| Table 4. | Among public elementary schools that offered instruction in various arts subjects, percent and standard error reporting that a typical student received instruction in the subjects throughout the entire school year, by school characteristics: School year 2009–10 |
| School characteristic | Music1 | Visual arts2 | Dance3 | Drama/theatre4 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
|
| All public elementary schools | 93 | (0.9) | 87 | (1.5) | 48 | (9.3) | 46 | (9.8) |
| Enrollment size | ||||||||
| Less than 300 | 93 | (1.9) | 88 | (2.5) | ‡ | (†) | 71! | (33.4) |
| 300 to 499 | 95 | (1.3) | 89 | (1.9) | 57 | (13.8) | 36! | (13.8) |
| 500 or more | 91 | (1.3) | 85 | (2.0) | 36! | (11.8) | 48! | (15.3) |
| Community type | ||||||||
| City | 94 | (1.9) | 89 | (2.4) | 52 | (11.2) | 58 | (14.4) |
| Suburban | 92 | (1.7) | 87 | (2.2) | ‡ | (†) | 44! | (20.0) |
| Town | 95 | (2.2) | 88 | (3.3) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Rural | 93 | (1.5) | 86 | (2.6) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Region | ||||||||
| Northeast | 96 | (1.5) | 92 | (2.6) | 57 | (16.9) | 35! | (17.4) |
| Southeast | 91 | (2.2) | 86 | (2.7) | ‡ | (†) | 100 | (†) |
| Central | 97 | (1.0) | 92 | (1.8) | ‡ | (†) | 57! | (19.4) |
| West | 90 | (1.7) | 79 | (2.7) | 36! | (14.3) | 40! | (16.3) |
| Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities5 |
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| Less than 6 percent | 93 | (2.3) | 87 | (3.4) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| 6 to 20 percent | 98 | (1.0) | 94 | (1.8) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| 21 to 49 percent | 93 | (1.6) | 88 | (2.3) | ‡ | (†) | 44! | (22.0) |
| 50 percent or more | 90 | (2.1) | 83 | (2.8) | 50 | (12.7) | 59 | (12.1) |
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| 0 to 25 percent | 96 | (1.7) | 92 | (2.1) | ‡ | (†) | 36! | (16.2) |
| 26 to 50 percent | 93 | (1.8) | 87 | (2.3) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| 51 to 75 percent | 95 | (1.3) | 88 | (2.5) | 51! | (18.1) | 56! | (21.3) |
| 76 percent or more | 89 | (2.8) | 83 | (3.3) | 57 | (15.0) | 66 | (15.0) |
| † Not applicable. | ||||||||
| ! Interpret data with caution; the coefficient of variation is greater than or equal to 30 percent. | ||||||||
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. | ||||||||
| 1 Percents are based on the 94 percent of public elementary schools that reported instruction designated specifically for music during regular school hours in the 2009–10 school year. | ||||||||
| 2 Percents are based on the 83 percent of public elementary schools that reported instruction designated specifically for visual arts during regular school hours in the 2009–10 school year. | ||||||||
| 3 Percents are based on the 3 percent of public elementary schools that reported instruction designated specifically for dance during regular school hours in the 2009–10 school year. | ||||||||
| 4 Percents are based on the 4 percent of public elementary schools that reported instruction designated specifically for drama/theatre during regular school hours in the 2009–10 school year. | ||||||||
| 5 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. |
