| Table 109. | Percent and standard error for public secondary school music and visual arts specialists reporting that they taught on a block schedule, by teaching status and school characteristics: School year 2009–10 |
| School characteristic | Music specialist | Visual arts specialist | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All music specialists | Taught music full time |
Taught music part time |
All visual arts specialists | Taught visual arts full time | Taught visual arts part time | |||||||
| Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
|
| All public secondary school music and visual arts specialists |
25 | (1.7) | 26 | (1.7) | 24 | (4.9) | 29 | (1.5) | 29 | (1.6) | 25 | (4.2) |
| Enrollment size | ||||||||||||
| Less than 500 | 17 | (2.5) | 17 | (2.7) | ‡ | (†) | 21 | (2.8) | 22 | (3.2) | 16! | (5.1) |
| 500 to 999 | 26 | (2.5) | 25 | (2.4) | 28! | (9.7) | 23 | (2.5) | 23 | (2.6) | 24! | (9.3) |
| 1,000 or more | 32 | (2.7) | 32 | (2.8) | 31! | (11.4) | 38 | (2.6) | 37 | (2.6) | 45 | (10.4) |
| Community type | ||||||||||||
| City | 28 | (3.4) | 29 | (3.5) | ‡ | (†) | 33 | (3.5) | 35 | (3.8) | ‡ | (†) |
| Suburban | 25 | (2.5) | 26 | (2.5) | 24! | (11.8) | 28 | (2.5) | 28 | (2.8) | 34 | (9.4) |
| Town | 21 | (3.3) | 21 | (3.6) | 20! | (9.8) | 25 | (3.4) | 24 | (3.7) | 30! | (13.0) |
| Rural | 26 | (2.7) | 26 | (2.8) | 27! | (11.2) | 29 | (3.0) | 29 | (3.3) | 25! | (8.0) |
| Region | ||||||||||||
| Northeast | 23 | (3.3) | 23 | (3.6) | 21! | (9.3) | 29 | (3.7) | 27 | (3.6) | 54 | (15.6) |
| Southeast | 40 | (3.7) | 40 | (3.8) | 37! | (14.1) | 45 | (3.5) | 46 | (3.5) | 43! | (17.4) |
| Central | 20 | (2.2) | 19 | (2.3) | ‡ | (†) | 20 | (2.2) | 22 | (2.4) | ‡ | (†) |
| West | 24 | (2.8) | 24 | (2.9) | 19! | (8.2) | 26 | (2.8) | 26 | (3.1) | 24 | (6.7) |
| Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities1 |
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| Less than 6 percent | 19 | (2.9) | 18 | (3.1) | ‡ | (†) | 23 | (3.1) | 25 | (3.6) | 13! | (6.1) |
| 6 to 20 percent | 27 | (3.1) | 26 | (3.2) | 34! | (10.6) | 30 | (2.6) | 30 | (2.8) | 32 | (9.1) |
| 21 to 49 percent | 25 | (2.9) | 26 | (3.0) | 20! | (9.1) | 29 | (3.6) | 29 | (3.5) | 37! | (11.8) |
| 50 percent or more | 31 | (3.5) | 32 | (3.7) | ‡ | (†) | 31 | (2.6) | 32 | (2.8) | ‡ | (†) |
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| 0 to 25 percent | 26 | (2.7) | 25 | (2.7) | 38! | (11.7) | 30 | (3.1) | 29 | (3.4) | 39 | (8.9) |
| 26 to 50 percent | 24 | (2.5) | 24 | (2.5) | ‡ | (†) | 28 | (2.3) | 29 | (2.3) | 17! | (7.5) |
| 51 to 75 percent | 26 | (3.6) | 27 | (3.7) | ‡ | (†) | 30 | (3.3) | 32 | (3.7) | 21! | (8.0) |
| 76 percent or more | 31 | (5.3) | 32 | (5.5) | # | (†) | 26 | (4.3) | 29 | (4.7) | # | (†) |
| † Not applicable. | ||||||||||||
| # Rounds to zero. | ||||||||||||
| ! Interpret data with caution; the coefficient of variation is greater than or equal to 30 percent. | ||||||||||||
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. | ||||||||||||
| 1 Other races/ethnicities include Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaska Native students. | ||||||||||||
| NOTE: Block schedule refers to a type of academic scheduling in which each student has fewer classes per day for a longer period of time; for example, block scheduling allows for class periods of an hour or more so that teachers can accomplish more in a class session. 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. |
