PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL

PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL is a K-5 school of mid-tier scale in PINELLAS PARK, Florida, operated by PINELLAS, works with 535 students in grades K through 8.

PINELLAS runs 151 schools in total, collectively educating 87,955 students. PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL shows that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 9% Black, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Pinellas County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 40% of students at PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.0%; this one delivers 51.0%.

Around the school, Pinellas County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,646 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Pinellas County runs 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students), of which PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.2%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. As a public charter, PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PLATO ACADEMY PINELLAS PARK CHARTER SCHOOL has grew 97%, going from 272 students in 2018 to 535 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 57% to 48% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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