BUCHANAN ES

BUCHANAN ES is one of the mid-sized elementary schools in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, operated by OKLAHOMA CITY, with 460 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 366 students each, so BUCHANAN ES sits 26% above that benchmark.

Within OKLAHOMA CITY, which oversees 58 schools and 32,864 students, BUCHANAN ES is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, BUCHANAN ES logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (82%). Beyond that, the school reports 7% White, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Oklahoma County (around 67%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Across the wider county, Oklahoma County reports that median household income runs about $66,679, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. BUCHANAN ES is one of 225 public schools in Oklahoma County (combined enrollment of about 161,569 students).

Nearest neighbor: HILLDALE ES, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BUCHANAN ES.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. BUCHANAN ES's enrollment has contracted 21% since 2018, when it stood at 584 (now 460). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 78% to 82%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the BUCHANAN ES community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.