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Best kept secret at PLATO ACADEMY TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
489
Elementary
DISTRICT 669 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASCO·NCES 120153008448
PLATO ACADEMY TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOL
8810 OLD COUNTRY RD 54, NEW PORT RICHEY, FL 34653 · (727) 205-6360 · Pasco County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL489 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% 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.
- 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
12.9:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
201 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 37 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 44 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 55% larger than its 8th grade class (44).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
60.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.4pp since 2023
Math
53.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.5% | 53.8% |
| 2023-24 | 54.1% | 47.0% |
% 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
53.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% 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 TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOL
PLATO ACADEMY TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (53.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLATO ACADEMY TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 489 | 41.1% | 53.1% |
| BRADEN RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRADENTON | 547 | 40.6% | 69.5% |
| DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 472 | 40.3% | 67.1% |
| SAFETY HARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAFETY HARBOR | 588 | 40.6% | 76.3% |
| ANONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LARGO | 430 | 39.3% | 73.6% |
| CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUART | 443 | 38.8% | 67.1% |
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 TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pasco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #1,172 of 2,136 | #33 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #1,379 of 2,149 ▲ 158 | #31 of 60 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #812 of 2,149 ▲ 153 | #24 of 60 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 489 | #1,467 of 2,267 | #48 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #126 of 2,077 | #6 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.5% | #1,102 of 2,108 | #46 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.1% | #1,551 of 2,188 | #31 of 60 |
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
489
+97 (+25%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 489 | 38 | 12.9:1 | 41% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 524 | 34 | 15.4:1 | 50% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 520 | 38 | 13.7:1 | 55% (287) |
| 2020-21 | 392 | 29 | 13.5:1 | 46% (179) |
| 2017-18 | 72 | 11 | 6.5:1 | 24% (17) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PLATO ACADEMY TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOL.
About PLATO ACADEMY TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOL
The public elementary school PLATO ACADEMY TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOL is located in NEW PORT RICHEY, Florida. Students in kindergarten through 8 attend, and enrollment is 489 students.
PASCO (105 schools, 86,873 students) runs PLATO ACADEMY TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOL.
PLATO ACADEMY TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOL is 61% White by enrollment. The remaining students are 25% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black, and 3% Asian. Among people living in Pasco County, the White share is about 72%. Pick two students at random and there is a 55% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 38 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at PLATO ACADEMY TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOL was 12.9:1. This ratio sits 4.6 below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 41%.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, PLATO ACADEMY TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOL receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
PLATO ACADEMY TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOL's average proficiency rate on state tests of 53.1% is 7.5 points below the 60.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Pasco County has these Census figures: the median household income is $70,492, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pasco County is home to 111 public schools and about 86,873 public school students.
SEVEN SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located about 1.0 miles from PLATO ACADEMY TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOL. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, PLATO ACADEMY TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies PLATO ACADEMY TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOL's location as Suburb: Large. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Enrollment has grown by 97 students since 2020-21, to 489.
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Pasco County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
611,444
Census ACS
Median income
$70,492
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
86,873 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PASCO
- LAND O' LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,233 students
- WIREGRASS RANCH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,218 students
- SUNLAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,206 students
- JAMES W. MITCHELL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,201 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,006 students
- WESLEY CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,928 students
Other schools in NEW PORT RICHEY
- RIVER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,798 students
- GULF HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,518 students
- DAYSPRING ACADEMYCombined · 1,259 students
- RIVER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,026 students
- ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 984 students
- GULF MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 796 students
Nearby schools
- SEVEN SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 469
- DEER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 524
- SEVEN SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 1,498
- LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 601
- JAMES W. MITCHELL HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 2,201
- ATHENIAN ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY AND THE ARTS1.7 mi · 404
Frequently asked questions
About PLATO ACADEMY TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOLHow many students attend PLATO ACADEMY TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOL?
PLATO ACADEMY TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 489 students in grades KG-08.
Is PLATO ACADEMY TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PLATO ACADEMY TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at PLATO ACADEMY TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at PLATO ACADEMY TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at PLATO ACADEMY TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PLATO ACADEMY TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOL are roughly 61% White, 25% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is PLATO ACADEMY TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOL in?
PLATO ACADEMY TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOL is part of PASCO.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.