Caldwell Academy

Caldwell Academy is named after David Caldwell (1725–1824). He was an early era minister in Guilford County as well as an educator and physician. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1725 and came to the area in order to pastor Buffalo and Alamance Presbyterian Churches. Along with his pastoral duties David Caldwell founded a Log-College. This served as the first schoolhouse in Guilford County.

In 1994, an organization of families in Greensboro, North Carolina sought to establish a school for their children that would teach from a Christian stance. The name "Caldwell Academy" was derived from the life of David Caldwell, a Greensboro native who operated in the late-18th and early-19th century. In 1995 the school opened in the fall with a few hundred students ranging from kindergarten to 6th grade. The school was originally operating out of rented space at a local church until its move to a permanent location in the summer of 1999. The permanent location started off with "Founders Hall" and "Smith Building" along with some modulars. Over the summer of 2007 a new grammar building, "Munchkin Hall" was built and K–5 was moved to the new building. Later that year they finished the construction of a new athletic facility equipped with a soccer field, multi-purpose/practice field, and a baseball diamond.