On April 1,1878, when the public, co-educational primary school opened in Lapedina suprana (upper Lapedina), only 39 of the village's 63 school age children were enrolled, as school was not obligatory.

There was only one class, divided into three levels (infants, junior and middle classes) which prepared the children for further studies. School enrollment has become a direct indication of village demographics: 36 children in 1879, 26 in 1889, 17 in 1899, 21 in 1913 and 10 in 1925, when the school was closed.

School presence was sometimes also dependent on whether children were required to work in their parent's fields. The following inscriptions in the book of absences are prime examples: in October 1922, three students were absent to collect chestnuts; in January 1923, three more students were absent to pick olives. Poverty was also a motivation: in March 1923, one child was absent because he did not have shoes.

In 1925, the residents of Lapedinacci blackballed the school, in order to prevent its closure. During one year, children were not sent to school; to no avail: the school was relocated to Pinu, a more central location, and then, in 1939, to the current school group located in the town hall. In September 2001, the one remaining mixed-age class registered only 14 students.