Admission & Financial Aid

Welcome and thank you for your interest in Durham Academy — we're delighted to share everything that's wonderful about our community with you! We look forward to building relationships and partnerships with prospective students and families, and those are more important now than ever. 

We'd be delighted to host you for a visit, where you'll witness that DA's commitment to academic excellence, nurturing and mentoring relationships between teachers and students, and the long-term development of values are at the heart of the DA experience. 

Feel free to reach out to our Enrollment Management team at 919-493-5787 or admissions@da.org with any questions or to find out more about the admissions process. We look forward to getting to know your family!
 

Why DA?

Moral. Happy. Productive. Those words are at the heart of Durham Academy’s mission statement — and have been for almost 50 years — because at DA, character matters. More than homework or grades or SAT scores, character is what endures. Our mission to prepare students for moral, happy, productive lives means DA is as committed to developing our students’ moral compass as we are to developing their intellect. 

But what does a moral, happy, productive life look like? What do we mean when we use those words? What traits or characteristics are essential to living such a life? Explore Durham Academy’s school-wide definition of good character below, representing our aspirational articulation of the values we hope to infuse in all our students.