It serves an area of 14.6 square miles, including Ross Township, and West View.

Librarians also provide staff and faculty with in-service training on new information technologies and literacy skills.

The drama club has produced both fall plays and spring musicals annually since 1989, and has one of the oldest theater programs of any Allegheny County public school.

In 2009, North Hills lost in the regular season matchup, but NH traveled to NA to win in the WPIAL play-offs.

In 2016, the WPIAL's new 6 classification system placed North Hills in Class 5A and North Allegheny in Class 6A, meaning that the teams will no longer meet in regular season play, the first time that has happened in over half a century.