Plato Academy Charter Schools (“Plato Academy”) is a network of nine K-8 public charter schools serving the Tampa metro area. The network was founded in 2004 and over the past two decades has continued to grow from a sole original campus in Pinellas County to a total of nine campuses in the Tampa metro area. Plato Academy serves approximately 3,800 students in grades K-8 for the 2024-25 school year. The school focuses on the Socratic method with a strong grounding in language and mathematics. Greek is taught as a second language.