ZIP 23602 — Schools & Education

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2019–2023 5-Year Estimates. Page data updated 2026-08-02.

Middle ClassLow Snow Area

School district, nearby K-12 schools, and universities

Schools & Education in ZIP 23602

K-12 nearby

100

Public

Private

Avg enrollment

—

ZIP 23602 (Newport News, VA) is associated with Newport News City Public Schools (LEA 5102640) 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 (81 public, 19 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 4.9 miles.

ACS estimates show about 0.3% 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 Christopher Newport University about 3.8 miles away (4yr-public).

District & higher education

School district

Newport News City Public Schools

LEA ID

5102640

Private school share (ACS)

0.3%

Colleges & universities (56)

Christopher Newport University3.8 miles (6.0 km)4yr-public
Virginia Peninsula Community College6.4 miles (10.3 km)2yr-public
Riverside College of Health Careers6.4 miles (10.3 km)4yr-private
Hampton University11.8 miles (19.0 km)4yr-private
William & Mary15.0 miles (24.2 km)4yr-public
Old Dominion University19.5 miles (31.4 km)4yr-public
Eastern Virginia Medical School21.2 miles (34.1 km)4yr-public
Centura College-Norfolk21.2 miles (34.1 km)2yr-private
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Norfolk21.6 miles (34.7 km)2yr-private
Tidewater Community College22.1 miles (35.5 km)2yr-public
Norfolk State University23.1 miles (37.3 km)4yr-public
Virginia Wesleyan University24.9 miles (40.1 km)4yr-private

Show all 56 colleges & universities

Fortis College-Norfolk25.8 miles (41.5 km)2yr-private
Advanced Technology Institute26.4 miles (42.5 km)2yr-private
ECPI University26.5 miles (42.6 km)4yr-private
Sentara College of Health Sciences27.8 miles (44.7 km)4yr-private
Regent University28.0 miles (45.1 km)4yr-private
Arizona College of Nursing - Chesapeake28.4 miles (45.6 km)4yr-private
Bryant & Stratton College-Virginia Beach28.8 miles (46.3 km)4yr-private
Centura College-Chesapeake28.9 miles (46.5 km)4yr-private
South University-Virginia Beach29.1 miles (46.8 km)4yr-private
Virginia Beach Theological Seminary30.1 miles (48.4 km)4yr-private
Centura College-Virginia Beach31.5 miles (50.6 km)2yr-private
Rappahannock Community College31.7 miles (51.0 km)2yr-public
Paul D Camp Community College38.2 miles (61.4 km)2yr-public
Richard Bland College48.7 miles (78.3 km)2yr-public
Southside College of Health Sciences49.7 miles (80.0 km)2yr-private
Chester Career College49.8 miles (80.2 km)2yr-private
Virginia State University50.3 miles (81.0 km)4yr-public
Brightpoint Community College51.5 miles (82.9 km)2yr-public
Eastern Shore Community College55.6 miles (89.5 km)2yr-public
Chowan University56.8 miles (91.4 km)4yr-private
College of the Albemarle56.9 miles (91.6 km)2yr-public
Mid-Atlantic Christian University58.4 miles (94.0 km)4yr-private
Virginia Commonwealth University59.5 miles (95.8 km)4yr-public
Virginia Union University59.9 miles (96.4 km)4yr-private
Elizabeth City State University60.1 miles (96.8 km)4yr-public
Union Presbyterian Seminary60.4 miles (97.3 km)4yr-private
Roanoke-Chowan Community College61.3 miles (98.6 km)2yr-public
Galen Health Institutes-Richmond61.8 miles (99.4 km)2yr-private
Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing62.3 miles (100.3 km)4yr-private
Bon Secours St Mary's Hospital School of Medical Imaging62.3 miles (100.3 km)2yr-private
Fortis College-Richmond62.4 miles (100.3 km)2yr-private
J Sargeant Reynolds Community College63.7 miles (102.6 km)2yr-public
University of Richmond64.6 miles (103.9 km)4yr-private
Lotus Professional College67.0 miles (107.8 km)4yr-private
Randolph-Macon College69.1 miles (111.2 km)4yr-private
South University-Richmond69.9 miles (112.5 km)4yr-private
St. Mary's College of Maryland74.4 miles (119.7 km)4yr-public
Halifax Community College77.1 miles (124.1 km)2yr-public
Southside Virginia Community College79.6 miles (128.1 km)2yr-public
University of Maryland Eastern Shore88.2 miles (141.9 km)4yr-public
Martin Community College93.9 miles (151.1 km)2yr-public
Eastern Virginia Career College94.5 miles (152.1 km)2yr-private
University of Mary Washington97.4 miles (156.8 km)4yr-public
Salisbury University98.7 miles (158.9 km)4yr-public

K-12 schools within ~10 miles

Sorted table with type, grades, enrollment, and distance. Data from NCES CCD / EDGE extracts.

