Until the development of Morningside Heights, there were two Catholic elementary schools in the area, St. Bede in Malvern opened in 1989 and St, Dominic Savio in Rouge Hill opened in 1999.

The board held a groundbreaking ceremony on November 15, 2011 to start construction on the Frassati school that was completed in January 2013.

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati held an open house event on June 13, 2013 organized by St. Bede and St. Gabriel Lalemant schools.

While Frassati is a feeder school, its graduates attend Lester B. Pearson, Sir William Osler, St.

Mother Teresa, Francis Libermann, Mary Ward, and St. John Paul II secondary schools.