| Table 6. | Among public elementary schools that offered instruction in various arts subjects, percent and standard error reporting that arts specialists were employed to provide instruction in the arts subjects, 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 | 91 | (1.0) | 84 | (1.5) | 57 | (8.0) | 42 | (9.9) |
| Enrollment size | ||||||||
| Less than 300 | 86 | (2.4) | 78 | (3.8) | 100 | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| 300 to 499 | 95 | (1.2) | 88 | (1.9) | 57 | (10.3) | 29! | (12.6) |
| 500 or more | 91 | (1.5) | 84 | (2.3) | 47 | (11.7) | 55 | (13.8) |
| Community type | ||||||||
| City | 93 | (1.8) | 86 | (2.3) | 62 | (10.4) | 41! | (15.0) |
| Suburban | 94 | (1.5) | 86 | (2.5) | ‡ | (†) | 48! | (19.8) |
| Town | 89 | (3.2) | 83 | (4.0) | ‡ | (†) | 77! | (26.7) |
| Rural | 88 | (1.9) | 79 | (3.3) | 78! | (27.1) | ‡ | (†) |
| Region | ||||||||
| Northeast | 96 | (1.3) | 96 | (2.4) | 72 | (14.8) | 30! | (14.8) |
| Southeast | 93 | (2.0) | 92 | (2.2) | 100 | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Central | 95 | (1.9) | 93 | (1.8) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| West | 83 | (2.6) | 56 | (4.3) | 44 | (13.0) | 52! | (16.4) |
| Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities5 |
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| Less than 6 percent | 93 | (2.3) | 88 | (3.0) | 80 | (23.8) | ‡ | (†) |
| 6 to 20 percent | 96 | (1.4) | 90 | (2.4) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| 21 to 49 percent | 88 | (2.5) | 77 | (3.3) | ‡ | (†) | 51! | (22.3) |
| 50 percent or more | 90 | (2.0) | 81 | (2.6) | 67 | (10.1) | 54 | (12.8) |
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| 0 to 25 percent | 98 | (0.9) | 89 | (2.4) | ‡ | (†) | 47! | (16.7) |
| 26 to 50 percent | 93 | (1.6) | 87 | (2.2) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| 51 to 75 percent | 90 | (2.0) | 78 | (3.0) | 65 | (16.7) | 54! | (21.7) |
| 76 percent or more | 85 | (3.1) | 81 | (3.2) | 70 | (13.6) | 44! | (17.2) |
| † 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. | ||||||||
| NOTE: Arts specialists are education professionals with a teaching certificate in an arts discipline—such as music, visual arts, dance, or drama/theatre—who provide separate instruction in that discipline. | ||||||||
| 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. |
