Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5
Buchanan Elementary, Grand Rapids, MI
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 379
- Teachers (FTE)
- 22.0
- Students per teacher
- 17.2
- Grades
- PK to 5
This school's ratio is 0.9 higher than the district figure of 16.3. The Michigan average across schools is 16.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 1775 Buchanan Ave SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49507
- Phone
- (616)819-2252
- District
- Grand Rapids Public Schools
- County
- Kent County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Locale
- City: Midsize
- NCES school ID
- 261644005304
School meals
- Free lunch
- 310
- Reduced-price lunch
- 10
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 32084.4% of enrollment.
- Community Eligibility Provision
- Yes (CEP school)
Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.
Related schools
Other elementary schools in Grand Rapids Public Schools
- Harrison Park Academy 708 students
- Southwest Elementary Academia Bilingue 661 students
- CA Frost Environmental Science Academy Elementary 476 students
- Cesar E Chavez Elementary 437 students
- North Park Montessori Academy 379 students
- Kent Hills Elementary 370 students
- Burton Elementary 365 students
- Sibley School 308 students
- Martin Luther King Leadership Academy 299 students
- Shawmut Hills School 267 students
- Mulick Park Elementary School 264 students
- Brookside Elementary 254 students
Elementary schools elsewhere in Grand Rapids
- Walker Charter Academy Walker Charter Academy
- Discovery Elementary Kentwood Public Schools
- Vista Charter Academy Vista Charter Academy
- Endeavor Elementary Kentwood Public Schools
- Glenwood Elementary Kentwood Public Schools
- Kenowa Hills Central Elementary School Kenowa Hills Public Schools
- Knapp Forest Elementary School Forest Hills Public Schools
- Ridge Park Charter Academy Ridge Park Charter Academy
- Central Kelloggsville Elementary Kelloggsville Public Schools
- Pine Ridge Elementary School Forest Hills Public Schools
- Wealthy School East Grand Rapids Public Schools
- Lakeside School East Grand Rapids Public Schools
We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.