[2] It first opened for freshmen and sophomore students from neighboring overcrowded schools.

It added a grade level for the two subsequent years and graduated its first senior class in 2002.

The school consists of a main three-story building, with additional modular classrooms adjacent.

The Green Hope school community paid tribute to him after he died on August 2, 2016.

Dr. Diann Kearny served as interim principal for the remainder of the school year.

[6] As of the 2022-23 school year, Green Hope had 101.20 full-time equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.77:1.

[8] The school posted the fifth-highest average SAT score in the Raleigh Durham area: 1699 with 94.7% of students taking the test.

[9] Students with specific grade point averages can join the Beta Club, Quill and Scroll, and the National Honor Society.

[10] Green Hope has academic competitive teams such as the Chemistry Olympiad, Model United Nations, the History and Geography Club, the Science Bowl, and the Science Olympiad.

The school has the following co-ed sports teams: varsity cheerleading, junior varsity cheerleading, cross country, indoor track, swim and dive, and track and field.

Green Hope's cross country team was featured in a 2008 USA Today article for having more than 200 members.

[19] Green Hope's won the Wells Fargo Cup State Championship (formerly Wachovia Cup) from the NCHSAA for having "the best overall interscholastic athletic performance within each of the state’s four competitive classifications" in 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–2013, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–2016, and 2017–2018.