| Table 10. | Percent and standard error for public elementary schools reporting that they offered various kinds of music instruction or classes during regular school hours, by school characteristics: School year 2008–09 |
| School characteristic | General music | Chorus | Band | Strings/orchestra | Other music subjects | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
|
| All public elementary schools | 90 | (1.1) | 44 | (1.5) | 44 | (1.4) | 28 | (1.3) | 6 | (0.8) |
| Enrollment size | ||||||||||
| Less than 300 | 91 | (2.1) | 33 | (3.4) | 51 | (3.8) | 20 | (3.1) | 4! | (1.5) |
| 300 to 499 | 91 | (1.5) | 47 | (2.8) | 44 | (2.7) | 33 | (2.6) | 6 | (1.4) |
| 500 or more | 88 | (1.8) | 50 | (2.0) | 38 | (1.8) | 30 | (1.9) | 6 | (1.0) |
| Community type | ||||||||||
| City | 88 | (2.2) | 44 | (3.3) | 37 | (3.2) | 44 | (3.0) | 6 | (1.6) |
| Suburban | 92 | (1.6) | 57 | (2.9) | 53 | (2.7) | 40 | (2.9) | 8 | (1.6) |
| Town | 89 | (3.1) | 35 | (4.2) | 31 | (4.6) | 10 | (2.9) | 3! | (1.3) |
| Rural | 90 | (2.1) | 36 | (2.6) | 45 | (2.5) | 11 | (1.9) | 4 | (1.1) |
| Region | ||||||||||
| Northeast | 97 | (1.1) | 67 | (3.7) | 72 | (3.4) | 45 | (3.6) | 4! | (1.3) |
| Southeast | 91 | (1.9) | 49 | (3.5) | 21 | (3.1) | 18 | (2.1) | 7 | (1.7) |
| Central | 96 | (1.3) | 33 | (3.2) | 53 | (3.3) | 26 | (2.8) | 5 | (1.5) |
| West | 79 | (3.0) | 37 | (2.5) | 34 | (3.0) | 28 | (3.7) | 6 | (1.3) |
| Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities1 |
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| Less than 6 percent | 97 | (1.5) | 38 | (3.6) | 58 | (3.9) | 15 | (3.0) | 3! | (1.3) |
| 6 to 20 percent | 96 | (1.3) | 46 | (3.3) | 45 | (2.7) | 29 | (3.3) | 5! | (1.8) |
| 21 to 49 percent | 87 | (2.5) | 42 | (3.1) | 40 | (3.0) | 34 | (3.4) | 6 | (1.5) |
| 50 percent or more | 83 | (2.2) | 49 | (2.5) | 37 | (2.5) | 32 | (2.7) | 7 | (1.7) |
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| 0 to 25 percent | 93 | (1.9) | 52 | (3.3) | 58 | (3.3) | 41 | (2.9) | 5! | (1.4) |
| 26 to 50 percent | 95 | (1.6) | 45 | (3.3) | 49 | (2.9) | 22 | (3.2) | 7 | (1.5) |
| 51 to 75 percent | 88 | (2.0) | 41 | (2.9) | 39 | (3.3) | 23 | (2.6) | 5 | (1.3) |
| 76 percent or more | 84 | (2.2) | 41 | (3.0) | 30 | (2.9) | 29 | (2.9) | 7 | (1.8) |
| ! Interpret data with caution; the coefficient of variation is greater than or equal to 30 percent. | ||||||||||
| 1 Other races/ethnicities include Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaska Native students. | ||||||||||
| 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. |
