Tau Beta School

Tau Beta School is the name of a small elementary school in HAMTRAMCK, Michigan. The school teaches kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 261 students. The school is 29% below the average for elementary schools in Michigan.

Hamtramck School District of the City of has 8 schools and 2,874 students, and Tau Beta School is one of those schools.

The share of White students at Tau Beta School is 95%. Other groups make up 4% Asian. Wayne County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 9%.

With 14.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.5:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Michigan average 15.8:1. Roughly 88% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Wayne County average 66%.

Looking at the county, Wayne County, median household income comes to about $60,539, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. The county's public schools total 573, with about 259,786 students.

Dickinson East Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Tau Beta School, there are at least 8 other public schools.

In the federal locale system, Tau Beta School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 265 to 261, a small change. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 18.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.5:1.

This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Tau Beta School. Members of the school community can share what they know.