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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
Melissa Mack arrived at Durham Academy as a seventh grade science teacher, a role that had been advertised as a one-year stint to cover for another teacher’s sabbatical leave. That was 10 years ago. Mack never left. She has since taught a potpourri of subjects — language arts, social studies, science and STEAM — while playing an indispensable role in the Middle School’s embrace of Competency-Based Learning (CBL) and forward-thinking instructional technology. Her can-do, whatever-it-takes spirit comes from a simple, enduring desire: to put students, and their futures, first.
By the Numbers
1933
1,252
Students enrolled in grades Pre-k through 12
49%
Percentage of students who self-identify as people of color
$4.8M
Total tuition assistance awarded to families in 2024–2025
69%
Percentage of teaching faculty who hold advanced degrees
57
DA graduates currently playing their sport in college
44
Varsity conference championships in the last 5 years
12
Consecutive top-20 finishes at the National Speech & Debate Tournament (2013–2024), the longest active win streak in the nation
4
Divisions: Preschool, Lower School, Middle School & Upper School
3
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 2024–2025