LTG Richard J. Seitz Elementary

LTG Richard J. Seitz Elementary is a high-enrollment K-5 school in Ft. Riley, Kansas, operated by Geary County Schools. The school instructs 615 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 96% larger than the state mean of about 313.

Geary County Schools runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 7,293 students. LTG Richard J. Seitz Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, LTG Richard J. Seitz Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 22% Hispanic, 14% Black, 10% multiracial, 2% Pacific Islander. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, LTG Richard J. Seitz Elementary has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Geary County (around 55%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LTG Richard J. Seitz Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.1%; this one delivers 42.0%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Geary County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $59,317 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LTG Richard J. Seitz Elementary is one of 14 public schools in Geary County (combined enrollment of about 6,880 students).

The closest other public school is Fort Riley Elem, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LTG Richard J. Seitz Elementary. On composite proficiency, LTG Richard J. Seitz Elementary comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 44.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 620 students in 2018 compared to 615 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 18% to 22%.

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