Tau Beta School

As an intimate primary school in HAMTRAMCK, Michigan, Tau Beta School serves 261 students from grades K through 8, overseen by Hamtramck School District of the City of. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Tau Beta School sits 29% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 8 schools in Hamtramck School District of the City of (2,874 students total), Tau Beta School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Tau Beta School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%); the rest is composed of 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 49% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Wayne County) records that median household income runs about $60,539, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Tau Beta School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

Nearest neighbor: Dickinson East Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Tau Beta School.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Tau Beta School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.