Best High Schools in Zip Code 67880

Zip code 67880 has two high schools in Ulysses serving grades 9–12: Ulysses High, with 438 students, and Ulysses Community Learning Center (UCLC), with 97. In 2025–2026, both schools’ average proficiency rates were below Kansas rates in English language arts (ELA) and math: 17% versus 46% in ELA, and 13% versus 41% in math. Science was comparatively stronger, averaging 26% against 38% statewide. The most important area-wide finding is that science is the stronger subject, but both schools remain well below state proficiency in ELA and math.

Ulysses High leads locally in ELA and math, while UCLC leads in science. ELA proficiency is 18% at Ulysses High and 15% at UCLC, a 2-point gap; in math, the rates are 19% and 8%, an 11-point gap. In science, UCLC scores 28%, compared with 23% at Ulysses High, a 4-point difference. Other measures point in different directions: Ulysses High reports a 96% graduation rate and 1% dropout rate, while UCLC reports 23% graduation and 61% dropout. Conversely, chronic absenteeism is 19% at Ulysses High and 1% at UCLC.

Recent ELA and math changes also differ by school, but the combined results have weakened. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA fell 14 points at Ulysses High and rose 2 points at UCLC; math fell 7 points and 12 points, respectively. Across both schools, average ELA fell 6 points and average math fell 10 points, while state rates rose 1 and 2 points. SchoolDigger ranks Ulysses High 296th of 340 and UCLC 300th of 340; each receives one star. The reported free/reduced-lunch rates are 71% at Ulysses High and 3% at UCLC; Ulysses High lists a 13.1 student–teacher ratio, while UCLC has no ratio reported. Because UCLC enrolls 97 students and test counts are unavailable, its results may be sensitive to small numbers of students.