About Green Hope

Our Mission Statement: Green Hope High School is a community
that will provide a quality education and inspire every student to soar to success.


A Short History of Green Hope High School

The original Green Hope School, less than a mile down the road from the present Green Hope High School, was a small rural school established in 1927. The school was home to 200 students in grades one through twelve, and was the first accredited rural high school in Wake County. The school unfortunately burned in 1963 and was not rebuilt.

Many years passed, and the population exploded. When Wake County Public Schools built and opened the new (and much larger) Green Hope in August 1999, its very name was the result of lobbying by Green Hope School alumni who still lived in the area. The school colors (burgundy and green) are the same as those of the former school, and our graduates receive oversized diplomas exactly like those of the original graduates.

The "new" Green Hope High School has a current enrollment of over 2000 students. After only ten years as a Wake County high school, we are proud to have earned the North Carolina Honor School of Excellence designation for the last five years, with over 92.5% of our students at or above grade level. There are only five high schools in North Carolina that have earned the Honor School of Excellence status, and we are the only school in Wake County to have earned that distinction. We are one of the highest performing high schools in North Carolina.

 

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  • Traditional calendar school
  • Grades 9-12
  • Greater than 95% graduation rate
  • NC Honor School of Excellence for 2007-2008 with over 92.5% of all students performing at grade level, with the school achieving high growth on end of course test scores
  • For the fifth consecutive year, Green Hope High School was named an Honor School of Excellence and one of North Carolina's Top 10 Most Improved High Schools 2005-2006
  • Approximately 2,000 students
  • 120 classroom teachers
  • 87% of teachers are fully licensed
  • 32% of teachers have advanced degrees
  • 38% of teachers have greater than 10 years of professional teaching experience
  • 100% of classrooms connected to Internet
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