High Schools (9-12) Hillside Hillside High School is a four-year
public high school. Of more than 300 historically black high schools that once operated in the state before
desegregation, only five remain today, with Hillside being the oldest. The school features the International Baccalaureate Program and the Business and Finance Academy. "Students may study electronics, engineering, and child care through the Workforce Development courses, as well as traditional business classes". The school mascot is the hornet. Hillside is known for
performing arts such as their award-winning Marching Band and Drama Department. Hillside students come from many middle school areas such as Rogers-Herr, Githens, Lowes Grove, Shepard, Brogden, and Lakewood. Hillside enrolled 1370 students in the 2017–2018 school year. The schools current principal is Dr. William Logan.
Jordan Charles E. Jordan High School is located on Garrett Road near Hope Valley Road in southwest Durham. The school mascot is the
falcon. Jordan students come from many area
middle schools such as Shepard, Githens, Lowe's Grove, and Rogers-Herr. The school features career pathways in Agriscience/Biotechnology and Commercial and Artistic Production. Other components of the Jordan community that have won national and state awards include the marching band, show choir, DECA (marketing and business), Future Farmers of America, Future Business Leaders of America, the foreign language program, and the school newspaper. Jordan enrolled 1,979 students in the 2017–2018 school year. The schools current principal is Susan Taylor. Northern enrolled 1,536 students in the 2017–2018 school year. The schools current principal is Emmet Alexander. It is in the process of being rebuilt on a new site approximately two miles away.
Riverside Riverside High School is a four-year public high school located in Northern Durham. Opened in 1991, this school is one of seven public high schools in the Durham Public School System. Riverside students come from some middle school areas such as Carrington, Brogden, and Lucas. Riverside is SACS & NCDPI accredited, has the Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Engineering Magnet, and the Air Force JROTC Magnet. Riverside enrolled 1,826 students in the 2017–2018 school year. The schools current principal is Gloria Woods-Weeks.
Southern Southern High School is a four-year public high school located in southern Durham. Southern is a 4A school, and has football, baseball, and basketball programs as well as the Symphonic Soul of the South Marching Band. Southern students mostly come from Neal and Brogden. Durham Public Schools, with the support of the New Schools Project of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has reinvented the high school experience at Southern School of Energy & Sustainability. Southern enrolled 1,429 students in the 2017–2018 school year. The schools current principal is Jerome Leathers. The current principal is Crystal Taylor-Simon
Other High Schools • Josephine Dobbs Clement Early College • City of Medicine Academy • Durham School of Technology (formerly Hillside New Tech High)
Middle Schools (6-8) Brogden Brogden Middle School is a public
middle school in Durham, North Carolina. As of the 20232024 school year, Brogden serves 707 students from grades 6–8 in the Durham Public Schools district. The school is currently ran under the administration of principal Anthony White. Brogden was built in 1959 on a parcel of land containing an abandoned farmhouse, which was razed to facilitate the construction of a school. The site was owned by the Northgate Shopping Center a mall which operates near Broad Street as of 2024. The school was opened to grades 7–9 as a Junior High School in 1959 under the name Brogden Junior High. The newly constructed Brogden school was set to replace the E.K. Powe Junior High, which would later become the E.K. Powe Elementary school. As of 2024, Brogden functions as a middle school. It holds many sports teams including boys and girls soccer, basketball, track & field, cross country as well as a football, volleyball, wrestling, baseball and softball team. In 2024, the Brogden Boys Soccer Teams won the Durham Athletics Conference championships for the first time in over 10 years. Brogden sponsors 3 performing arts classes, namely band, orchestra and chorus. The school's band has competed with the North Carolina Bandmaster's Association, and students have represented the school in the North Carolina All-State band. Choral students from Brogden have participated in the North Carolina All-State chorus. Brogden hosts various recitals through the year to allow band, orchestra and chorus students to perform.
Carrington The Carrington Middle School is administrated by Debra Cheek. In the 20242025 school year, it had an enrollment of 776 students.
Githens The Githens Middle School is administrated by principal Sheldon Lanier. In the 20212022 school year, it had an enrollment of 923 students.
Lowe's Grove The Lowe's Grove Middle School is administrated by principal Jessica Austin. In the 20212022 school year, it had an enrollment of 601 students.
Lucas The Lucas Middle School is administrated by principal Sarah Sanchez. In the 20212022 school year, it had an enrollment of 531 students.
Neal The Neal Middle School is administrated by principal Terrence Covington. In the 20212022 school year, it had an enrollment of 759 students.
Rogers-Herr The Rogers-Herr Middle School is administrated by principal Tawauna Stewart. In the 20212022 school year, it had an enrollment of 633 students.
James E Shepard IB Middle The James E Shepard IB Middle School is administrated by principal Claude Archer. In the 20212022 school year, it had an enrollment of 452 students.
Lakewood Montessori Middle The Lakewood Montessori Middle School is administrated by principal Donald Jones. In the 20212022 school year, it had an enrollment of 295 students.
K-12 Schools (K-12) Secondary schools Durham School of the Arts Durham School of the Arts (DSA) is a secondary (grades 6–12)
magnet school located in downtown Durham, housing 1711 students. Its focus is on
visual and
performing arts. Offerings include extensive
3D and
2D art, dance, guitar, strings, band, photography, piano, acting, technical theater, and computer classes. Students are enrolled by a
lottery system and can enroll as early as the sixth grade. It is led by principal L. Jackie Tobias.
Lakeview School Lakeview School is an alternative school for grades 6–12 to teach those who have a history of misbehavior.. It is led by principal Theresa McGowan. Lakeview was an African American school prior to integration, then proceed to be an all kindergarten center which later changed to PIPE daycare for employees children and others.
Hospital School • The Hospital School is located at Duke University Medical Center. This school teaches students with health conditions.
School for Creative Studies The School for Creative Studies is a year-round secondary magnet school (grades 6–12) located at 5001 Red Mill Road, Durham, 27704. This school opened with 300 students (Grades 6, 7, 9) on July 1, 2013, in the same building that used to house Chewning Middle School. The principal is Chaundra Clay.
Elementary Schools (K-5) Middle Schools (6-8) K-8 Schools (K-8) Former schools • Lowes Grove Elementary School was in southern Durham. In 2016 the State Employees Credit Union proposed that Durham Public Schools build employee housing on the Lowes Grove property. In 2019 a bill was filed in the legislature to allow the district to do this. • W.G. Pearson Middle School • Chewning Year-Round Middle School • Bragtown School Was turned into a 6th grade center after integration. The last year it served as a school was 1990–1991 school year. ==References==