ZIP 98403 — 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 98403

K-12 nearby

100

Public

Private

Avg enrollment

—

ZIP 98403 (Tacoma, WA) is associated with Tacoma Public Schools (LEA 5308700) 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 (85 public, 15 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 3.1 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 University of Puget Sound about 1.0 miles away (4yr-private).

District & higher education

School district

Tacoma Public Schools

LEA ID

5308700

Private school share (ACS)

0.7%

Colleges & universities (52)

University of Puget Sound1.0 miles (1.6 km)4yr-private
Bates Technical College1.1 miles (1.8 km)4yr-public
Northwest College of Art & Design1.3 miles (2.1 km)4yr-private
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus1.8 miles (2.8 km)4yr-public
Faith International University2.9 miles (4.7 km)4yr-private
Summit Salon Academy3.0 miles (4.8 km)2yr-private
Tacoma Community College3.4 miles (5.5 km)4yr-public
Clover Park Technical College6.5 miles (10.4 km)4yr-public
Pierce College District8.4 miles (13.5 km)4yr-public
Pacific Lutheran University8.4 miles (13.5 km)4yr-private
Highline College11.2 miles (17.9 km)4yr-public
Green River College13.7 miles (22.0 km)4yr-public

Show all 52 colleges & universities

Pima Medical Institute-Renton18.2 miles (29.3 km)2yr-private
South Seattle College20.1 miles (32.3 km)4yr-public
Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine20.3 miles (32.6 km)4yr-private
Renton Technical College20.3 miles (32.7 km)4yr-public
Olympic College22.9 miles (36.8 km)4yr-public
Saint Martin's University22.9 miles (36.8 km)4yr-private
The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology24.5 miles (39.5 km)4yr-private
Seattle University24.6 miles (39.5 km)4yr-private
Antioch University-Seattle24.7 miles (39.8 km)4yr-private
City University of Seattle24.9 miles (40.0 km)4yr-private
Cornish College of the Arts25.0 miles (40.2 km)4yr-private
Academy of Interactive Entertainment25.1 miles (40.3 km)2yr-private
Seattle Central College25.1 miles (40.3 km)4yr-public
Bellevue College26.3 miles (42.3 km)4yr-public
Seattle Film Institute26.7 miles (43.0 km)4yr-private
Seattle Pacific University26.9 miles (43.3 km)4yr-private
South Puget Sound Community College27.8 miles (44.7 km)4yr-public
The Evergreen State College27.8 miles (44.7 km)4yr-public
University of Washington-Seattle Campus27.8 miles (44.8 km)4yr-public
Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education29.7 miles (47.8 km)4yr-private
Northwest University29.8 miles (47.9 km)4yr-private
North Seattle College30.4 miles (49.0 km)4yr-public
Pima Medical Institute-Seattle30.6 miles (49.2 km)2yr-private
DigiPen Institute of Technology32.6 miles (52.4 km)4yr-private
Lake Washington Institute of Technology33.3 miles (53.5 km)4yr-public
Bastyr University33.5 miles (53.9 km)4yr-private
Shoreline Community College33.6 miles (54.1 km)4yr-public
University of Washington-Bothell Campus36.3 miles (58.5 km)4yr-public
Cascadia College36.4 miles (58.6 km)4yr-public
Edmonds College38.5 miles (62.0 km)4yr-public
Centralia College44.8 miles (72.1 km)4yr-public
Everett Community College52.5 miles (84.5 km)4yr-public
Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building54.8 miles (88.2 km)2yr-private
Grays Harbor College66.8 miles (107.5 km)4yr-public
Peninsula College72.8 miles (117.2 km)4yr-public
Lower Columbia College80.9 miles (130.2 km)4yr-public
Skagit Valley College81.2 miles (130.7 km)4yr-public
Central Washington University92.1 miles (148.2 km)4yr-public
Clatsop Community College98.9 miles (159.1 km)2yr-public
Wenatchee Valley College100.0 miles (160.9 km)4yr-public