		Grades
Willis A. Jenkins Elementary	public	—	—	0.5 miles (0.7 km)
DENBIGH BAPTIST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	0.6 miles (1.0 km)
Menchville High	public	—	—	1.4 miles (2.2 km)
T. Ryland Sanford Elementary	public	—	—	1.5 miles (2.3 km)
B.C. Charles Elementary	public	—	—	1.6 miles (2.6 km)
L.F. Palmer Elementary	public	—	—	1.6 miles (2.6 km)
Kiln Creek Elementary	public	—	—	1.7 miles (2.8 km)
Center for Autism	public	—	—	1.7 miles (2.8 km)
Richard T. Yates Elementary	public	—	—	1.8 miles (2.9 km)
Denbigh High	public	—	—	1.9 miles (3.0 km)
HAMPTON ROADS ACADEMY	private	—	—	2.1 miles (3.3 km)
Stoney Run Elementary	public	—	—	2.2 miles (3.5 km)
George J. McIntosh Elementary	public	—	—	2.5 miles (4.0 km)
Knollwood Meadows Elementary	public	—	—	2.7 miles (4.3 km)
DENBIGH CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	2.7 miles (4.4 km)
HAMPTON ROADS INTERNATIONAL MONTESSORI SCHOOL	private	—	—	2.8 miles (4.5 km)
David A. Dutrow Elementary	public	—	—	2.8 miles (4.6 km)
Mary Passage Middle	public	—	—	2.9 miles (4.6 km)
EAST END ACADEMY	private	—	—	2.9 miles (4.7 km)
EAST END ACADEMY	private	—	—	2.9 miles (4.7 km)
Richneck Elementary	public	—	—	3.0 miles (4.8 km)
Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle	public	—	—	3.0 miles (4.8 km)
Hidenwood Elementary	public	—	—	3.4 miles (5.4 km)
PENINSULA SCHOOL AT THE FAISON CENTER	private	—	—	3.5 miles (5.6 km)
Point Option Alternative School	public	—	—	3.6 miles (5.7 km)
Deer Park Elementary	public	—	—	3.7 miles (5.9 km)
Tabb Middle	public	—	—	3.8 miles (6.1 km)
Ella J. Fitzgerald Middle	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.4 km)
Newport Academy	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.4 km)
Joseph H. Saunders Elementary	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.4 km)
Denbigh Early Childhood Center	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.5 km)
Mount Vernon Elementary	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.5 km)
New Horizons Woodside Campus	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.5 km)
Woodside High	public	—	—	4.1 miles (6.7 km)
Watkins Early Childhood Center	public	—	—	4.1 miles (6.7 km)
Riverside Elementary	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.7 km)
General Stanford Elementary	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.7 km)
Grafton Bethel Elementary	public	—	—	4.3 miles (6.9 km)
Coventry Elementary	public	—	—	4.3 miles (6.9 km)
Oliver C. Greenwood Elementary	public	—	—	4.3 miles (7.0 km)
Grafton High	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.0 km)
Grafton Middle	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.0 km)
SUMMIT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	4.6 miles (7.4 km)
PENINSULA CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL	private	—	—	4.6 miles (7.4 km)
Tabb High	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.6 km)
Dare Elementary	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.6 km)
Tabb Elementary	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.7 km)
Warwick High	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.7 km)
Newport News & York County Governor's Health Science Academy	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.7 km)
Enterprise Academy/Newport News City	public	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL	private	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
Bethel Manor Elementary	public	—	—	5.4 miles (8.7 km)
