Among public elementary schools that offered instruction in various arts subjects, average number and standard<br />error for minutes per class period for various arts subjects, by school characteristics: School year 2009

Table 8.	Among public elementary schools that offered instruction in various arts subjects, average number and standard error for minutes per class period for various arts subjects, by school characteristics: School year 2009–10

School characteristic	Music¹		Visual arts²		Dance³		Drama/theatre⁴
School characteristic	Number	Standard error	Number	Standard	Number	Standard error	Number	Standard error

All public elementary schools	40	(0.3)	44	(0.3)	43	(2.5)	43	(1.7)

Enrollment size
Less than 300	40	(0.7)	43	(0.7)	‡	(†)	45	(5.2)
300 to 499	40	(0.6)	44	(0.6)	45	(5.2)	44	(2.5)
500 or more	41	(0.5)	43	(0.6)	39	(3.1)	42	(2.0)
Community type
City	42	(0.5)	45	(0.6)	44	(3.7)	43	(2.2)
Suburban	40	(0.7)	43	(0.6)	34	(5.4)	41	(3.1)
Town	38	(0.9)	43	(1.0)	‡	(†)	40	(6.3)
Rural	39	(0.6)	41	(0.6)	48	(10.0)	46	(2.6)
Region
Northeast	41	(0.6)	43	(0.5)	54	(5.1)	49	(2.4)
Southeast	42	(0.7)	44	(0.8)	‡	(†)	37	(6.3)
Central	38	(0.7)	46	(0.7)	34	(3.3)	41	(2.8)
West	40	(0.7)	41	(0.8)	40	(2.7)	42	(2.6)
Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities⁵
Less than 6 percent	39	(0.8)	42	(0.9)	40	(11.5)	44	(7.0)
6 to 20 percent	40	(0.7)	44	(0.7)	38	(4.5)	42	(4.3)
21 to 49 percent	39	(0.6)	43	(0.7)	36	(3.3)	45	(2.5)
50 percent or more	43	(0.6)	44	(0.6)	47	(3.9)	42	(2.4)
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0 to 25 percent	40	(0.7)	43	(0.7)	35	(4.5)	43	(2.1)
26 to 50 percent	39	(0.7)	42	(0.6)	30	(#)	47	(5.2)
51 to 75 percent	40	(0.5)	43	(0.6)	51	(6.2)	40	(2.3)
76 percent or more	43	(0.6)	45	(0.7)	43	(3.1)	43	(2.8)

† Not applicable.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
¹Percents 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.
⁵Other 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.