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Without Limits.
Innovating
For Excellence.
Embracing
Diversity,
Inspiring
Empathy.
Hero
Prepared
For Life.
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See Yourself at DA
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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
Feeling nostalgic during this week of Durham Academy Homecoming? Join the club. To informally signal the arrival of this weekend’s festivities, we caught up with four alumni from three reunion classes to see how DA inspired their career paths.
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