Durham Academy

Durham · NC · Private independent · K-12 combined

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What families should know about Durham Academy.

▸ LocallyNC sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Hill Learning Center, Hope Creek Academy, Hope Creek Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Your state's public flagship

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

19%

admit rate

$8,994

in-state tuition/yr · $41,203 out-of-state

1370–1530

SAT 25–75 · ACT 30–34

The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $11,655/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

See the full University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill profile → Estimate your odds with your scores →

Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Their published matriculation list

Where their graduates enrolled

Durham Academy publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 164 colleges, ordered by the number of students enrolled.

Years, as the document states them
2021–2025

College · Students

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 75

Duke University 39

Davidson College 14

Wake Forest University 14

Elon University 13

North Carolina State University 11

University of North Carolina at Charlotte 11

University of North Carolina at Greensboro 10

Brown University 8

Georgetown University 8

University of Michigan 8

University of North Carolina Wilmington 8

University of Notre Dame 8

Case Western Reserve University 7

Middlebury College 7

New York University 7

Vanderbilt University 7

Northeastern University 6

Tufts University 6

University of Miami 6

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 6

Columbia University 5

Stanford University 5

The University of Texas at Austin 5

University of Chicago 5

University of Pennsylvania 5

Appalachian State University 4

Dartmouth College 4

Emory University 4

George Washington University 4

and 134 more

Georgia Institute of Technology 4

Kenyon College 4

Northwestern University 4

Princeton University 4

Purdue University (Main Campus) 4

Smith College 4

University of Colorado Boulder 4

Washington University in St. Louis 4

American University 3

Bates College 3

Boston College 3

Boston University 3

Bryn Mawr College 3

Colorado College 3

Cornell University 3

Franklin & Marshall College 3

Gettysburg College 3

Haverford College 3

High Point University 3

Howard University 3

Macalester College 3

Oxford College of Emory University 3

Swarthmore College 3

University of Georgia 3

University of Richmond 3

University of Wisconsin (Madison) 3

Villanova University 3

Wellesley College 3

William & Mary 3

Worcester Polytechnic Institute 3

Yale University 3

Amherst College 2

Barnard College 2

Bowdoin College 2

Brandeis University 2

Carleton College 2

Chapman University 2

Clemson University 2

Dickinson College 2

Drexel University 2

East Carolina University 2

Furman University 2

Hamilton College 2

Harvard University 2

Indiana University (Bloomington) 2

Lafayette College 2

Morehouse College 2

Ohio Wesleyan University 2

Parsons School of Design at The New School 2

Pomona College 2

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2

Southern Methodist University 2

Sweet Briar College 2

The College of Wooster 2

University of California (Berkeley) 2

University of North Carolina at Asheville 2

University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh) 2

University of South Carolina 2

University of Southern California 2

University of Vermont 2

University of Virginia (Main Campus) 2

Vassar College 2

Washington and Lee University 2

Williams College 2

Arizona State University (Phoenix) 1

Auburn University 1

Babson College 1

Baylor University 1

Bennington College 1

Butler University 1

Carnegie Mellon University 1

Carroll College 1

Catholic University of America 1

Clark Atlanta University 1

Colby College 1

Colgate University 1

Denison University 1

Durham Technical Community College 1

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Daytona Beach) 1

Emerson College 1

Florida International University 1

Fordham University 1

George Mason University 1

Guilford College 1

Hampden-Sydney College 1

Hampton University 1

Landmark College 1

Lehigh University 1

Lewis & Clark College 1

Loyola University Chicago 1

McGill University 1

Michigan State University 1

NYU Shanghai 1

Oberlin College 1

Olin College of Engineering 1

Pace University (New York City) 1

Paris School of Luxury 1

Penn State University (University Park) 1

Reed College 1

Rhodes College 1

Rice University 1

Roanoke College 1

Rutgers University (New Brunswick) 1

Santa Clara University 1

Savannah College of Art and Design 1

Scripps College 1

SKEMA Business School (Raleigh) 1

Skidmore College 1

Syracuse University 1

The American University of Paris 1

The New School 1

The Ohio State University 1

The University of Tennessee (Knoxville) 1

Tulane University of Louisiana 1

University of British Columbia 1

University of California (Davis) 1

University of California (San Diego) 1

University of California (Santa Barbara) 1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1

University of Louisville 1

University of Lynchburg 1

University of Minnesota (Twin Cities) 1

University of Nevada (Las Vegas) 1

University of North Carolina School of the Arts 1

University of North Florida 1

University of Oregon 1

University of St Andrews 1

University of Tokyo 1

University of Washington (Seattle) 1

Virginia Commonwealth University 1

Virginia Military Institute 1

Wesleyan University 1

Western Carolina University 1

William Peace University 1

These graduates went on to the colleges above.

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Independently verified As published by Durham Academy — Colleges Attended — College Matriculation 2021–2025 ↗. Found at: full page body, three-column alphabetical table.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 1,191 in 2018 to 1,196 in 2022 — over 4 years.

+0.4%

Why only 2 data points?

Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.

Most similar nearby high schools

The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.

School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
Hill Learning Center Durham	Private	0.2	167	-5.1%
Hope Creek Academy Chapel Hill	Private	1.3	51	-17.7%
Hope Creek Academy Durham	Private	1.3	51	-19.0%
Durham Academy Middle School Div Durham	Private	1.5	1,195	+215.3%
Insight Colearning Center Durham	Private	2.4	14	—
Carolina Friends School Durham	Private	3.7	473	-0.2%
Emerson Waldorf School Chapel Hill	Private	6.2	233	+2.6%
Cresset Christian Academy Durham	Private	0.4	146	-23.6%

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