It was founded in 1988 during the military administration of Rear Admiral Mike Akhigbe (Rtd).

[1][2][3][4] LSMC Kankon was one of the five model colleges established in each of the then five divisions of Lagos State.

The other four Model Colleges include Igbonla, Badore, Meiran and Igbokuta.

From the period 1988-1992, the Colleges were given necessary foundation and focus on their mission as pacesetters in academics and co-curricular endeavours.

Since 2003, the school was renamed to Lagos State Senior Model College, Kankon.