That year Santa Ana started adding post-eighth grade courses to their regular instructional program.

Dugger Gym and Guyer Field were added in 1962 and Administration was constructed in 1964 on the site of the old 1908 2-room schoolhouse.

Civic pride with Laguna's art community culminated in a student body vote on June 4, 1936, to change the nickname to "Artists" after only 19 months as the Breakers.

The Southern Section CIF initiated girls' team sport playoffs beginning with Volleyball in 1972.

Laguna also has a co-ed Surf team (1987) and Sand Volleyball (Girls: since Spring 2014, Boys: since Fall 2014).

In 2004, MTV created a reality television show titled Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, which aired for three seasons.

It made Laguna alumni Lo Bosworth, Kristin Cavallari, Stephen Colletti, and Lauren Conrad into celebrities.