| Table 1. | Percent and Standard error for public elementary schools reporting instruction designated specifically for various arts subjects, by school characteristics: School year 2009–10 |
| School characteristic | Music | Visual arts | Dance | Drama/theatre | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
|
| All public elementary schools | 94 | (0.9) | 83 | (1.3) | 3 | (0.7) | 4 | (0.5) |
| Enrollment size | ||||||||
| Less than 300 | 92 | (2.1) | 83 | (2.8) | ‡ | (†) | 2! | (1.2) |
| 300 to 499 | 95 | (1.0) | 85 | (2.2) | 4 | (1.2) | 5 | (1.1) |
| 500 or more | 94 | (1.2) | 82 | (1.9) | 4 | (0.9) | 3 | (0.8) |
| Community type | ||||||||
| City | 94 | (1.6) | 85 | (2.1) | 7 | (1.5) | 5 | (1.4) |
| Suburban | 95 | (1.4) | 89 | (1.8) | 2! | (0.8) | 3! | (1.1) |
| Town | 93 | (2.4) | 74 | (4.0) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Rural | 93 | (1.9) | 81 | (2.8) | ‡ | (†) | 3! | (1.0) |
| Region | ||||||||
| Northeast | 97 | (1.6) | 98 | (1.0) | 5! | (1.8) | 5! | (1.7) |
| Southeast | 95 | (1.3) | 82 | (2.7) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Central | 98 | (0.8) | 89 | (2.0) | 1! | (0.7) | 2! | (1.0) |
| West | 88 | (2.0) | 70 | (2.6) | 5 | (1.3) | 6 | (1.5) |
| Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ ethnicities1 |
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| Less than 6 percent | 97 | (1.5) | 88 | (2.3) | 3! | (1.4) | ‡ | (†) |
| 6 to 20 percent | 98 | (1.1) | 86 | (3.0) | ‡ | (†) | 2! | (1.0) |
| 21 to 49 percent | 93 | (2.0) | 81 | (2.4) | 2! | (0.7) | 4! | (1.3) |
| 50 percent or more | 91 | (1.7) | 80 | (2.4) | 5 | (1.3) | 5 | (1.2) |
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| 0 to 25 percent | 97 | (1.3) | 92 | (1.6) | 3! | (1.0) | 4 | (1.2) |
| 26 to 50 percent | 97 | (1.2) | 85 | (2.8) | ‡ | (†) | 3! | (1.2) |
| 51 to 75 percent | 94 | (1.8) | 78 | (2.9) | 4! | (1.2) | 3! | (1.0) |
| 76 percent or more | 89 | (2.0) | 80 | (2.9) | 5 | (1.2) | 4! | (1.4) |
| † Not applicable. | ||||||||
| ! Interpret data with caution; the coefficient of variation is greater than or equal to 30 percent. | ||||||||
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. | ||||||||
| 1 Other races/ethnicities include Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaska Native students. | ||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fast Response Survey System, “Elementary School Arts Education Survey: Fall 2009,” FRSS 100, 2009–10. |
