Summary:
Ulysses has five schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: two elementary schools, one middle school and two high schools. Four report current test results; Hickok Elementary has no test scores in the supplied data. Across the four schools with results, the average proficiency rate is 23% in English language arts (ELA), 20% in math and 29% in science, compared with state results of 46%, 41% and 38%. The clearest area-wide finding is that every school with reported results is below the state in all three subjects, with the largest average gaps in ELA and math.
Sullivan Elementary leads reported ELA and math, at 35% and 30%; both are 11 percentage points below the state. Kepley Middle School leads science at 35%, just 3 points below the state. At the other end, Ulysses Community Learning Center (UCLC) has the lowest ELA and math results, at 15% and 8%. Ulysses High scores 18% in ELA and 19% in math. The gap between the highest- and lowest-scoring schools is 20 points in ELA and 22 points in math.
Results have shifted unevenly: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, Sullivan improved by 4 points in ELA and 6 in math, while Ulysses High fell by 14 and 7 points, respectively; UCLC’s math result dropped 12 points. Kepley’s science result rose 21 points, while Sullivan’s fell 2. SchoolDigger ranks the district 260th of 268, in the 3rd percentile with 0 stars; current school ranks range from the 12th percentile for UCLC to the 17th for Sullivan. Completion measures also differ sharply: graduation rates were 96% at Ulysses High and 23% at UCLC, while chronic absenteeism was 19% and 1%, respectively. Lunch-rate figures range from 3% at UCLC to 77% at Kepley, a contextual difference that does not explain the achievement results.
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