BME got its start in a farmhouse on Mountain View Road about a mile southwest of its current location on the slope of Blue Mountain. Six students, ranging from first to seventh grade, studied with Mrs. Gladys Lay. The 1955-56 school year saw a move to a small building next to a farmhouse closer to the newly-opened academy, at the corner of Academy and Mountain View Roads. This year also marked the arrival of BME's second teacher (Mrs. Lois Walker) and several new students, and BME's first graduation (for Bernard Adams and Dennis Greenawald). By 1961, the school had grown to 26 students, requiring two full-time teachers and a move into the Academy facility (to what is now the choir room). A partition divided the area into two classrooms, but space was tight, especially when Columbia Union College education majors were doing their student teaching at BME!

By 1967, BME and BMA had both grown large enough to need separate facilities. Mr. Ray Kelly, manager of Harris Pine Mills and Chair of BME's board, chaired the committee that oversaw the building of the oldest part of the current facility. Principal Mrs. Mildred Wuchenich, teacher Mrs. Edith Galambos, and 43 students moved in on January 12, 1969. Home and School fundraising efforts underwrote the addition of a multipurpose room in 1980's and a classroom addition in 1992. Today the school has four classrooms and a computer lab/library.