As of March 2017, Largs Academy was in the top 30 schools for Higher Results in Scotland, sitting at number 27.

Children from West Kilbride, Beith and Renfrewshire can also attend Largs Academy by placement request.

During a school trip to Barcelona 27 June 2002, a coach that was carrying a party of students and teachers from Largs Academy, crashed on the A6 motorway link road at Bierre-les-Semur, near Dijon, France at about 4 am BST.

North Ayrshire Council approved the proposals following a pre-determination meeting was held to give objectors and all stakeholders involved in the process a chance to make representation.

[7] The campus' construction was completed in March 2018, with the schools transferring into the new building at the end of the 2018 Easter break.