The first school in Upper Plenty, built in 1872 was made of timber and was situated on the corner of Clarkes Road and the Wallan-Whittlesea Road. In 1902 Miss Victoria Smith was the head teacher and had her home shifted to the school as a teacher’s residence but on the 15th of January 1919 both the school and the house were destroyed by bushfire. Most of the old records were lost in the fire but the committee meeting records, which were kept in a local resident’s house were spared. The other survivor of the fire is the Cork tree. It was planted around 90 years ago, and is still standing strong and proud.

From 1919 to 1920 the children used the Upper Plenty Hall (The Shack) as a schoolroom and correspondence was granted to those who wanted it. On the 4th February 1921 the new school was completed which is the same one that stands today, but from then on teachers had to live with local residents or rent homes for themselves. In 1924 a centenary was held at the school to commemorate the naming of Mount Disappointment which Hume and Hovell named when they could not see Port Phillip Bay from the 2601ft point. The celebrations lasted all day and ended with the unveiling of a plaque in memory of the event. This plaque remains in the school to this day.

In 1974 the school commemorated 100 years of teaching. Over 200 ex-teachers and pupils attended, finishing off the day with a barn dance in the Shack. Today, the school that was built in 1921 still stands and is now the Administration Building. Three classrooms, playground areas, sport shed, tennis court and a gazebo have been added as well as the mud brick art room, which was built in 1986.