Enrollment
349
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156008135
PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS
2795 KEYSTONE RD, TARPON SPRINGS, FL 34688 · (727) 939-6413 · Pinellas County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL349 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Florida public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
115 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 33 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 41 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 20% smaller than its 8th grade class (41).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
71.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.8pp since 2023
Math
73.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +9.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.1% | 73.7% |
| 2023-24 | 65.3% | 64.3% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS
PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS's state test result (66.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS this school | 349 | 33.0% | 66.2% |
| GULF BEACHES ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL ST. PETERSBURG | 313 | 30.7% | 77.2% |
| ORANGE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEMINOLE | 405 | 36.3% | 87.1% |
| PLATO SEMINOLE LARGO | 311 | 31.8% | 55.6% |
| ACADEMIE DA VINCI CHARTER SCHOOL DUNEDIN | 336 | 29.5% | 78.7% |
| THEODORE ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COCOA BEACH | 275 | 34.9% | 72.6% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #593 of 2,136 | #37 of 90 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.7% | #498 of 2,149 ▲ 265 | #29 of 90 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.1% | #405 of 2,149 ▲ 122 | #22 of 90 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 349 | #1,891 of 2,267 | #75 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #33 of 2,077 | #11 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.2% | #1,589 of 2,108 | #75 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.0% | #1,751 of 2,188 | #70 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.3% | #1,237 of 1,374 | #69 of 75 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
349
-11 (-3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 13.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 349 | 30 | 11.6:1 | 33% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 367 | 31 | 11.8:1 | 33% (121) |
| 2022-23 | 374 | 29 | 12.9:1 | 31% (116) |
| 2020-21 | 360 | 27 | 13.3:1 | 24% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 361 | 16 | 22.6:1 | 22% (81) |
| 2015-16 | 362 | 20 | 18.1:1 | 21% (75) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS.
About PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS
In TARPON SPRINGS, Florida, part of Pinellas County, PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS is an elementary school. It covers kindergarten through 8, with a total enrollment of 349 students. Enrollment is 42% lower than the average for elementary schools in Florida, which is about 604.
PINELLAS runs PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS along with 150 other schools, enrolling 87,955 students in total.
At PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS, White students make up 73% of the student body. It is also 17% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 2% multiracial. For comparison, Pinellas County is about 74% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 43% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 11.6 students per teacher and 30 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Pinellas County averages 45%, higher than here.
PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS is graded B by allk12, scoring above 62% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 64.7% for a school in Florida with PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS's free or reduced-price lunch share. PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS posts 66.2%.
PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS is located in Pinellas County, where the median household income is $72,646, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Besides PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS, Pinellas County has 154 other public schools.
The school nearest to PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS is BROOKER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at a distance of about 1.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS ranks 6th of 9 on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large. PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS is a public charter school.
PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS's enrollment dropped from 360 in 2020-21 to 349 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.6:1) than in 2020-21 (13.3:1).
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Pinellas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
963,481
Census ACS
Median income
$72,646
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
155
87,955 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in PINELLAS
- PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGHHigh · 2,413 students
- LARGO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,058 students
- EAST LAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,980 students
- DIXIE M. HOLLINS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,934 students
- ST. PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,736 students
- OSCEOLA FUNDAMENTAL HIGHHigh · 1,706 students
Other schools in TARPON SPRINGS
- EAST LAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,980 students
- TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,111 students
- TARPON SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 649 students
- BROOKER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 501 students
- SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 428 students
- TARPON SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 417 students
Nearby schools
- BROOKER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 501
- EAST LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING1.7 mi · 392
- EAST LAKE HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 1,980
- CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 676
- TARPON SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 417
- TRINITY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 639
Frequently asked questions
About PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGSHow large is PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS?
PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS enrolls approximately 349 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS serve?
PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS is approximately 11.6:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS?
At PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS, the student body is approximately 73% White, 17% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS public or private?
PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by PINELLAS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.