ZIP 78256 — 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 78256

K-12 nearby

100

Public

Private

Avg enrollment

—

ZIP 78256 (San Antonio, TX) is associated with Northside Independent School District (LEA 4833120) 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 (77 public, 23 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 6.5 miles.

ACS estimates show about 0.7% 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 The University of Texas at San Antonio about 2.7 miles away (4yr-public).

District & higher education

School district

Northside Independent School District

LEA ID

4833120

Private school share (ACS)

0.7%

Colleges & universities (50)

The University of Texas at San Antonio2.7 miles (4.3 km)4yr-public
Christ Mission College7.3 miles (11.7 km)4yr-private
Baptist Health System School of Health Professions8.1 miles (13.0 km)4yr-private
Galen College of Nursing-San Antonio8.3 miles (13.3 km)4yr-private
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio8.4 miles (13.6 km)4yr-public
Concorde Career College-San Antonio9.5 miles (15.3 km)2yr-private
The College of Health Care Professions-San Antonio9.7 miles (15.6 km)2yr-private
Lamson Institute9.8 miles (15.8 km)2yr-private
Pima Medical Institute-San Antonio10.6 miles (17.0 km)2yr-private
Oblate School of Theology10.9 miles (17.6 km)4yr-private
Hallmark University11.3 miles (18.2 km)4yr-private
Southern Careers Institute-San Antonio11.3 miles (18.2 km)2yr-private

Show all 50 colleges & universities

Northwest Vista College11.5 miles (18.4 km)4yr-public
St. Mary's University12.3 miles (19.8 km)4yr-private
Trinity University14.0 miles (22.6 km)4yr-private
San Antonio College14.4 miles (23.2 km)4yr-public
University of the Incarnate Word14.4 miles (23.2 km)4yr-private
Our Lady of the Lake University14.4 miles (23.2 km)4yr-private
Alamo Community College District Central Office15.2 miles (24.5 km)4yr-public
St Philip's College17.7 miles (28.5 km)4yr-public
Northeast Lakeview College18.9 miles (30.5 km)2yr-public
The College of Health Care Professions-South San Antonio19.4 miles (31.3 km)2yr-private
Baptist University of the Americas20.0 miles (32.1 km)4yr-private
Southern Careers Institute-San Antonio20.1 miles (32.3 km)2yr-private
College of Biomedical Equipment Technology20.6 miles (33.2 km)2yr-private
Palo Alto College21.3 miles (34.2 km)4yr-public
Texas A&M University-San Antonio22.8 miles (36.7 km)4yr-public
Texas Lutheran University38.8 miles (62.5 km)4yr-private
Schreiner University41.4 miles (66.6 km)4yr-private
Texas State University44.9 miles (72.3 km)4yr-public
AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine64.8 miles (104.3 km)4yr-private
Southern Careers Institute-Austin65.5 miles (105.3 km)2yr-private
Texas Health and Science University65.7 miles (105.7 km)4yr-private
Saint Edward's University67.0 miles (107.7 km)4yr-private
The University of Texas System Office69.2 miles (111.4 km)4yr-public
The Recording Conservatory of Austin69.7 miles (112.2 km)2yr-private
Huston-Tillotson University70.0 miles (112.7 km)4yr-private
The University of Texas at Austin70.1 miles (112.8 km)4yr-public
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary70.5 miles (113.5 km)4yr-private
Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest70.8 miles (113.9 km)4yr-private
Concordia University Texas72.6 miles (116.9 km)4yr-private
Southwest Texas College72.7 miles (116.9 km)2yr-public
Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Austin73.0 miles (117.4 km)2yr-private
Austin Community College District73.1 miles (117.7 km)4yr-public
The College of Health Care Professions-Austin73.6 miles (118.5 km)2yr-private
Universal Technical Institute-West Texas79.7 miles (128.2 km)2yr-private
Galen Health Institutes-Austin Campus81.3 miles (130.9 km)4yr-private
South University-Austin81.5 miles (131.2 km)4yr-private
Southwestern University90.5 miles (145.6 km)4yr-private
Coastal Bend College97.4 miles (156.8 km)2yr-public

