DONALD D. SIEGRIST ELEM.

DONALD D. SIEGRIST ELEM. is an elementary school of large scale in PLATTE CITY, Missouri, part of PLATTE CO. R-III, teacheing 679 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 116% larger than typical.

Within PLATTE CO. R-III, which oversees 7 schools and 4,374 students, DONALD D. SIEGRIST ELEM. is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, DONALD D. SIEGRIST ELEM. lists that nearly all students (81%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 9% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. An estimated 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Platte County's rate of about 27%.

In the broader community, Platte County reports that median household income runs about $96,227, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Platte County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,612 students), of which DONALD D. SIEGRIST ELEM. is one.

PLATTE COUNTY HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around DONALD D. SIEGRIST ELEM..

The school occupies a town-based site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 696 students in 2018 compared to 679 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.