The school was opened in 1853, and the present building is the third school building on this site. A new addition was completed for the 1998-99 school year. The student body primarily reflects a high socioeconomic background.
Most parents have a college degree or some post secondary education.
The building school ability index has the normal range, with the majority falling in the 60th percentile up. Most homerooms have three to four children in the gifted range and one or more children in other forms of special education. In addition, village and township residents and businesses support fundraising, booster activities, special events, sporting, and all types of curricular and extracurricular activities. Our mission is to provide Granville's elementary children with education that is excellent, linked to the real world, and which foster the development problem solving, adaptation, participation, leadership, collaboration, communication and responsibility skills. This mission is put into action through a continually renewed, rigorous and relevant curriculum that includes the exploration of diversity, hands-on curricular and cocurricular activities, parent and community involvement, professional development, an attractive learning facility, and the active use of technology in each classroom.