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Table 105.	Average number and standard error for the number of classes, class size, and number of hours per week spent teaching reported during regular school hours, by public secondary school music and visual arts specialists for their most recent full week of teaching, by teaching status and school characteristics: School year 2009–10—Continued (Return to Table 105)

School characteristic	Visual arts specialists who taught the subject on a full-time basis						Visual arts specialists who taught the subject on a part-time basis
	Average number of classes taught per week¹		Average class size²		Average number of hours per week spent teaching classes		Average number of classes taught per week¹		Average class size²		Average number of hours per week spent teaching classes
	Number	Standard error	Number	Standard error	Number	Standard error	Number	Standard error	Number	Standard error	Number	Standard error

All public secondary school music and visual arts specialists	7	(0.1)	22	(0.3)	23	(0.3)	4	(0.4)	19	(1.1)	14	(1.0)

Enrollment size
Less than 500	8	(0.3)	19	(0.5)	23	(0.3)	5	(0.7)	16	(1.0)	13	(1.7)
500 to 999	8	(0.3)	22	(0.4)	23	(0.3)	4	(0.3)	25	(3.7)	13	(1.6)
1,000 or more	7	(0.2)	24	(0.4)	23	(0.5)	4	(1.2)	24	(1.3)	14	(1.2)
Community type
City	7	(0.3)	24	(0.6)	23	(0.3)	4	(0.3)	24	(1.7)	11	(1.6)
Suburban	7	(0.2)	23	(0.5)	23	(0.5)	3	(0.3)	22	(3.0)	13	(1.5)
Town	8	(0.4)	22	(0.5)	24	(0.5)	6	(1.8)	23	(2.8)	16	(1.2)
Rural	8	(0.4)	20	(0.4)	24	(0.3)	5	(0.8)	16	(1.3)	14	(1.7)
Region
Northeast	7	(0.3)	20	(0.5)	21	(0.3)	3	(0.4)	28	(7.7)	12	(2.8)
Southeast	7	(0.4)	23	(0.6)	25	(0.8)	3	(0.4)	24	(2.8)	17	(3.1)
Central	9	(0.3)	22	(0.4)	23	(0.3)	7	(1.2)	17	(1.5)	16	(1.7)
West	7	(0.2)	25	(0.5)	24	(0.4)	3	(0.3)	20	(1.8)	11	(1.3)
Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities³
Less than 6 percent	8	(0.4)	20	(0.5)	23	(0.5)	6	(1.1)	17	(2.1)	14	(2.2)
6 to 20 percent	8	(0.3)	22	(0.5)	22	(0.3)	5	(0.9)	20	(1.6)	14	(1.5)
21 to 49 percent	7	(0.3)	24	(0.6)	23	(0.8)	3	(0.4)	23	(1.8)	14	(1.8)
50 percent or more	7	(0.3)	23	(0.6)	23	(0.3)	3	(0.3)	21	(5.0)	10	(2.1)
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0 to 25 percent	8	(0.3)	22	(0.4)	23	(0.6)	4	(0.8)	23	(2.1)	12	(1.3)
26 to 50 percent	7	(0.2)	23	(0.5)	23	(0.3)	6	(1.1)	17	(1.3)	15	(1.5)
51 to 75 percent	7	(0.3)	23	(0.7)	24	(0.4)	4	(0.5)	16	(2.2)	14	(3.0)
76 percent or more	8	(0.4)	21	(0.6)	21	(0.5)	3	(0.5)	25	(2.5)	9	(1.8)

¹ Respondents were asked to report the total number of different groups or sections taught during their most recent full week of teaching. For example, if a visual arts specialist taught graphic design as a separate course to 3 different groups of students, the teacher was instructed to report 3 sections of graphic design. If the teacher taught of graphic design to the same group of students multiple times a week, he/she was asked to count this class only once.

² Respondents were asked to report the total number of students in the different classes taught. For example, if a visual arts specialist taught 3 different groups or sections of graphic design, each with 20 students enrolled, the teacher was instructed to report a total enrollment of 60 for graphic design.

³ Other races/ethnicities include Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaska Native students.

NOTE: Averages were computed across all records in the survey and based on data that were weighted to national estimates. For example, the average number of classes taught by music teachers was computed by summing the weighted number of classes taught by all music teachers and dividing by the weighted number of music teachers in the study. 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, “Survey of Secondary School Music Specialists,” FRSS 103M, 2009–10; and “Survey of Secondary School Visual Arts Specialists,” FRSS 103VA, 2009–10.