ZIP 98444 — 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 98444

K-12 nearby

100

Public

Private

Avg enrollment

—

ZIP 98444 (Parkland, WA) is associated with Bethel School District (LEA 5300480) 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 (88 public, 12 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 3.8 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 Pacific Lutheran University about 0.7 miles away (4yr-private).

District & higher education

School district

Bethel School District

LEA ID

5300480

Private school share (ACS)

0.3%

Colleges & universities (53)

Pacific Lutheran University0.7 miles (1.1 km)4yr-private
Clover Park Technical College2.8 miles (4.5 km)4yr-public
Summit Salon Academy5.0 miles (8.0 km)2yr-private
Pierce College District5.9 miles (9.5 km)4yr-public
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus6.3 miles (10.2 km)4yr-public
Bates Technical College6.8 miles (11.0 km)4yr-public
Northwest College of Art & Design6.9 miles (11.1 km)4yr-private
Tacoma Community College7.3 miles (11.7 km)4yr-public
University of Puget Sound7.7 miles (12.4 km)4yr-private
Faith International University9.3 miles (15.0 km)4yr-private
Green River College16.9 miles (27.3 km)4yr-public
Highline College17.6 miles (28.4 km)4yr-public

Show all 53 colleges & universities

Saint Martin's University18.9 miles (30.5 km)4yr-private
South Puget Sound Community College24.3 miles (39.1 km)4yr-public
Pima Medical Institute-Renton24.5 miles (39.4 km)2yr-private
The Evergreen State College25.4 miles (41.0 km)4yr-public
Renton Technical College26.5 miles (42.6 km)4yr-public
South Seattle College27.6 miles (44.5 km)4yr-public
Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine27.7 miles (44.6 km)4yr-private
Olympic College30.4 miles (49.0 km)4yr-public
Seattle University32.1 miles (51.6 km)4yr-private
The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology32.1 miles (51.7 km)4yr-private
Antioch University-Seattle32.3 miles (52.0 km)4yr-private
City University of Seattle32.5 miles (52.2 km)4yr-private
Cornish College of the Arts32.6 miles (52.4 km)4yr-private
Seattle Central College32.6 miles (52.4 km)4yr-public
Academy of Interactive Entertainment32.7 miles (52.6 km)2yr-private
Bellevue College32.9 miles (52.9 km)4yr-public
Seattle Film Institute34.4 miles (55.4 km)4yr-private
Seattle Pacific University34.6 miles (55.7 km)4yr-private
University of Washington-Seattle Campus35.4 miles (56.9 km)4yr-public
Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education36.8 miles (59.2 km)4yr-private
Northwest University36.9 miles (59.4 km)4yr-private
North Seattle College38.1 miles (61.3 km)4yr-public
Pima Medical Institute-Seattle38.2 miles (61.4 km)2yr-private
Centralia College38.7 miles (62.3 km)4yr-public
DigiPen Institute of Technology39.5 miles (63.6 km)4yr-private
Lake Washington Institute of Technology40.4 miles (64.9 km)4yr-public
Bastyr University40.9 miles (65.8 km)4yr-private
Shoreline Community College41.3 miles (66.4 km)4yr-public
University of Washington-Bothell Campus43.6 miles (70.2 km)4yr-public
Cascadia College43.7 miles (70.3 km)4yr-public
Edmonds College46.2 miles (74.3 km)4yr-public
Everett Community College60.1 miles (96.7 km)4yr-public
Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building62.5 miles (100.6 km)2yr-private
Grays Harbor College65.2 miles (105.0 km)4yr-public
Lower Columbia College73.6 miles (118.4 km)4yr-public
Peninsula College79.4 miles (127.8 km)4yr-public
Skagit Valley College89.0 miles (143.2 km)4yr-public
Central Washington University90.5 miles (145.6 km)4yr-public
Clatsop Community College93.5 miles (150.4 km)2yr-public
Yakima Valley College98.8 miles (159.0 km)4yr-public
Perry Technical Institute98.8 miles (159.0 km)2yr-private