Homer L. Hines Middle	public	—	—	5.6 miles (9.0 km)
Katherine Johnson Elementary	public	—	—	5.9 miles (9.6 km)
Yorktown Elementary	public	—	—	6.0 miles (9.6 km)
George P. Phenix Elementary	public	—	—	6.1 miles (9.8 km)
Sedgefield Elementary	public	—	—	6.2 miles (10.0 km)
York High	public	—	—	6.3 miles (10.2 km)
Bethel High	public	—	—	6.4 miles (10.2 km)
Hampton City Public Schools Gov Health Sciences Academy	public	—	—	6.4 miles (10.2 km)
Seaford Elementary	public	—	—	6.4 miles (10.3 km)
FIRST FRIENDS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	6.5 miles (10.4 km)
Hilton Elementary	public	—	—	6.6 miles (10.6 km)
New Horizons Butler Farm Campus	public	—	—	6.8 miles (11.0 km)
Greater Peninsula Governor's STEM Academy	public	—	—	6.8 miles (11.0 km)
New Horizons Governor's School	public	—	—	6.8 miles (11.0 km)
Mary W. Jackson Elementary	public	—	—	6.9 miles (11.1 km)
RIVERMONT, HAMPTON	private	—	—	7.1 miles (11.4 km)
Carver Elementary	public	—	—	7.1 miles (11.5 km)
Alfred S. Forrest Elementary	public	—	—	7.1 miles (11.5 km)
Christopher C. Kraft Elementary	public	—	—	7.2 miles (11.5 km)
Crittenden Middle	public	—	—	7.2 miles (11.6 km)
RIVERMONT SCHOOL-HAMPTON EAST	private	—	—	7.2 miles (11.6 km)
Cesar Tarrant Middle	public	—	—	7.3 miles (11.7 km)
WARWICK KIDS ACADEMY	private	—	—	7.4 miles (11.8 km)
Poquoson High	public	—	—	7.7 miles (12.4 km)
York River Academy	public	—	—	7.7 miles (12.4 km)
Yorktown Middle	public	—	—	7.7 miles (12.4 km)
Poquoson Primary	public	—	—	7.8 miles (12.6 km)
FAITH OUTREACH EDUCATION CENTER	private	—	—	7.9 miles (12.7 km)
Luther W. Machen Elementary	public	—	—	8.0 miles (12.9 km)
Aberdeen Elementary	public	—	—	8.3 miles (13.4 km)
TRINITY LUTHERAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	8.3 miles (13.4 km)
William Mason Cooper Elementary	public	—	—	8.5 miles (13.6 km)
GRACE EPISCOPAL DAY SCHOOL	private	—	—	8.5 miles (13.7 km)
Poquoson Middle	public	—	—	8.5 miles (13.7 km)
NEW MOUNT OLIVE CHRISTIAN DAYCARE & ACADEMY	private	—	—	8.6 miles (13.8 km)
James River Elementary	public	—	—	8.6 miles (13.8 km)
Thomas Eaton Middle	public	—	—	8.6 miles (13.8 km)
Poquoson Elementary	public	—	—	8.7 miles (14.0 km)
Middle Peninsula Juvenile Detention Home	public	—	—	8.7 miles (14.0 km)
Paul Burbank Elementary	public	—	—	8.9 miles (14.4 km)
Huntington Middle	public	—	—	8.9 miles (14.4 km)
Heritage High	public	—	—	8.9 miles (14.4 km)
Heritage High School Governor's STEM Academy	public	—	—	8.9 miles (14.4 km)
Achievable Dream Middle/High	public	—	—	9.1 miles (14.6 km)
C. Alton Lindsay Middle	public	—	—	9.3 miles (14.9 km)
BETHEL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	9.3 miles (14.9 km)
Hardy Elementary	public	—	—	9.3 miles (15.0 km)
Alternative Learning Center	public	—	—	9.4 miles (15.1 km)

Schools FAQ for ZIP 23602

What school district is ZIP code 23602 in?

ZIP 23602 (Newport News, VA) maps to Newport News City Public Schools (LEA ID 5102640) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.

How many schools are near ZIP code 23602?

US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 81 public and 19 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.

What share of students in 23602 attend private school?

About 0.3% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 23602 attend private school (ACS estimate).

Education
Bachelor's or higher	36.2%
High school	26.6%
Less than HS	6.2%
School district	Newport News City Public Schools

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