(727) 205-6360
Apply Now
(727) 205-6360
Apply Now
Enrollment &

Admissions

How To Apply

Plato Academy Schools are tuition-free public K-8 charter schools. Students will be admitted to Plato Academy Schools regardless of race, gender, religion, or ethnic or national origin. 

Please complete an application for each and every campus location for which you have an interest.

Students that submit completed applications during an open application period will be selected for enrollment either on a first come-first serve basis or through a lottery process (when there are more student applications than seats available).

Late October thru Early November 2023

Application Period for 2024-2025 School Year

Pinellas County

OPEN APPLICATION PERIOD

Incoming Kindergarten and 1st thru 8th grade students for the 2024-2025 school year begins Late October through Early November 2023. Exact dates to be announced shortly.

Lottery will be conducted in late November 2023, at 8:30 am at Plato Academy Clearwater Corporate Offices.

Email notifications of admission or wait list status will be sent to all applicants.

CAPACITY

Clearwater: 618
Palm Harbor: 364
Largo: 364
Seminole: 364
Tarpon Springs: 372
St. Petersburg: 364
Pinellas Park: 546

Pasco County

OPEN APPLICATION PERIOD

Incoming Kindergarten and 1st thru 8th grade students for the 2024-2025 school year begins Late October through Early November 2023. Exact dates to be announced shortly.

Lottery will be conducted in late November 2023, at 8:30 am at Plato Academy Clearwater Corporate Offices.

Email notifications of admission or wait list status will be sent to all applicants.

CAPACITY

Trinity: 546

Hillsborough County

OPEN APPLICATION PERIOD

Incoming Kindergarten and 1st thru 8th grade students for the 2024-2025 school year begins Late October through Early November 2023. Exact dates to be announced shortly.

Lottery will be conducted in late November 2023, at 8:30 am at Plato Academy Clearwater Corporate Offices.

Email notifications of admission or wait list status will be sent to all applicants.

CAPACITY

Tampa: 481

Apply Today K-8
Open to All Students, Regardless of Race, Gender, Religion, Ethnic or National Origin

Application & Enrollment Process

1

Create a SchoolMint Account

Applications are submitted online and you must have an account with SchoolMint in order to complete and submit the enrollment application.

2

Application Submission

After creating an account, interested families must complete an online application for enrollment. Be sure to select the school calendar year you are interested in applying for and select/check each campus location you are interested in. 

3

Application Review

The appropriate staff will review applications and take note of location preferences, compare the number of applications to open seats, and more.

4

Enrollment Selection

During the open application period, students who submit completed applications will be selected for enrollment based on specific criteria. If there are more seats available than applications received, enrollment will be offered on a first come, first served basis. 

5

Enrollment Priority & Lottery

If the number of applications exceeds the available seats, a lottery process will be used to determine enrollment. See below for more detailed information about Enrollment Priority and how our Lottery process works.

6

Notification and Enrollment

After the lottery process, students will be notified of their admission status via email and/or telephone. If offered a seat at Plato Academy, families will have the option to accept or decline the invitation. Enrollment is contingent upon student interest, availability of qualified staff, and facilities.

What Parents Are Saying

  • This school has been such an amazing fit for our daughter. The staff, teachers, and principal truly care about each and every student and their individual needs.

    Rebecah J.C.
    Kindergarten Parent

  • This school is so different from everything I expected. The teachers are like an extended family that honestly cares about the whole child including their families.

    Melissa H.
    Plato Parent

Things You Need to Know

Enrollment Priority

The following students, when eligible*, are provided enrollment preference and are allowed to bypass a lottery if one is held in the following order of priority:

  • Students who remain enrolled at the same Plato Academy Charter School from the previous year.
  • Applicants who are the children of an employee of the charter school.
  • Applicants who are siblings of a student enrolled or accepted in the charter school.
  • Applicants who are the children of a member of the governing board of the charter school.
  • Applicants who successfully completed the Florida Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program provided by Plato Academy during the previous year.
Schedule a TourApply Today K-8

The Lottery

A lottery will be held if there are fewer seats available than there are applications.

HOW THE LOTTERY WORKS

A lottery will be conducted among each priority group where there are more applications than seats available, until all preference priority applicants have been assigned a wait list number.

Students will be randomly drawn and numbered sequentially as chosen and recorded in that order.

Available seats are filled first and remaining students are placed on a waiting list in the order of their drawing.

After each priority lottery is conducted a general lottery will be conducted.

Plato Academy lottery drawings are open to the public and all lottery dates and locations will be posted on the website.

WAITLISTED?

Please note that the placement of a student on Plato Academy’s waitlist will not affect or interfere with enrollment at any other Pinellas County public or charter school.

FL STATUTE 1002.31

Pursuant to FL statue 1002.31 students residing in the district will have priority over those residing outside the district.

Note: A charter school may be exempt from the requirements of s. 1002.31 if the school is open to any student covered in an interdistrict agreement and any student residing in the school district in which the charter school is located. Any eligible student shall be allowed interdistrict transfer to attend a charter school when based on good cause. Good cause shall include but is not limited to, geographic proximity to a charter school in a neighboring school district.

Ms. Rina Psomas

Director of Admissions

Please contact the Director of Admissions with questions about our Kindergarten thru 8th grade enrollment process.

Pre-K & Early Learning

Early Learning is managed by a 3rd party vendor. To learn how to contact the Pre-K team with enrollment questions, click here.

Contact K-8 Admissions Director

    We are using cookies to give you the best experience. You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in privacy settings.
    AcceptPrivacy Settings

    GDPR

    • Privacy Policy
    • Google Analytics

    Privacy Policy

    Plato Academy collects data through the use of cookies to optimize the user experience and target the content on this website. By clicking ACCEPT you accept the use of cookies from us and from third parties on the website.

    For more information about cookies, how we use your data, and more, check out our Privacy Policy.

    Google Analytics

    This website uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of users, general geolocation, time spent on a page, and more. Keeping this cookie enabled helps us to create better user experiences by tailoring the information to what you are interested in.

    To learn more about Google Analytics policies regarding your data, feel free to go through their Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

    error: Content is protected !!