K-12 schools within ~10 miles

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

		Grades
James Sales Elementary	public	—	—	0.1 miles (0.2 km)
Perry G Keithley Middle School	public	—	—	0.6 miles (0.9 km)
Washington High School	public	—	—	0.7 miles (1.1 km)
Christensen Elementary	public	—	—	0.7 miles (1.2 km)
PARKLAND LUTHERAN CHURCH & SCHOOL	private	—	—	0.9 miles (1.5 km)
Hewins Early Learning Center	public	—	—	1.0 miles (1.6 km)
Learning Support	public	—	—	1.0 miles (1.6 km)
Brookdale Elementary	public	—	—	1.1 miles (1.8 km)
FAITH LUTHERAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	1.4 miles (2.3 km)
ST MARY'S ACADEMY	private	—	—	1.5 miles (2.4 km)
Helen Stafford Elementary School	public	—	—	1.5 miles (2.4 km)
Elmhurst Elementary School	public	—	—	1.7 miles (2.7 km)
Fern Hill Elementary School	public	—	—	1.9 miles (3.0 km)
Morris Ford Middle School	public	—	—	2.0 miles (3.2 km)
Franklin Pierce High School	public	—	—	2.0 miles (3.2 km)
Larchmont Elementary School	public	—	—	2.0 miles (3.3 km)
Baker Middle School	public	—	—	2.1 miles (3.4 km)
Clover Park Early Learning Program	public	—	—	2.2 miles (3.5 km)
Collins Elementary	public	—	—	2.3 miles (3.7 km)
Birney Elementary School	public	—	—	2.4 miles (3.8 km)
Midland Elementary	public	—	—	2.4 miles (3.9 km)
Lakeview Hope Academy	public	—	—	2.4 miles (3.9 km)
Northwest Career and Technical High School	public	—	—	2.8 miles (4.4 km)
Spanaway Middle School	public	—	—	2.8 miles (4.5 km)
Harvard Elementary	public	—	—	2.8 miles (4.5 km)
Tyee Park Elementary School	public	—	—	2.8 miles (4.5 km)
Thompson Preschool	public	—	—	2.9 miles (4.6 km)
CPSD Open Doors Program	public	—	—	2.9 miles (4.7 km)
Gravelly Lake K-12 Academy	public	—	—	2.9 miles (4.7 km)
Arlington Elementary School	public	—	—	2.9 miles (4.7 km)
ST FRANCES CABRINI SCHOOL	private	—	—	3.0 miles (4.8 km)
Chester H Thompson Elementary	public	—	—	3.0 miles (4.8 km)
Industrial Design Engineering and Arts	public	—	—	3.0 miles (4.8 km)
General William H. Harrison Preparatory School	public	—	—	3.1 miles (5.0 km)
Acceleration Academy	public	—	—	3.1 miles (5.0 km)
Four Heroes Elementary	public	—	—	3.1 miles (5.0 km)
SOUND CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	3.1 miles (5.1 km)
Spanaway Elementary Preschool	public	—	—	3.2 miles (5.2 km)
Spanaway Elementary	public	—	—	3.2 miles (5.2 km)
Clover Park High School	public	—	—	3.3 miles (5.3 km)
Special Education Services/relife	public	—	—	3.4 miles (5.4 km)
BETHEL HOPE EARLY LEARNING CENTER	public	—	—	3.4 miles (5.4 km)
Lochburn Middle School	public	—	—	3.5 miles (5.6 km)
Boze Elementary School	public	—	—	3.5 miles (5.6 km)
Park Lodge Elementary School	public	—	—	3.5 miles (5.7 km)
Fawcett Elementary School	public	—	—	3.5 miles (5.7 km)
Mount Tahoma High School	public	—	—	3.5 miles (5.7 km)
Spanaway Lake High School	public	—	—	3.7 miles (6.0 km)
Edison Elementary School	public	—	—	3.7 miles (6.0 km)
Manitou Park Elementary School	public	—	—	3.7 miles (6.0 km)
CONCORDIA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	3.8 miles (6.1 km)
Naches Trail Preschool	public	—	—	3.8 miles (6.1 km)
EVERGREEN LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL	private	—	—	3.8 miles (6.1 km)
Gray Middle School	public	—	—	3.8 miles (6.1 km)
Carter Lake Elementary School	public	—	—	3.8 miles (6.1 km)
VISITATION CATHOLIC STEM ACADEMY	private	—	—	3.8 miles (6.1 km)
Naches Trail Elementary	public	—	—	3.9 miles (6.2 km)
Central Avenue Elementary	public	—	—	3.9 miles (6.2 km)
Mann Elementary School	public	—	—	3.9 miles (6.3 km)
GATES Secondary School	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.4 km)
Evergreen Elementary	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.4 km)
Transition 18-21 Program	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.5 km)
Camas Prairie Elementary	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.5 km)
Stewart Middle School	public	—	—	4.1 miles (6.6 km)
Sheridan Elementary School	public	—	—	4.1 miles (6.6 km)
Angelo Giaudrone Middle School	public	—	—	4.1 miles (6.6 km)
Dower Elementary School	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.7 km)
BETHEL BAPTIST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	4.2 miles (6.7 km)
Challenger High School	public	—	—	4.3 miles (6.9 km)
Waller Road Elementary	public	—	—	4.3 miles (6.9 km)
Katherine G. Johnson Elementary School	public	—	—	4.3 miles (6.9 km)
First Creek Middle School	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
Lyon Elementary School	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
Idlewild Elementary School	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.3 km)
Custer Elementary School	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.6 km)
Whitman Elementary School	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.6 km)
Clover Creek Elementary	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.6 km)
Madison Headstart	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.7 km)
Hudtloff Middle School	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.7 km)
Lister Elementary School	public	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
CASCADE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS - FREDERICKSON ELEM.	private	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
Lincoln High School	public	—	—	5.0 miles (8.0 km)
Cedarcrest Middle School	public	—	—	5.0 miles (8.1 km)
Reed Elementary School	public	—	—	5.0 miles (8.1 km)
Blix Elementary School	public	—	—	5.1 miles (8.2 km)
Oakbrook Elementary School	public	—	—	5.2 miles (8.4 km)
Oakridge Group Home	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
Pierce County Skills Center	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
Tillicum Elementary School	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
Bethel Elementary Learning Academy	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
Insight School of WA Open Doors Program	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.6 km)
Willard Early Learning Center	public	—	—	5.5 miles (8.8 km)
Re-Entry High School	public	—	—	5.5 miles (8.8 km)
Thomas Middle School	public	—	—	5.5 miles (8.8 km)
Re-Entry Middle School	public	—	—	5.5 miles (8.8 km)
Transition Day Students	public	—	—	5.5 miles (8.9 km)
Firwood	public	—	—	5.5 miles (8.9 km)
CHARLES WRIGHT ACADEMY	private	—	—	5.6 miles (9.0 km)
Oakland High School	public	—	—	5.6 miles (9.0 km)

Schools FAQ for ZIP 98444

What school district is ZIP code 98444 in?

ZIP 98444 (Parkland, WA) maps to Bethel School District (LEA ID 5300480) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.

How many schools are near ZIP code 98444?

US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 88 public and 12 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.

What share of students in 98444 attend private school?

About 0.3% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 98444 attend private school (ACS estimate).

Education
Bachelor's or higher	15.2%
High school	38.6%
Less than HS	12.6%
School district	Bethel School District

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