The Chinese textbook for primary schools in Changsha adopts the unified edition published by People's Education Press, while the mathematics adopts People's Education Press, while English is different in different districts and even schools. For example, in Furong District, English is offered in the first grade, and in some schools in Yuelu District, English is offered in the first grade, generally using the textbooks of FLTRP. In the third grade, English classes are taught by FLTRP and Hunan Shaoban.

There are five versions of the textbooks for nine-year compulsory education in primary schools, which are People's Education Edition, Shanghai Education Edition, Jiangsu Education Edition, Zhejiang Education Edition and Foreign Teachers Edition. The textbooks used by students in the nine-year compulsory education stage include Chinese, mathematics, English, science, history and society, geography, morality and rule of law, biology, history, physics, chemistry, art, music, physical education and health, information technology and other subjects.