An equity score of 45/100 ranks Ulysses #151 of 252 districts in Kansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,734 per pupil, Ulysses ranks #248 of 286 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending (Kansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,549
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$12,734
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ulysses operates 5 public schools serving 1,549 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Kansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 high, 1 combined, 1 elementary, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Grant County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,734 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 286 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Kansas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 18.8% local, 71.7% state, and 9.6% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 45/100, ranked #151 of 252 in Kansas against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 684.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 33.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 70.2% Hispanic or Latino, 25.6% White, 0.4% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Kepley Middle School, with a diversity index of 49.1/100.
Its largest campus is Ulysses High, enrolling 438 students (29% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Ulysses Community Learning Center (Uclc), at 97 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Ulysses High accounts for 28.3% of all Ulysses student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Ulysses-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Ulysses school enrollment varies 4.5× across entities
Ulysses school enrollment ranges from 97 students (lowest) to 438 students (highest), a spread of 341 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Ulysses student-counselor ratio is 685:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Ulysses chronic absenteeism rate is 33.0% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.