As of 2009[update], the school includes science, media, technology and multi-purpose learning areas.

[citation needed] Lilydale High School was founded in 1919, at which stage it was housed in a single building not located on the current school grounds.

In the May 2006 Victoria state budget, A$5.65 million had been allocated to the school for the completion of construction at the school, consisting of 15 new buildings and facilities to be completed between 2006 and 2007.

[4] In 2019, the school's Steam (STEM) coordinator, Tony Vallance, won the Australian Teacher of the Year award in the Australian Education Awards.

[citation needed] In 2015, the school were the Victorian Junior Boys Netball champions.