Enrollment
294
Middle
DISTRICT 303 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ULYSSES·NCES 201242000067
Kepley Middle School
113 N Colorado, Ulysses, KS 67880 · (620) 356-3025 · Grant County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL294 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of Kansas public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
226 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 94 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 99 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 101 | 34% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 58% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Kepley Middle School→Ulysses High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Ulysses. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
24.1%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
23.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.1% | 23.5% |
| 2023-24 | 11.9% | 15.6% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
16.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Kepley Middle School
Kepley Middle School's state test result (16.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kepley Middle School this school | 294 | 76.9% | 16.4% |
| Eisenhower Middle School Liberal | 516 | 81.6% | 15.1% |
| Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Ctr Garden City | 367 | 80.4% | 23.2% |
| Kenneth Henderson Middle Garden City | 425 | 72.0% | 23.4% |
| Lyons Middle School Lyons | 173 | 75.1% | 24.1% |
| Horace J. Good Middle School Garden City | 583 | 83.4% | 18.7% |
Matched among Kansas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Kepley Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.4% | #173 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #150 of 192 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #169 of 192 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 294 | #138 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #20 of 161 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.2% | #78 of 161 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.9% | #30 of 195 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.5% | #42 of 98 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
294
-95 (-24%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 373
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 15.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 294 | 25.7 | 11.4:1 | 77% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 316 | 22.5 | 14.0:1 | 78% (245) |
| 2022-23 | 336 | 24.3 | 13.9:1 | 71% (238) |
| 2020-21 | 389 | 25 | 15.6:1 | 69% (270) |
| 2017-18 | 336 | 28.9 | 11.6:1 | 62% (207) |
| 2015-16 | 377 | 29 | 13.0:1 | 62% (234) |
| 2010-11 | 360 | 27 | 13.3:1 | 63% (227) |
| 2000-01 | 405 | 33 | 12.3:1 | 45% (182) |
| 1990-91 | 373 | 27 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kepley Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (336 to 294); teachers down 11% (28.9 to 25.7).
About Kepley Middle School
Located in Ulysses, Kansas, Kepley Middle School is a small middle-grades school. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 294 students. By comparison, middle schools in Kansas enroll about 402 students on average.
Within Ulysses, Kepley Middle School is one of 5 schools. The district enrolls 1,517 students.
Federal enrollment data show Kepley Middle School is 67% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 24% White, 6% multiracial, and 2% Native American. Grant County as a whole is about 53% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 49% means there is a 49% chance two randomly chosen students at Kepley Middle School are from different groups.
Kepley Middle School lists 25.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 11.4 students per teacher. Across middle schools in Kansas, the average ratio is 12.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 77% of the student body.
Kepley Middle School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 12% of Kansas public middle schools.
Kepley Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Kansas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 16.4% and a predicted 25.4%.
The school's county is Grant County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $66,476 a year, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Kepley Middle School shares Grant County with 4 other public schools.
Kepley Middle School's nearest public school is Ulysses Community Learning Center (UCLC) (about 0.2 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is 4. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Kepley Middle School ranks 7th of 7 on average proficiency.
Federal data place Kepley Middle School in the Town: Remote locale, which means it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment fell by 24% across 4 years, from 389 in 2020-21 to 294 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.6:1 to 11.4:1.
This page is set up for the Kepley Middle School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Grant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,229
Census ACS
Median income
$66,476
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
1,517 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ulysses
- Ulysses HighHigh · 438 students
- Hickok ElemElementary · 350 students
- Sullivan ElemElementary · 338 students
- Ulysses Community Learning Center (UCLC)High · 97 students
Other schools in Ulysses
- Ulysses HighHigh · 438 students
- Hickok ElemElementary · 350 students
- Sullivan ElemElementary · 338 students
- Ulysses Community Learning Center (UCLC)High · 97 students
Nearby schools
- Ulysses Community Learning Center (UCLC)0.2 mi · 97
- Sullivan Elem0.2 mi · 338
- Ulysses High0.4 mi · 438
- Hickok Elem0.7 mi · 350
- Moscow Elem19.9 mi · 74
- Moscow High20.0 mi · 66
Frequently asked questions
About Kepley Middle SchoolHow many students attend Kepley Middle School?
Kepley Middle School enrolls approximately 294 students in grades 06-08.
Is Kepley Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kepley Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Kepley Middle School?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at Kepley Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Kepley Middle School?
Student demographics at Kepley Middle School are roughly 24% White, 67% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Kepley Middle School in?
Kepley Middle School is part of Ulysses.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.