K-12 schools within ~10 miles

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

		Grades
ANNIE WRIGHT SCHOOLS	private	—	—	0.3 miles (0.4 km)
ST PATRICK CATHOLIC SCHOOL	private	—	—	0.3 miles (0.5 km)
Lowell Elementary School	public	—	—	0.4 miles (0.6 km)
Stadium High School	public	—	—	0.5 miles (0.8 km)
THE COR DEO SCHOOL	private	—	—	0.6 miles (0.9 km)
Grant Elementary School	public	—	—	0.7 miles (1.1 km)
Hilltop Heritage Middle School	public	—	—	0.7 miles (1.2 km)
Bryant Montessori Middle School	public	—	—	0.8 miles (1.3 km)
Bryant Montessori School	public	—	—	0.8 miles (1.3 km)
Special Services	public	—	—	0.9 miles (1.5 km)
Alternative Spcl Needs Div Occ	public	—	—	0.9 miles (1.5 km)
Comm Based Trans Program	public	—	—	0.9 miles (1.5 km)
Tacoma Pierce County Education Center	public	—	—	1.0 miles (1.6 km)
Bates Technical College - Open Doors	public	—	—	1.1 miles (1.8 km)
Bates Technical High School	public	—	—	1.1 miles (1.8 km)
Tacoma School of the Arts	public	—	—	1.1 miles (1.8 km)
COMMUNITY MONTESSORI	private	—	—	1.3 miles (2.1 km)
Hoyt Early Learning Center	public	—	—	1.3 miles (2.1 km)
Washington Elementary School	public	—	—	1.4 miles (2.2 km)
TACOMA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	1.4 miles (2.3 km)
Stanley Elementary School	public	—	—	1.5 miles (2.4 km)
Mason Middle School	public	—	—	1.6 miles (2.5 km)
Franklin Elementary School	public	—	—	1.6 miles (2.5 km)
Tacoma Open Doors	public	—	—	1.6 miles (2.6 km)
Maritime 253 Skills Center	public	—	—	1.7 miles (2.7 km)
Jefferson Elementary School	public	—	—	1.8 miles (2.8 km)
Edna Travis Elementary School	public	—	—	1.8 miles (2.8 km)
LIFE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	1.8 miles (2.9 km)
CARPE DIEM ACADEMY	private	—	—	1.8 miles (2.9 km)
Sherman Elementary School	public	—	—	2.2 miles (3.5 km)
Summit Public School: Olympus	public	—	—	2.2 miles (3.6 km)
Dr. Dolores Silas High School	public	—	—	2.3 miles (3.7 km)
Downing Elementary School	public	—	—	2.3 miles (3.7 km)
Delong Elementary School	public	—	—	2.4 miles (3.8 km)
BELLARMINE PREPARATORY SCHOOL	private	—	—	2.4 miles (3.8 km)
Foss High School	public	—	—	2.5 miles (4.0 km)
Remann Hall Juvenile Detention Center	public	—	—	2.6 miles (4.1 km)
Willard Early Learning Center	public	—	—	2.6 miles (4.2 km)
Insight School of WA Open Doors Program	public	—	—	2.6 miles (4.2 km)
Reed Elementary School	public	—	—	2.8 miles (4.5 km)
Truman Middle School	public	—	—	2.8 miles (4.5 km)
Oakland High School	public	—	—	2.8 miles (4.5 km)
The School at Pearl Youth Residence	public	—	—	2.8 miles (4.5 km)
Lincoln High School	public	—	—	2.9 miles (4.7 km)
Browns Point Elementary School	public	—	—	3.0 miles (4.8 km)
Skyline Elementary School	public	—	—	3.0 miles (4.8 km)
Tacoma Online High School	public	—	—	3.1 miles (5.0 km)
Tacoma Online Elementary School	public	—	—	3.1 miles (5.0 km)
Tacoma Online Middle School	public	—	—	3.1 miles (5.0 km)
Whitman Elementary School	public	—	—	3.1 miles (5.0 km)
Impact Public Schools	public	—	—	3.1 miles (5.0 km)
Hunt Middle School	public	—	—	3.2 miles (5.1 km)
Point Defiance Elementary School	public	—	—	3.2 miles (5.2 km)
Wainwright Intermediate School	public	—	—	3.3 miles (5.3 km)
Madison Headstart	public	—	—	3.3 miles (5.3 km)
Meeker Middle School	public	—	—	3.4 miles (5.4 km)
Crescent Heights Elementary School	public	—	—	3.4 miles (5.4 km)
Whittier Elementary School	public	—	—	3.6 miles (5.9 km)
Geiger Montessori School	public	—	—	3.7 miles (5.9 km)