K-12 schools within ~10 miles

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

		Grades
LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL OF SAN ANTONIO	private	—	—	0.7 miles (1.0 km)
ELLISON EL	public	—	—	1.1 miles (1.8 km)
TMI EPISCOPAL	private	—	—	1.7 miles (2.7 km)
ACTON ACADEMY NORTH SAN ANTONIO	private	—	—	2.0 miles (3.2 km)
MAY EL	public	—	—	2.0 miles (3.3 km)
THE ATONEMENT CATHOLIC ACADEMY	private	—	—	2.6 miles (4.2 km)
GARCIA MIDDLE	public	—	—	2.8 miles (4.5 km)
LEON SPRINGS EL	public	—	—	2.8 miles (4.6 km)
PRIMROSE SCHOOL AT SONOMA RANCH	private	—	—	3.0 miles (4.9 km)
BEARD EL	public	—	—	3.4 miles (5.4 km)
AUE EL	public	—	—	3.7 miles (6.0 km)
CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS	private	—	—	3.7 miles (6.0 km)
RAWLINSON MIDDLE	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.5 km)
BRANDEIS H S	public	—	—	4.1 miles (6.6 km)
STINSON MIDDLE	public	—	—	4.3 miles (6.9 km)
ALTERNATIVE EL	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
CARNAHAN EL	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
UNIVERSITY METHODIST PRIMARY SCHOOL	private	—	—	4.7 miles (7.5 km)
LOCKE HILL EL	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.6 km)
CLARK H S	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.7 km)
SCOBEE EL	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.7 km)
LOS REYES EL	public	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
BOONE EL	public	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
MARVELOUSLY MADE - THE SCHOOL FOR YOUNG CHILDREN	private	—	—	5.0 miles (8.0 km)
BASIS SAN ANTONIO- SHAVANO CAMPUS	public	—	—	5.1 miles (8.2 km)
GREAT HEARTS INVICTUS	public	—	—	5.1 miles (8.2 km)
HELOTES EL	public	—	—	5.1 miles (8.3 km)
STEUBING EL	public	—	—	5.2 miles (8.4 km)
CHAVEZ EXCEL ACADEMY	public	—	—	5.2 miles (8.4 km)
BLATTMAN EL	public	—	—	5.2 miles (8.4 km)
ALTERNATIVE MIDDLE	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
CHILDRENS LIGHTHOUSE HELOTES	private	—	—	5.5 miles (8.8 km)
KUENTZ EL	public	—	—	5.5 miles (8.9 km)
ANNE FRANK INSPIRE ACADEMY	public	—	—	5.6 miles (9.0 km)
SCENIC HILLS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	5.6 miles (9.1 km)
O'CONNOR H S	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.1 km)
THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF SAN ANTONIO	private	—	—	5.7 miles (9.2 km)
RUDDER MIDDLE	public	—	—	5.8 miles (9.3 km)
WANKE EL	public	—	—	5.8 miles (9.4 km)
THORNTON EL	public	—	—	5.9 miles (9.4 km)
GREAT HEARTS FOREST HEIGHTS	public	—	—	5.9 miles (9.5 km)
HOBBY MIDDLE	public	—	—	6.0 miles (9.6 km)
CONCORDIA LUTHERAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	6.0 miles (9.7 km)
VINEYARD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	6.0 miles (9.7 km)
THE STARR FAMILY JEWISH DAY SCHOOL	private	—	—	6.1 miles (9.8 km)
HUEBNER EL	public	—	—	6.2 miles (9.9 km)
VINEYARD RANCH EL	public	—	—	6.3 miles (10.2 km)
SOMERSET ACADEMY OAKS	public	—	—	6.3 miles (10.2 km)
OAK MEADOW EL	public	—	—	6.4 miles (10.3 km)
HOWSMAN EL	public	—	—	6.5 miles (10.4 km)
MCDERMOTT EL	public	—	—	6.5 miles (10.5 km)
MONTESSORI CHILDREN'S HOUSE	private	—	—	6.7 miles (10.7 km)
NICHOLS EL	public	—	—	6.9 miles (11.1 km)
