PLATO ACADEMY LARGO CHARTER SCHOOL

PLATO ACADEMY LARGO CHARTER SCHOOL operates as an intimate elementary-level community in LARGO, Florida, part of PINELLAS. Current enrollment sits at 305 students spanning grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 50% below typical.

Within PINELLAS, which oversees 151 schools and 87,955 students, PLATO ACADEMY LARGO CHARTER SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, PLATO ACADEMY LARGO CHARTER SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 24% Hispanic, 11% Black, 9% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

On the resource side, On paper, PLATO ACADEMY LARGO CHARTER SCHOOL has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.5:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 43% of students at PLATO ACADEMY LARGO CHARTER SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, PLATO ACADEMY LARGO CHARTER SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.5%; this one delivers 55.0%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Pinellas County put median household income runs about $72,646, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Pinellas County's 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students), PLATO ACADEMY LARGO CHARTER SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PLATO ACADEMY LARGO CHARTER SCHOOL comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area. PLATO ACADEMY LARGO CHARTER SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PLATO ACADEMY LARGO CHARTER SCHOOL has contracted 14%, going from 356 students in 2018 to 305 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 63% to 51% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

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