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Without Limits.
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For Excellence.
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Diversity,
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Empathy.
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Prepared
For Life.
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Inspiring Moral, Happy, Productive Students since 1933
Distinctly
Durham Academy
- A community committed to inclusion.
- Future-focused skills for relevant, real-world problems.
- Creative students motivated by joy, curiosity, challenge and choice.
- Innovative educators who inspire a lifelong love of learning.
- Inventive learning environments that fuel creativity and collaboration.
- A school invested in creating a more sustainable future.
A community committed to inclusion.
Future-focused skills for relevant, real-world problems.
Creative students motivated by joy, curiosity, challenge and choice.
Innovative educators who inspire a lifelong love of learning.
Inventive learning environments that fuel creativity and collaboration.
A school invested in creating a more sustainable future.
The DA Story
After more than five years of intensive research and intentional piloting, Durham Academy Middle School will fully adopt competency-based learning (CBL) in the fall. With emphasis on skills over scores and on improvement over performance, CBL stands as the most developmentally appropriate way to meet the needs of all Middle School learners and to prepare students for life. It’s already earning rave reviews from the teachers and students who have experienced its potential.
By the Numbers
1933
1,247
Total number of students enrolled in grades Pre-k through 12
48%
Percentage of students who self-identify as people of color
$4.7M
Total tuition assistance awarded to families in 2023-2024
69%
Percentage of teaching faculty who hold advanced degrees
57
Number of DA graduates currently playing their sport in college
44
Number of varsity conference championships in the last 5 years
3
Consecutive state Speech & Debate championships (2021-2023)
4
Divisions — Preschool, Lower School, Middle School, Upper School
3
Number of state-of-the-art engineering, robotics and fabrication labs
3
Performing arts venues for student productions and special events
43
Total number of interscholastic athletics teams for 2023-2024