Enrollment
343
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156007919
PLATO ACADEMY PALM HARBOR CHARTER SCHOOL
1601 CURLEW RD, PALM HARBOR, FL 34683 · (727) 228-6850 · Pinellas County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL343 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
11.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
80 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 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 46 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 28% smaller than its 8th grade class (46).
Student demographics
35%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
70.7%
FL avg 56.7% . -2.7pp since 2023
Math
71.8%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.0pp 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 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.7% | 71.8% |
| 2023-24 | 73.4% | 73.8% |
% 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
70.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 PALM HARBOR CHARTER SCHOOL
PLATO ACADEMY PALM HARBOR CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (70.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLATO ACADEMY PALM HARBOR CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 343 | 23.3% | 70.0% |
| SEA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SATELLITE BEACH | 308 | 28.6% | 72.7% |
| SPESSARD L. HOLLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SATELLITE BEACH | 444 | 26.4% | 79.1% |
| SURFSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SATELLITE BEACH | 404 | 21.8% | 81.1% |
| ACADEMIE DA VINCI CHARTER SCHOOL DUNEDIN | 336 | 29.5% | 78.7% |
| GULF BEACHES ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL ST. PETERSBURG | 313 | 30.7% | 77.2% |
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 PALM HARBOR CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #464 of 2,136 | #29 of 90 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #568 of 2,149 ▼ 141 | #33 of 90 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #418 of 2,149 ▼ 150 | #24 of 90 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 343 | #1,905 of 2,267 | #76 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #13 of 2,077 | #3 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.5% | #1,766 of 2,108 | #86 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.3% | #1,945 of 2,188 | #84 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.5% | #1,149 of 1,374 | #66 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
343
-17 (-5%) vs 2020
+142% since 2010-11, when it was 142
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 343 | 31 | 11.1:1 | 23% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 353 | 30 | 11.8:1 | 27% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 370 | 30 | 12.3:1 | 26% (98) |
| 2020-21 | 360 | 28 | 12.9:1 | 24% (85) |
| 2017-18 | 363 | 21 | 17.3:1 | 18% (66) |
| 2015-16 | 364 | 24 | 15.2:1 | 18% (67) |
| 2010-11 | 142 | N/A | N/A | 11% (16) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PLATO ACADEMY PALM HARBOR CHARTER SCHOOL.
About PLATO ACADEMY PALM HARBOR CHARTER SCHOOL
PLATO ACADEMY PALM HARBOR CHARTER SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school located in PALM HARBOR, Florida. The school had 343 students in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Florida) has about 604 students.
A total of 151 schools make up PINELLAS, with 87,955 students enrolled.
White students are the majority at PLATO ACADEMY PALM HARBOR CHARTER SCHOOL, with 80% of enrollment. The school is also 12% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. PLATO ACADEMY PALM HARBOR CHARTER SCHOOL's diversity index is 35%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at PLATO ACADEMY PALM HARBOR CHARTER SCHOOL total 31 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.1:1. That is 6.4 students per teacher below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 23%. The 45% average for public schools in Pinellas County is 22 points higher.
allk12 grades PLATO ACADEMY PALM HARBOR CHARTER SCHOOL a B. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
PLATO ACADEMY PALM HARBOR CHARTER SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (70.0%) and its predicted rate (69.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools.
In Pinellas County (population about 963,481), the median household income is $72,646, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. PLATO ACADEMY PALM HARBOR CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 155 public schools in the county.
GARRISON-JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located about 1.0 miles from PLATO ACADEMY PALM HARBOR CHARTER SCHOOL. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, PLATO ACADEMY PALM HARBOR CHARTER SCHOOL is 7th of 9 on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, PLATO ACADEMY PALM HARBOR CHARTER SCHOOL is Suburb: Large. Federal records list PLATO ACADEMY PALM HARBOR CHARTER SCHOOL as a charter school.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 17 fewer students in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 12.9:1 to 11.1:1.
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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 PALM HARBOR
- PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGHHigh · 2,413 students
- PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,017 students
- JOSEPH L. CARWISE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 859 students
- OZONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 727 students
- CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 676 students
- CURLEW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 610 students
Nearby schools
- GARRISON-JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 545
- PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,017
- ELISA NELSON ELEMENTARY1.5 mi · 421
- DUNEDIN HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,221
- LAKE ST. GEORGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 499
- OZONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 727
Frequently asked questions
About PLATO ACADEMY PALM HARBOR CHARTER SCHOOLHow many students attend PLATO ACADEMY PALM HARBOR CHARTER SCHOOL?
PLATO ACADEMY PALM HARBOR CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 343 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does PLATO ACADEMY PALM HARBOR CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
PLATO ACADEMY PALM HARBOR CHARTER SCHOOL serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PLATO ACADEMY PALM HARBOR CHARTER SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PLATO ACADEMY PALM HARBOR CHARTER SCHOOL is approximately 11.1:1 (31 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PLATO ACADEMY PALM HARBOR CHARTER SCHOOL?
PLATO ACADEMY PALM HARBOR CHARTER SCHOOL reports a student body of 80% White, 12% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is PLATO ACADEMY PALM HARBOR CHARTER SCHOOL in?
PLATO ACADEMY PALM HARBOR CHARTER SCHOOL is part of PINELLAS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.