After the 1978–1979 school year, the building was demolished, and students began at the current LSHS location in the fall of 1979.

Several school programs use names that reference the region's Scandinavian heritage, which is also reflected in the "Vikings" mascot.

Lake Stevens High School has four bands which all play at both the fall and spring concerts and at a large number of festivals and ensembles.

The Lake Stevens High School football team is the 10-peat champions of the Wesco 4A Conference as of 2022.

Lake Stevens won their first state championship in football in 2022 defeating Kennedy Catholic 24-22.

[citation needed] In the 2006 season, their peak ranking was #9 in the national poll and #2 in their region, they finished fourth in state that year.