr-private
- Goucher College29.5 miles (47.5 km)4yr-private
- Frederick Community College30.0 miles (48.2 km)2yr-public
- McDaniel College30.6 miles (49.2 km)4yr-private
- St. John's College30.7 miles (49.5 km)4yr-private
- United States Naval Academy31.2 miles (50.3 km)4yr-public
- Community College of Baltimore County32.5 miles (52.3 km)2yr-public
- Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Manassas35.6 miles (57.3 km)2yr-private
- Patrick Henry College35.7 miles (57.4 km)4yr-private
- Ascent College39.7 miles (63.9 km)4yr-private
- College of Southern Maryland40.3 miles (64.9 km)2yr-public
- Mount St. Mary's University41.1 miles (66.2 km)4yr-private
- Catholic International University45.8 miles (73.6 km)4yr-private
- American Public University System45.8 miles (73.7 km)4yr-private
- Shepherd University46.2 miles (74.4 km)4yr-public
- Hagerstown Community College48.1 miles (77.4 km)2yr-public
- United Lutheran Seminary49.0 miles (78.9 km)4yr-private
- Harford Community College49.1 miles (79.0 km)2yr-public
- Gettysburg College49.3 miles (79.3 km)4yr-private
- Washington College51.5 miles (82.9 km)4yr-private
- Chesapeake College52.2 miles (84.0 km)2yr-public
- International Beauty School 454.8 miles (88.1 km)2yr-private
- Valley College-Martinsburg55.3 miles (89.0 km)4yr-private
- Martinsburg College55.3 miles (89.0 km)4yr-private
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto55.6 miles (89.6 km)4yr-public
- Blue Ridge Community and Technical College56.0 miles (90.1 km)2yr-public
- York College of Pennsylvania57.8 miles (93.0 km)4yr-private
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York58.6 miles (94.3 km)4yr-public
- Shenandoah University60.7 miles (97.7 km)4yr-private
- YTI Career Institute-York61.9 miles (99.6 km)2yr-private
- University of Mary Washington62.9 miles (101.2 km)4yr-public
K-12 schools within ~10 miles
Sorted table with type, grades, enrollment, and distance. Data from NCES CCD / EDGE extracts.
| Grades | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwood High | public | — | — | 0.5 miles (0.9 km) |
| SANDY SPRINGS FRIENDS MIDDLE SCHOOL | private | — | — | 0.6 miles (0.9 km) |
| Sherwood Elementary | public | — | — | 0.6 miles (1.0 km) |
| William H. Farquhar Middle | public | — | — | 1.1 miles (1.7 km) |
| OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL HIGH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.1 miles (1.7 km) |
| Brooke Grove Elementary | public | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.7 km) |
| MATER AMORIS MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) |
| ST PETER'S SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) |
| James Hubert Blake High | public | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.3 km) |
| Olney Elementary | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.8 km) |
| ST JOHN'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| Greenwood Elementary | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.3 km) |
| WASHINGTON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | private | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.4 km) |
| Cloverly Elementary | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) |
| Stonegate Elementary | public | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.8 km) |
| Cashell Elementary | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.3 km) |
| Belmont Elementary | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.4 km) |
| OLNEY ADVENTIST PREPARATORY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.4 km) |
| OLNEY ADVENTIST PREPARATORY | private | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.4 km) |
| HOUSE OF HOPE MARYLAND DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.8 km) |
| Rosa M. Parks Middle | public | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.8 km) |
| Briggs Chaney Middle | public | — | — | 3.7 miles (5.9 km) |
| ST PATRICK'S SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.2 km) |
| PAINT BRANCH MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.2 km) |
| Argyle Middle | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.2 km) |
| SPENCERVILLE ADVENTIST ACADEMY | private | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.5 km) |
| NORBECK MONTESSORI CENTER | private | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.5 km) |
| THE WINCHESTER SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.5 km) |
| Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary | public | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| CASA DE MONTESSORI | private | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| Flower Valley Elementary | public | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.1 km) |
| Strathmore Elementary | public | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.2 km) |
| Bel Pre Elementary | public | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.2 km) |
| BARRIE SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.4 km) |
| Westover Elementary | public | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.5 km) |
| Sequoyah Elementary | public | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.0 km) |
