Enrollment
374
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156008258
PLATO ACADEMY OF ST.PETERSBURG
3901 PARK ST N, ST. PETERSBURG, FL 33709 · (727) 521-7258 · Pinellas County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL374 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% 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
12.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
117 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 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 42 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 44 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 9% smaller than its 8th grade class (44).
Student demographics
57%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
68.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.7pp since 2023
Math
73.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.8% | 73.4% |
| 2023-24 | 66.1% | 71.3% |
% 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
67.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 OF ST.PETERSBURG
PLATO ACADEMY OF ST.PETERSBURG's state test result (67.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLATO ACADEMY OF ST.PETERSBURG this school | 374 | 31.3% | 67.8% |
| PARTIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OVIEDO | 536 | 25.7% | 78.7% |
| BALLAST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 408 | 25.2% | 67.8% |
| LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VALRICO | 609 | 24.6% | 76.5% |
| THORNEBROOKE ELEMENTARY OCOEE | 561 | 29.6% | 77.4% |
| WILLIAM S. TALBOT ELEM SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 573 | 34.0% | 67.0% |
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 OF ST.PETERSBURG ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #539 of 2,136 | #34 of 90 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #510 of 2,149 ▼ 18 | #31 of 90 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #482 of 2,149 ▲ 19 | #29 of 90 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 374 | #1,830 of 2,267 | #68 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #131 of 2,077 | #29 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.0% | #1,037 of 2,108 | #54 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.3% | #1,793 of 2,188 | #73 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.2% | #387 of 621 | #10 of 13 |
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
374
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 374 | 29 | 12.9:1 | 31% (117) |
| 2023-24 | 370 | 31 | 11.9:1 | 36% (135) |
| 2022-23 | 376 | 28 | 13.4:1 | 40% (149) |
| 2020-21 | 382 | 31 | 12.3:1 | 29% (111) |
| 2017-18 | 349 | 18 | 19.4:1 | 37% (128) |
| 2015-16 | 279 | 12 | 23.3:1 | 32% (89) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PLATO ACADEMY OF ST.PETERSBURG.
About PLATO ACADEMY OF ST.PETERSBURG
A small elementary school in ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, PLATO ACADEMY OF ST.PETERSBURG is part of PINELLAS. It is open to students in kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 374 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Florida enroll about 604 students on average.
PLATO ACADEMY OF ST.PETERSBURG is one school in a 151-school district, PINELLAS, which enrolls 87,955 students.
White students are 63% of those enrolled at PLATO ACADEMY OF ST.PETERSBURG. Beyond that, enrollment is 14% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 7% Black. In Pinellas County overall, about 74% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 57, compared with 70 nationally.
PLATO ACADEMY OF ST.PETERSBURG lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.9 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average ratio is 17.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 31% of the student body. That is 14 points below the 45% average for public schools in Pinellas County.
On the allk12 Grade, PLATO ACADEMY OF ST.PETERSBURG lands at B+, ahead of 65% of Florida public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, PLATO ACADEMY OF ST.PETERSBURG lands between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 67.8%; the prediction is 65.5%.
Census data for Pinellas County show the median household earns about $72,646 a year, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Pinellas County number 155, with about 87,955 students.
PLATO ACADEMY OF ST.PETERSBURG is about 0.5 miles from SEVENTY-FOURTH ST. ELEMENTARY, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, PLATO ACADEMY OF ST.PETERSBURG is 1st of 9 on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
PLATO ACADEMY OF ST.PETERSBURG had 382 students in 2020-21 and 374 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
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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
Related schools
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 ST. PETERSBURG
- GULF BEACHES ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 313 students
Nearby schools
- SEVENTY-FOURTH ST. ELEMENTARY0.5 mi · 472
- DIXIE M. HOLLINS HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,934
- BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 427
- TYRONE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 799
- WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 498
- AZALEA MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 696
Frequently asked questions
About PLATO ACADEMY OF ST.PETERSBURGWhat is the total enrollment at PLATO ACADEMY OF ST.PETERSBURG?
PLATO ACADEMY OF ST.PETERSBURG enrolls approximately 374 students in grades KG-08.
Is PLATO ACADEMY OF ST.PETERSBURG an elementary, middle, or high school?
PLATO ACADEMY OF ST.PETERSBURG is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PLATO ACADEMY OF ST.PETERSBURG?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PLATO ACADEMY OF ST.PETERSBURG is approximately 12.9:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PLATO ACADEMY OF ST.PETERSBURG?
At PLATO ACADEMY OF ST.PETERSBURG, the student body is approximately 63% White, 14% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is PLATO ACADEMY OF ST.PETERSBURG in?
PLATO ACADEMY OF ST.PETERSBURG is part of PINELLAS.
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