Volta Elem School

As a big elementary campus in Chicago, Illinois, Volta Elem School teaches 739 students from grades pre-K through 8, one of the schools within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Volta Elem School sits 94% larger than that benchmark.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs 622 schools in total, collectively educating 324,396 students. Volta Elem School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Volta Elem School shows that 65% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 26% Asian, 5% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Volta Elem School has 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Volta Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 19.1%; this one delivers 18.6%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Volta Elem School is one.

The closest other public school is ASPIRA Charter - Haugan Campus, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Volta Elem School at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 35.3%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 18%: 897 students in 2018 compared to 739 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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