Summary:
Zip code 67880 includes five schools in Ulysses: two elementary schools, one middle school and two high schools, serving students across elementary through high-school grades. Among the four schools with reported 2025–26 scores, average proficiency is 23% in ELA and 20% in math, compared with 46% and 41% statewide; science is closer, averaging 29% versus 38% statewide. The clearest overall finding is that every reported school-subject result falls below the Kansas figure, with science the closest area to the state.
Sullivan Elementary leads in ELA and math, scoring 35% and 30%; its leads over the next-highest school are 11 and 4 percentage points, respectively. Kepley Middle School is the science standout at 35%, 6 points above the next-highest result. At the other end, Ulysses Community Learning Center (UCLC) scores lowest in ELA at 15% and math at 8%; its math result is 11 points below the next-lowest school. UCLC is not last in science: its 28% is above Ulysses High at 23%. Ulysses High has a different strength, with a 96% graduation rate, compared with 90% statewide.
Recent results show science improving while ELA and math have lost ground relative to the state. Across the four schools with results in both years, average ELA proficiency fell 2 percentage points and math fell 3; the state figures rose in both subjects. For the two schools with comparable science results, the average rose 10 points while the state figure declined. Kepley’s science score increased 21 points, while Sullivan’s fell 2. SchoolDigger ranks the Ulysses district 260th of 268, in the 3rd percentile with 0 stars. Ratios are similar at Kepley (11.4 students per teacher), Sullivan (13.0) and Ulysses High (13.1); Hickok Elementary has no supplied test scores, so its performance cannot be compared here.
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