Durham Family Responsibility Zones

What is a Family Responsibility Zone? Durham Public Schools doesn't run buses for students who live in the area right around some schools. If your home is inside a school's Family Responsibility Zone (orange), your family is responsible for getting your child to school, whether by walking, biking, carpooling, or driving.

Using the map: Click any shape or line for details. Use the layer button (top right) to show sidewalks, middle and high school zones, and more. Assignment zones show which school a home is zoned for. Check with DPS for official assignments.

For walk and bike advocates: Compare the zones with existing and planned sidewalks and bike facilities, and with paper streets (platted but unbuilt rights-of-way) that could become short cut-throughs, to find gaps on the way to school.

Data refreshes weekly from the City of Durham and DPS. This is an independent volunteer project, not an official DPS or City map. See sources or report a problem. For school walking routes, see the Durham school travel maps.