| Georgian Forest Elementary | public | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.0 km) |
| Col. Zadok Magruder High | public | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.1 km) |
| Fairland Elementary | public | — | — | 5.1 miles (8.3 km) |
| William Tyler Page Elementary | public | — | — | 5.2 miles (8.3 km) |
| Burtonsville Elementary | public | — | — | 5.2 miles (8.4 km) |
| Benjamin Banneker Middle | public | — | — | 5.2 miles (8.4 km) |
| Harmony Hills Elementary | public | — | — | 5.3 miles (8.5 km) |
| John F. Kennedy High | public | — | — | 5.3 miles (8.6 km) |
| Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary | public | — | — | 5.3 miles (8.6 km) |
| Cannon Road Elementary | public | — | — | 5.4 miles (8.6 km) |
| Parkland Middle | public | — | — | 5.4 miles (8.6 km) |
| Brookhaven Elementary | public | — | — | 5.5 miles (8.8 km) |
| Earle B. Wood Middle | public | — | — | 5.5 miles (8.9 km) |
| CHILDWAY | private | — | — | 5.6 miles (9.1 km) |
| Paint Branch High | public | — | — | 5.7 miles (9.1 km) |
| Glenallan Elementary | public | — | — | 5.7 miles (9.1 km) |
| ECHELON ACADEMY | private | — | — | 5.7 miles (9.2 km) |
| Redland Middle | public | — | — | 5.7 miles (9.2 km) |
| Weller Road Elementary | public | — | — | 5.8 miles (9.3 km) |
| Rock Creek Valley Elementary | public | — | — | 5.8 miles (9.4 km) |
| A. Mario Loiederman Middle | public | — | — | 5.9 miles (9.4 km) |
| COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF MARYLAND | private | — | — | 5.9 miles (9.4 km) |
| JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary | public | — | — | 5.9 miles (9.5 km) |
| Fulton Elementary | public | — | — | 5.9 miles (9.5 km) |
| Springbrook High | public | — | — | 5.9 miles (9.5 km) |
| Lime Kiln Middle | public | — | — | 5.9 miles (9.6 km) |
| Cedar Lane Special Center | public | — | — | 6.0 miles (9.6 km) |
| Thomas Edison High School of Technology | public | — | — | 6.0 miles (9.6 km) |
| ST JOHN THE BAPTIST SCHOOL | private | — | — | 6.0 miles (9.7 km) |
| Reservoir High | public | — | — | 6.0 miles (9.7 km) |
| Wheaton High | public | — | — | 6.1 miles (9.9 km) |
| Alternative Programs | public | — | — | 6.1 miles (9.9 km) |
| White Oak Middle | public | — | — | 6.2 miles (9.9 km) |
| ST LOUIS SCHOOL | private | — | — | 6.2 miles (9.9 km) |
| NORTHCREST MONTESSORI | private | — | — | 6.2 miles (9.9 km) |
| Wheaton Woods Elementary | public | — | — | 6.2 miles (10.0 km) |
| Greencastle Elementary | public | — | — | 6.2 miles (10.0 km) |
| BROOKFIELD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | private | — | — | 6.2 miles (10.0 km) |
| Jackson Road Elementary | public | — | — | 6.2 miles (10.0 km) |
| MELVIN J BERMAN HEBREW ACADEMY | private | — | — | 6.2 miles (10.0 km) |
| FORCEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | private | — | — | 6.2 miles (10.0 km) |
| HIGH ROAD ACADEMY OF HOWARD COUNTY | private | — | — | 6.2 miles (10.0 km) |
| Sargent Shriver Elementary | public | — | — | 6.3 miles (10.1 km) |
| Pointers Run Elementary | public | — | — | 6.3 miles (10.1 km) |
| Rockville High | public | — | — | 6.3 miles (10.2 km) |
| Meadow Hall Elementary | public | — | — | 6.3 miles (10.2 km) |
| SHEPPARD PRATT SCHOOL-ROCKVILLE (FORMERLY FROST SC | private | — | — | 6.3 miles (10.2 km) |
| Clarksville Middle | public | — | — | 6.4 miles (10.2 km) |
| Odessa Shannon Middle | public | — | — | 6.4 miles (10.3 km) |
| GRIGGS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY | private | — | — | 6.5 miles (10.4 km) |
| ST JUDE REGIONAL CATHOLIC SCHOOL | private | — | — | 6.5 miles (10.5 km) |
| Candlewood Elementary | public | — | — | 6.6 miles (10.6 km) |
| ST ANDREW APOSTLE SCHOOL | private | — | — | 6.6 miles (10.6 km) |
| MCPS Transitions School | public | — | — | 6.6 miles (10.6 km) |
| Highland Elementary | public | — | — | 6.6 miles (10.6 km) |
| THE GAN MONTESSORI | private | — | — | 6.6 miles (10.6 km) |
| Arcola Elementary | public | — | — | 6.7 miles (10.8 km) |
| LEO BERNSTEIN JEWISH ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS | private | — | — | 6.8 miles (10.9 km) |
| COVENANT LIFE SCHOOL | private | — | — | 6.8 miles (10.9 km) |
| Kemp Mill Elementary | public | — | — | 6.8 miles (11.0 km) |
| AVALON SCHOOL | private | — | — | 6.8 miles (11.0 km) |
| Mill Creek Towne Elementary | public | — | — | 6.9 miles (11.1 km) |
| JULIA BROWN MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 6.9 miles (11.1 km) |
| Maryvale Elementary | public | — | — | 6.9 miles (11.1 km) |
Schools FAQ for ZIP 20860
What school district is ZIP code 20860 in?
ZIP 20860 (Ashton-Sandy Spring, 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 20860?
US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 65 public and 35 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.
What share of students in 20860 attend private school?
About 0.0% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 20860 attend private school (ACS estimate).
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Schools & Education key statistics
| Education | |
|---|---|
| Bachelor's or higher | 50.8% |
| High school | 16.9% |
| Less than HS | 16.6% |
| School district | Montgomery County Public Schools |