In 1963, Justice Carmelino Gomez Alvendia, Sr. (Court of Appeals) bought "Bago Bantay High School" in chronic decay.

In that same year, the Bago Bantay authorities made a relocation area for squatters from Sampaloc to Intramuros, Manila.

Niño, Pag-asa, Project 6, Balintawak, Bagong Barrio, San Francisco del Monte, West Avenue and other nearby areas in Quezon City.

Diliman Student Council chairman was a graduate of Quezon City Academy, Raymond Palatino (batch 1996).

In 2016, the school began offering Grade 11 courses in the tracks of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and ABM (Accountancy, Business and Management).