ZIP 23604 — 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 23604

K-12 nearby

Public

Private

Avg enrollment

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ZIP 23604 (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 83 K-12 schools (67 public, 16 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 7.0 miles.

ACS estimates show about 0.6% 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 5.3 miles away (4yr-public).

District & higher education

School district

Newport News City Public Schools

LEA ID

5102640

Private school share (ACS)

0.6%

Colleges & universities (55)

Christopher Newport University5.3 miles (8.6 km)4yr-public
Riverside College of Health Careers8.1 miles (13.1 km)4yr-private
Virginia Peninsula Community College9.0 miles (14.5 km)2yr-public
William & Mary13.5 miles (21.8 km)4yr-public
Hampton University14.3 miles (22.9 km)4yr-private
Old Dominion University21.1 miles (34.0 km)4yr-public
Eastern Virginia Medical School22.6 miles (36.5 km)4yr-public
Centura College-Norfolk23.3 miles (37.4 km)2yr-private
Tidewater Community College23.6 miles (37.9 km)2yr-public
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Norfolk23.7 miles (38.2 km)2yr-private
Norfolk State University24.8 miles (39.9 km)4yr-public
Virginia Wesleyan University27.0 miles (43.4 km)4yr-private

Show all 55 colleges & universities

Fortis College-Norfolk27.7 miles (44.6 km)2yr-private
Advanced Technology Institute28.3 miles (45.6 km)2yr-private
ECPI University28.4 miles (45.7 km)4yr-private
Sentara College of Health Sciences29.1 miles (46.9 km)4yr-private
Regent University29.7 miles (47.8 km)4yr-private
Arizona College of Nursing - Chesapeake29.7 miles (47.8 km)4yr-private
Centura College-Chesapeake30.3 miles (48.7 km)4yr-private
Bryant & Stratton College-Virginia Beach30.8 miles (49.6 km)4yr-private
South University-Virginia Beach31.1 miles (50.1 km)4yr-private
Virginia Beach Theological Seminary31.6 miles (50.9 km)4yr-private
Rappahannock Community College31.9 miles (51.3 km)2yr-public
Centura College-Virginia Beach33.7 miles (54.2 km)2yr-private
Paul D Camp Community College35.9 miles (57.7 km)2yr-public
Richard Bland College45.6 miles (73.4 km)2yr-public
Southside College of Health Sciences46.8 miles (75.3 km)2yr-private
Chester Career College47.1 miles (75.8 km)2yr-private
Virginia State University47.3 miles (76.2 km)4yr-public
Brightpoint Community College48.8 miles (78.5 km)2yr-public
Chowan University54.6 miles (87.8 km)4yr-private
Virginia Commonwealth University57.2 miles (92.0 km)4yr-public
College of the Albemarle57.4 miles (92.3 km)2yr-public
Virginia Union University57.6 miles (92.7 km)4yr-private
Union Presbyterian Seminary58.1 miles (93.6 km)4yr-private
Eastern Shore Community College58.4 miles (94.0 km)2yr-public
Mid-Atlantic Christian University58.8 miles (94.6 km)4yr-private
Galen Health Institutes-Richmond59.3 miles (95.4 km)2yr-private
Roanoke-Chowan Community College59.4 miles (95.5 km)2yr-public
Fortis College-Richmond60.0 miles (96.6 km)2yr-private
Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing60.2 miles (96.9 km)4yr-private
Bon Secours St Mary's Hospital School of Medical Imaging60.2 miles (96.9 km)2yr-private
Elizabeth City State University60.5 miles (97.4 km)4yr-public
J Sargeant Reynolds Community College61.5 miles (99.0 km)2yr-public
University of Richmond62.2 miles (100.1 km)4yr-private
Lotus Professional College64.6 miles (103.9 km)4yr-private
Randolph-Macon College67.2 miles (108.1 km)4yr-private
South University-Richmond67.6 miles (108.8 km)4yr-private
Halifax Community College74.3 miles (119.6 km)2yr-public
St. Mary's College of Maryland75.2 miles (121.1 km)4yr-public
Southside Virginia Community College76.4 miles (122.9 km)2yr-public
University of Maryland Eastern Shore90.3 miles (145.4 km)4yr-public
Martin Community College92.3 miles (148.5 km)2yr-public
Eastern Virginia Career College93.3 miles (150.1 km)2yr-private
University of Mary Washington96.3 miles (155.0 km)4yr-public

