Buchanan is a PreK - 5th grade elementary school with an enrollment of 487  students (2008-2009).                                  Buchanan's special programs are something to "roar" about:   Accelerated Reader, BEST for Pre-K, Compass Learning,  K-3 Initiative, RenzulliLearning, LSU field experience teachers, as well  as a music and strings program. 

Buchanan is also a Gifted/Scholastic Academy and Talented site. Special programs include: Gifted self-contained classrooms, Scholastic Academy  classes, Talented Visual Art, Talented Music, and Talented Theatre.