MCANDREW EL	public	—	—	7.0 miles (11.3 km)
BRAUN STATION EL	public	—	—	7.1 miles (11.5 km)
WILDERNESS OAK EL	public	—	—	7.1 miles (11.5 km)
ST MATTHEW CATHOLIC SCHOOL	private	—	—	7.2 miles (11.5 km)
FAIR OAKS RANCH EL	public	—	—	7.3 miles (11.8 km)
BASIS SAN ANTONIO PRI- MEDICAL CENTER CAMPUS	public	—	—	7.4 miles (11.8 km)
STEVENSON MIDDLE	public	—	—	7.4 miles (12.0 km)
SST HILL COUNTRY COLLEGE PREP H S	public	—	—	7.4 miles (12.0 km)
SST HILL COUNTRY	public	—	—	7.4 miles (12.0 km)
KRUEGER EL	public	—	—	7.5 miles (12.0 km)
MARSHALL H S	public	—	—	7.5 miles (12.1 km)
HEALTH CAREERS H S	public	—	—	7.6 miles (12.2 km)
STONE OAK EL	public	—	—	7.6 miles (12.2 km)
COLONIES NORTH EL	public	—	—	7.6 miles (12.3 km)
HIDDEN FOREST EL	public	—	—	7.7 miles (12.3 km)
BRAUCHLE EL	public	—	—	7.7 miles (12.3 km)
THE WINSTON SCHOOL SAN ANTONIO	private	—	—	7.7 miles (12.3 km)
HOLMGREEN CENTER	public	—	—	7.7 miles (12.4 km)
DAEP AT HOLMGREEN	public	—	—	7.7 miles (12.4 km)
VAN RAUB EL	public	—	—	7.7 miles (12.4 km)
REDDIX CENTER	public	—	—	7.8 miles (12.5 km)
ELEANOR KOLITZ HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY	public	—	—	7.8 miles (12.5 km)
CARSON EL	public	—	—	7.8 miles (12.5 km)
RHODES EL	public	—	—	7.8 miles (12.6 km)
LOPEZ MIDDLE	public	—	—	8.1 miles (13.0 km)
MESSIAHS KIDS PRESCHOOL	private	—	—	8.1 miles (13.1 km)
HARDY OAK EL	public	—	—	8.2 miles (13.2 km)
LEON VALLEY EL	public	—	—	8.3 miles (13.3 km)
LARKSPUR EL	public	—	—	8.3 miles (13.4 km)
COLONIAL HILLS UNITED METHODIST SCHOOL	private	—	—	8.3 miles (13.4 km)
REAGAN H S	public	—	—	8.3 miles (13.4 km)
FIELDS EL	public	—	—	8.3 miles (13.4 km)
NOBIS PACEM	private	—	—	8.3 miles (13.4 km)
MEAD EL	public	—	—	8.4 miles (13.5 km)
NORTHWEST CROSSING EL	public	—	—	8.4 miles (13.5 km)
CHURCHILL H S	public	—	—	8.5 miles (13.6 km)
ELROD EL	public	—	—	8.5 miles (13.6 km)
CONNALLY MIDDLE	public	—	—	8.5 miles (13.7 km)
SECOND CHANCE ACADEMY	public	—	—	8.5 miles (13.7 km)
KIPP SOMOS COLLEGIATE	public	—	—	8.5 miles (13.7 km)
KIPP SOMOS PRI	public	—	—	8.5 miles (13.7 km)
OAK HILLS TERRACE EL	public	—	—	8.5 miles (13.7 km)
FUSION ACADEMY	private	—	—	8.6 miles (13.8 km)
GRACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	8.6 miles (13.8 km)
THE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL AT CASTLE HILLS	private	—	—	8.6 miles (13.9 km)
LAS LOMAS EL	public	—	—	8.7 miles (13.9 km)
JEFFERSON MIDDLE	public	—	—	8.7 miles (14.0 km)

Schools FAQ for ZIP 78256

What school district is ZIP code 78256 in?

ZIP 78256 (San Antonio, TX) maps to Northside Independent School District (LEA ID 4833120) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.

How many schools are near ZIP code 78256?

US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 77 public and 23 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.

What share of students in 78256 attend private school?

About 0.7% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 78256 attend private school (ACS estimate).

Education
Bachelor's or higher	58.5%
High school	11.0%
Less than HS	5.7%
School district	Northside Independent School District

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