Original Building
In 1901 several community and private schools were combined to form the first public school called Valmead near the site of the present school.  In the beginning, it was a one-teacher school. Sometime later an additional room was built that accommodated two teachers for four to six months a year. When the school burned in 1920, students were housed in a store building, a hosiery mill, and a church.  By 1922 a new six-room brick building with an auditorium was completed. That building housed grades 1-9. Several renovations followed, and at one time, the school became so crowded that students had to be transferred to Happy Valley.

Current Building
In 1951, the present main building was opened, and a renovation provided a library that was large enough to accommodate an entire class.  The first lunchroom at the school was completed in 1952. Classrooms, an all-purpose room, and a larger cafeteria were added in 1958 and 1962. The 1990's saw big changes - the addition of a workroom and counselor's office in 1990 and a new gymnasium and parking lot in 1991-92. By the opening of the school in 1993-94, the all-purpose room had been converted into a beautiful new media center and computer lab. Two new classrooms were completed for the 1998-99 school year. That renovation also included a brand new "front door" that was easily accessible to the parking area.