Admission Events

Let’s get to know each other! When choosing a school for your family, a good match is everything. You want a school community in which your family feels at home and your child will thrive. Our Enrollment Management team hosts events throughout the year to help prospective families determine whether or not DA might be a good match for them.

Small Group Tours

Our small group tours have concluded for the spring and will resume in the fall. Tour dates and times will be posted on this page this summer.

Student Shadow Days

Students play an important role in a family's school decision process, so we encourage prospective students to come check out Durham Academy for themselves! Student Shadow Days are offered several times throughout the year to enable prospective students entering grades 5 to 12 to spend a day at DA with a student host.

Our Student Shadow Days have concluded for the 2022–2023 school year. Check back in the fall, when we will add dates for 2023–2024. In the meantime, get to know some of our student ambassadors!

Meet Our Students

For families interested in DA for the 2023-2024 academic year, our admissions and financial aid application deadline was Dec. 9, 2022.

Please reach out by phone (919-493-5787) or email to check on space availability at each grade level.

Where to Find Us

Office of Enrollment Management, Preschool & Lower School

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Directions

Directions

From Interstate 40:

Exit at U.S. 15-501 (exit 270) and head north for 1.4 miles.
Turn left at the traffic light onto Garrett Road.
At the stop sign, turn right onto Pickett Road.
At the next light, turn left onto Ridge Road.
Turn right into the SECOND Durham Academy entrance on Ridge Road.
Visitor parking is on the right; park in any available space.

From Interstate 85 or the Durham Freeway (N.C. 147):

Exit at U.S. 15-501 and go south.
Take the Cornwallis Road exit (exit 106) and turn right onto Cornwallis Road.
Go 0.7 mile, and turn left onto Ridge Road.
Go 1 mile.
Turn left into the SECOND Durham Academy entrance.
Visitor parking is on the right; park in any available space.

Middle School

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Directions

Directions

From Interstate 40:

Exit at U.S. 15-501 (exit 270) and head north for 1.8 miles, following signs for U.S. 15-501 Business North.
Turn onto the N.C. 751 ramp.
Turn right onto N.C. 751/Academy Road.
Go 0.1 mile, and turn right into the Durham Academy entrance.
Visitor parking is on the left, close to the end of the drive near the main office.

From Interstate 85 or the Durham Freeway (N.C. 147):

Exit at U.S. 15-501 and go south.
Take the Cornwallis Road exit (exit 106) and turn left onto Cornwallis Road.
Go 1 mile, and turn right onto Academy Road.
Go 0.6 mile, and turn right into the Durham Academy entrance.
Visitor parking is on the left, close to the end of the drive near the main office.

Upper School

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Directions

Directions

From Interstate 40:

Exit at U.S. 15-501 (exit 270) and head north for 1.4 miles.
Turn left at the traffic light onto Garrett Road.
At the stop sign, turn right onto Pickett Road.
At the next light, turn left onto Ridge Road.
Turn right into the SECOND Durham Academy entrance on Ridge Road.
Visitor parking is on the right; park in any available space.

From Interstate 85 or the Durham Freeway (N.C. 147):

Exit at U.S. 15-501 and go south.
Take the Cornwallis Road exit (exit 106) and turn right onto Cornwallis Road.
Go 0.7 mile, and turn left onto Ridge Road.
Go 1 mile.
Turn left into the SECOND Durham Academy entrance.
Visitor parking is on the right; park in any available space.