Ulysses High

Ulysses High is a mid-sized four-year high school in Ulysses, Kansas, one of the schools within Ulysses. The school educates 438 students in grades 9 through 12.

Ulysses High is one of 5 schools operated by Ulysses, a district that enrolls 1,517 students overall.

Demographically, Ulysses High reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 74%; the rest breaks down as 21% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 53% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ulysses High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.1%, the actual is 21.5%, a residual of -6.6 points.

Around the school, census data for Grant County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,476 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ulysses High is one of 5 public schools in Grant County (combined enrollment of about 1,517 students).

The closest other public school is Sullivan Elem, roughly 0.3 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ulysses High at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 26.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 19%: 539 students in 2018 compared to 438 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 65% to 74% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.