K-12 schools within ~10 miles

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

		Grades
Knollwood Meadows Elementary	public	—	—	1.7 miles (2.7 km)
T. Ryland Sanford Elementary	public	—	—	1.7 miles (2.8 km)
Denbigh High	public	—	—	2.1 miles (3.3 km)
Stoney Run Elementary	public	—	—	2.3 miles (3.6 km)
B.C. Charles Elementary	public	—	—	2.3 miles (3.8 km)
Menchville High	public	—	—	2.5 miles (4.1 km)
David A. Dutrow Elementary	public	—	—	2.9 miles (4.6 km)
Willis A. Jenkins Elementary	public	—	—	2.9 miles (4.7 km)
Mary Passage Middle	public	—	—	3.4 miles (5.4 km)
DENBIGH BAPTIST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	3.5 miles (5.7 km)
General Stanford Elementary	public	—	—	3.6 miles (5.8 km)
George J. McIntosh Elementary	public	—	—	3.9 miles (6.2 km)
Richard T. Yates Elementary	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.5 km)
Denbigh Early Childhood Center	public	—	—	4.1 miles (6.6 km)
Ella J. Fitzgerald Middle	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.8 km)
Hidenwood Elementary	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.3 km)
Richneck Elementary	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.3 km)
Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.5 km)
L.F. Palmer Elementary	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.6 km)
DENBIGH CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	4.9 miles (7.8 km)
Kiln Creek Elementary	public	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
Center for Autism	public	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
HAMPTON ROADS ACADEMY	private	—	—	5.1 miles (8.3 km)
Newport Academy	public	—	—	5.2 miles (8.3 km)
New Horizons Woodside Campus	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
HAMPTON ROADS INTERNATIONAL MONTESSORI SCHOOL	private	—	—	5.3 miles (8.6 km)
Woodside High	public	—	—	5.5 miles (8.8 km)
Riverside Elementary	public	—	—	5.5 miles (8.8 km)
Oliver C. Greenwood Elementary	public	—	—	5.6 miles (8.9 km)
EAST END ACADEMY	private	—	—	5.7 miles (9.2 km)
EAST END ACADEMY	private	—	—	5.7 miles (9.2 km)
Katherine Johnson Elementary	public	—	—	5.8 miles (9.3 km)
Deer Park Elementary	public	—	—	5.9 miles (9.5 km)
PENINSULA SCHOOL AT THE FAISON CENTER	private	—	—	6.2 miles (9.9 km)
Point Option Alternative School	public	—	—	6.3 miles (10.1 km)
Warwick High	public	—	—	6.5 miles (10.5 km)
Newport News & York County Governor's Health Science Academy	public	—	—	6.5 miles (10.5 km)
Watkins Early Childhood Center	public	—	—	6.7 miles (10.8 km)
OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL	private	—	—	6.7 miles (10.8 km)
Joseph H. Saunders Elementary	public	—	—	6.8 miles (10.9 km)
Tabb Middle	public	—	—	7.0 miles (11.2 km)
Enterprise Academy/Newport News City	public	—	—	7.0 miles (11.3 km)
Grafton Middle	public	—	—	7.0 miles (11.3 km)
Hardy Elementary	public	—	—	7.0 miles (11.3 km)
PENINSULA CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL	private	—	—	7.1 miles (11.4 km)
Grafton High	public	—	—	7.1 miles (11.4 km)
Mount Vernon Elementary	public	—	—	7.2 miles (11.6 km)
Grafton Bethel Elementary	public	—	—	7.3 miles (11.8 km)
Coventry Elementary	public	—	—	7.4 miles (11.9 km)
Homer L. Hines Middle	public	—	—	7.4 miles (12.0 km)
Yorktown Elementary	public	—	—	7.5 miles (12.1 km)
Dare Elementary	public	—	—	7.6 miles (12.2 km)
James River Elementary	public	—	—	7.6 miles (12.2 km)
SUMMIT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	7.8 miles (12.5 km)
Tabb High	public	—	—	7.9 miles (12.7 km)
Tabb Elementary	public	—	—	7.9 miles (12.8 km)
York High	public	—	—	8.0 miles (12.8 km)
Middle Peninsula Juvenile Detention Home	public	—	—	8.0 miles (12.9 km)
Hilton Elementary	public	—	—	8.1 miles (13.0 km)
Sedgefield Elementary	public	—	—	8.1 miles (13.1 km)
Bethel Manor Elementary	public	—	—	8.4 miles (13.5 km)
George P. Phenix Elementary	public	—	—	8.4 miles (13.6 km)
Bethel High	public	—	—	8.7 miles (14.0 km)
Hampton City Public Schools Gov Health Sciences Academy	public	—	—	8.7 miles (14.0 km)
FIRST FRIENDS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	8.8 miles (14.2 km)
Yorktown Middle	public	—	—	8.9 miles (14.3 km)
York River Academy	public	—	—	8.9 miles (14.3 km)
Mary W. Jackson Elementary	public	—	—	8.9 miles (14.3 km)
Carver Elementary	public	—	—	8.9 miles (14.3 km)
Crittenden Middle	public	—	—	8.9 miles (14.4 km)
WARWICK KIDS ACADEMY	private	—	—	8.9 miles (14.4 km)
Seaford Elementary	public	—	—	9.1 miles (14.6 km)
Alfred S. Forrest Elementary	public	—	—	9.3 miles (15.0 km)
Greater Peninsula Governor's STEM Academy	public	—	—	9.5 miles (15.2 km)
New Horizons Butler Farm Campus	public	—	—	9.5 miles (15.2 km)
New Horizons Governor's School	public	—	—	9.5 miles (15.2 km)
Cesar Tarrant Middle	public	—	—	9.5 miles (15.3 km)
Christopher C. Kraft Elementary	public	—	—	9.6 miles (15.4 km)
RIVERMONT, HAMPTON	private	—	—	9.7 miles (15.6 km)
TRINITY LUTHERAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	9.8 miles (15.7 km)
GRACE EPISCOPAL DAY SCHOOL	private	—	—	9.8 miles (15.8 km)
Westside Elementary	public	—	—	9.8 miles (15.8 km)
RIVERMONT SCHOOL-HAMPTON EAST	private	—	—	9.9 miles (15.9 km)

Schools FAQ for ZIP 23604

What school district is ZIP code 23604 in?

ZIP 23604 (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 23604?

US5 lists 83 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 67 public and 16 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.

What share of students in 23604 attend private school?

About 0.6% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 23604 attend private school (ACS estimate).

Education
Bachelor's or higher	29.2%
High school	27.3%
Less than HS	1.2%
School district	Newport News City Public Schools

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