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Enrollment
535
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156008338
PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL
9200 49TH ST, PINELLAS PARK, FL 33782 · (727) 521-7260 · Pinellas County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL535 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of Florida public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.7:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
215 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 50 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 42% larger than its 8th grade class (50).
Student demographics
70%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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
51.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.7pp since 2023
Math
56.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +12.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.4% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.7% | 43.7% |
% 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
51.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL
PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (51.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 535 | 40.2% | 51.0% |
| WATERLEAF ELEMENTARY JACKSONVILLE | 613 | 37.0% | 68.4% |
| LAWTON M. CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 692 | 34.7% | 67.3% |
| KIMBALL WILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 741 | 45.2% | 63.2% |
| PINELLAS PREPARATORY ACADEMY LARGO | 764 | 38.0% | 66.1% |
| HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 482 | 45.4% | 62.6% |
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 PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,285 of 2,136 | #74 of 90 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,284 of 2,149 ▲ 396 | #72 of 90 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #1,235 of 2,149 ▼ 46 | #73 of 90 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 535 | #1,281 of 2,267 | #29 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #110 of 2,077 | #26 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.5% | #246 of 2,108 | #18 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.2% | #1,577 of 2,188 | #54 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +96.7% | #13 of 621 | #1 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
535
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 535 | 42 | 12.7:1 | 40% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 537 | 38 | 14.1:1 | 47% (250) |
| 2022-23 | 562 | 40 | 14.1:1 | 48% (268) |
| 2020-21 | 539 | 38 | 14.2:1 | 42% (229) |
| 2017-18 | 272 | 17 | 16.0:1 | 42% (114) |
| 2015-16 | 54 | 2 | 27.0:1 | 37% (20) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL.
About PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL
The public elementary school PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL is located in PINELLAS PARK, Florida. The school counted 535 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 8.
PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL is one school in a 151-school district, PINELLAS, which enrolls 87,955 students.
At PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL, White students make up the biggest share, 48%. Other students are 21% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 9% Black, and 9% multiracial. By comparison, Pinellas County residents are about 74% White. A diversity index of 70% means there is a 70% chance two randomly chosen students at PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL are from different groups.
PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1, with 42 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Florida, 17.5:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 40% at PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL.
Among Florida public elementary schools, PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL outscored 27%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL is 61.0%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 51.0%.
American Community Survey estimates for Pinellas County show that the median household earns about $72,646 a year, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Pinellas County, 155 public schools serve about 87,955 students.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS, is the closest to PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL. PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 47.2% proficiency; PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL posts 51.0%.
Under the NCES locale system, PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL is City: Small. PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 535, close to the 539 recorded in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 14.2 in 2020-21 to 12.7 in 2024-25.
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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 PINELLAS PARK
- PINELLAS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 999 students
- SKYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 564 students
- PINELLAS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 483 students
- PINELLAS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 435 students
- MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS ELEMElementary · 433 students
- CROSS BAYOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 303 students
Nearby schools
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS0.8 mi · 36
- RICHARD L. SANDERS SCHOOL0.9 mi · 160
- SKYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 564
- PINELLAS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 483
- PINELLAS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 435
- PINELLAS SECONDARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 79
Frequently asked questions
About PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOLHow many students attend PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL?
PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 535 students in grades KG-08.
Is PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL have?
PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the student diversity at PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL are roughly 48% White, 21% Hispanic, 9% Black, 13% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL in?
PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL is part of PINELLAS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.