Wasatch Elementary School was built in 1948. Wasatch is an Indian name meaning "mountain path." On September 12, 1949, students began attending the new school. The school mascot is "Satch," a German shepherd that was adopted after a former teacher brought home a trinket from a trip to Germany.

The school prides itself on its academic excellence and its many teachers have worked hard to create traditions to enhance the learning that takes place at Wasatch Elementary School. Some of these traditions include: lessons in the industrial shop classroom, music programs, formal flag ceremonies, braiding the May pole, folk dance performances, and track and field day. The school also has a Chinese immersion program which began in 2009.

The Provo City School District was created in Provo, Utah, in 1890, through the merger of the five different school districts that were established between 1860-1861. It originally consisted of five schools: Central (Parker) School, East (Webster) School, West (Franklin) School, North (Page) School, and Far North (Mountain) School. Two years later, the first version of Timpanogos Elementary School was built and six years after Webster School was replaced by Maeser School- named after Brigham Young Academy Dean Karl G. Maeser. In the 1930s, the district added a vocational school, Dixon High, and Farrer Junior High, while replacing the campuses of Timpanogos and Parker (which was soon renamed Joaquin). Soon, Grandview Elementary was built in the 1960s and the vocational school became the present-day campus of Utah Valley University.