Percent and standard error for public elementary schools reporting various types of music instruction or classes during regular school hours, and of those schools, percent and standard error reporting the percent of students enrolled in the music subjects: School year 2008

Table 9.	Percent and standard error for public elementary schools reporting various types of music instruction or classes during regular school hours, and of those schools, percent and standard error reporting the percent of students enrolled in the music subjects: School year 2008–09

Music subject	Offered subject		Percent of students enrolled¹
	Offered subject		25 percent or less		26 to 50 percent		51 to 75 percent		More than 75 percent
	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error

General music	90	(1.1)	2!	(0.5)	1!	(0.4)	1!	(0.4)	96	(0.7)
Chorus	44	(1.5)	42	(2.4)	22	(2.2)	9	(1.4)	27	(2.5)
Band	44	(1.4)	51	(2.6)	30	(2.3)	11	(1.6)	7	(1.6)
Strings/orchestra	28	(1.3)	72	(2.8)	22	(2.6)	1!	(0.6)	5	(1.3)
Other music subjects	6	(0.8)	52	(7.2)	12	(3.5)	‡	(†)	34	(6.7)

† 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 percentage of schools that offered instruction in each music subject (90 percent of schools that offered general music, 44 percent of schools that offered chorus, 44 percent of schools that offered band, 28 percent of schools that offered string/orchestra, and 6 percent of schools that offered other music subjects).)
NOTE: Respondents were asked to report types of music instruction or classes offered during the 2008–09 school year.
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.