Public education in Durham is provided by Durham Public Schools. Durham owns 45 schools, including a school for hospitalized children. Durham also is home to the state-run residential high school North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.
Durham has 2 Public Charter Schools: Central Park School for Children (K-5), and Kestrel Heights School (6-12). There are also over 21 Private Schools, some of which have been established for various denominations like Christian, Jewish, and many more.
You will have access to the Duke University, which has been ranked as one of the top universities in the country. There is also North Carolina Central University, which is the nation's first public liberal arts college that was founded for African-Americans, and is the fastest growing university in the UNC system. And the Durham Technical Community College is known for serving nearly 20,000 full and part-time students each year. This includes working adults that are enrolled in continuing their education.
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