ST CHARLES BORROMEO CATHOLIC SCHOOL	private	—	—	3.7 miles (5.9 km)
Lyon Elementary School	public	—	—	3.7 miles (5.9 km)
Blix Elementary School	public	—	—	3.7 miles (6.0 km)
Angelo Giaudrone Middle School	public	—	—	3.7 miles (6.0 km)
Roosevelt Elementary School	public	—	—	3.8 miles (6.1 km)
Stewart Middle School	public	—	—	3.9 miles (6.3 km)
Mann Elementary School	public	—	—	3.9 miles (6.3 km)
N.E. Tacoma Elementary School	public	—	—	4.1 miles (6.6 km)
MONTESSORI IN MOTION	private	—	—	4.1 miles (6.6 km)
Science and Math Institute	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.7 km)
Green Gables Elementary School	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.8 km)
Sheridan Elementary School	public	—	—	4.3 miles (7.0 km)
Edison Elementary School	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.0 km)
Lister Elementary School	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
VISITATION CATHOLIC STEM ACADEMY	private	—	—	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
CONCORDIA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
Brigadoon Elementary School	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
Fawcett Elementary School	public	—	—	4.6 miles (7.4 km)
First Creek Middle School	public	—	—	4.6 miles (7.4 km)
Evergreen Primary	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.7 km)
Twin Lakes Elementary School	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.7 km)
SOUND CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	4.8 miles (7.7 km)
Gray Middle School	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.8 km)
Industrial Design Engineering and Arts	public	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
University Place Primary	public	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
Manitou Park Elementary School	public	—	—	5.1 miles (8.1 km)
Narrows View Intermediate	public	—	—	5.1 miles (8.2 km)
Boze Elementary School	public	—	—	5.2 miles (8.3 km)
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	5.2 miles (8.3 km)
Arlington Elementary School	public	—	—	5.2 miles (8.4 km)
Olympic View Elementary School	public	—	—	5.2 miles (8.4 km)
HOLY ROSARY BILINGUAL ACADEMY	private	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
Curtis Senior High	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
Employment Transition Program	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
Fife High School	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.6 km)
Curtis Junior High	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.6 km)
Fife Open Doors	public	—	—	5.4 miles (8.6 km)
Drum Intermediate	public	—	—	5.4 miles (8.7 km)
Sherwood Forest Elementary School	public	—	—	5.4 miles (8.7 km)
Columbia Junior High School	public	—	—	5.4 miles (8.7 km)

Schools FAQ for ZIP 98403

What school district is ZIP code 98403 in?

ZIP 98403 (Tacoma, WA) maps to Tacoma Public Schools (LEA ID 5308700) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.

How many schools are near ZIP code 98403?

US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 85 public and 15 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.

What share of students in 98403 attend private school?

About 0.7% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 98403 attend private school (ACS estimate).

Education
Bachelor's or higher	64.4%
High school	15.0%
Less than HS	0.8%
School district	Tacoma Public Schools

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