In August 2002, Durham Academy's Preschool and Lower School moved to 17 acres on the Ridge Road campus.

In 2015, Durham Academy's auditioned a cappella group, XIV Hours, released a video entitled "Lost in the Game"[9] that discussed the sexual nature of many popular song lyrics.

[10]Students at Durham Academy have won national titles in chess [11][12] and debate,[13] and a member of the Class of 2007 was awarded second place in the Intel Science Talent Search.

[citation needed] Sixty-four percent of faculty members hold advanced degrees, and they average 19 years of teaching experience.

The varsity girls field hockey team won the 2012 North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association championship.

[20] The cross country and track programs at Durham Academy are particularly notable, with 39 team state championships and 196 individual titles during the tenure of former head coach Dennis Cullen.

[22] Among those athletes are Mollie Pathman, the 2009-2010 Gatorade National Girls Soccer Player,[23] who played on the U.S. women's Under-20 national team at the 2012 World Cup,[24] Evan Fjeld, a McDonald's All-American nominee who graduated from the University of Vermont and has played professionally in the NBA D-League as well as in Malta and Switzerland,[25] and Lauren Blazing, Duke's field hockey goalkeeper, who was one of three nominees for 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year,[26] played with the USWNT in the 2016 Rio Olympics,[27] was a three-time All-American, a two-time Capital One first team Academic All-American athlete and won ACC Field Hockey Scholar-Athlete of the Year twice.