| Table 12. | Percent and standard error for public elementary schools reporting various ways in which dance or drama/theatre was taught or incorporated into other subject or curriculum areas, by school characteristics: School year 2009–10—Continued (Return to Table 12) |
| School characteristic | Drama/theatre | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taught as a separate subject |
Taught as part of the English/language arts curriculum | Activities and instruction are integrated into other curriculum areas | Other ways of teaching drama/theatre |
Any integration with other subject or curriculum areas | ||||||
| Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
|
| All public elementary schools | 4 | (0.5) | 29 | (1.7) | 46 | (1.5) | 6 | (0.9) | 53 | (1.6) |
| Enrollment size | ||||||||||
| Less than 300 | 2! | (1.2) | 25 | (3.2) | 41 | (3.6) | 9 | (2.3) | 46 | (3.5) |
| 300 to 499 | 5 | (1.1) | 31 | (2.3) | 52 | (2.7) | 6 | (1.2) | 58 | (2.7) |
| 500 or more | 3 | (0.8) | 29 | (2.2) | 44 | (2.2) | 5 | (1.2) | 53 | (2.3) |
| Community type | ||||||||||
| City | 5 | (1.4) | 31 | (2.9) | 48 | (2.1) | 7 | (1.5) | 28 | (1.5) |
| Suburban | 3! | (1.1) | 26 | (2.4) | 49 | (3.3) | 6 | (1.3) | 31 | (1.6) |
| Town | ‡ | (†) | 29 | (4.2) | 44 | (4.9) | 5! | (2.5) | 13 | (1.3) |
| Rural | 3! | (1.0) | 30 | (2.8) | 43 | (2.8) | 7 | (1.8) | 29 | (1.5) |
| Region | ||||||||||
| Northeast | 5! | (1.7) | 28 | (3.5) | 49 | (3.6) | 10 | (2.2) | 57 | (3.7) |
| Southeast | ‡ | (†) | 25 | (2.3) | 40 | (3.3) | 6 | (1.7) | 45 | (3.5) |
| Central | 2! | (1.0) | 28 | (3.0) | 44 | (3.0) | 5! | (1.8) | 51 | (2.7) |
| West | 6 | (1.5) | 33 | (2.9) | 51 | (2.6) | 6 | (1.6) | 59 | (2.6) |
| Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities1 |
||||||||||
| Less than 6 percent | ‡ | (†) | 38 | (3.6) | 46 | (3.6) | 7! | (2.2) | 56 | (3.8) |
| 6 to 20 percent | 2! | (1.0) | 21 | (2.8) | 44 | (3.4) | 6 | (1.8) | 48 | (3.4) |
| 21 to 49 percent | 4! | (1.3) | 27 | (2.7) | 52 | (3.5) | 7 | (2.0) | 57 | (3.5) |
| 50 percent or more | 5 | (1.2) | 30 | (2.7) | 43 | (2.8) | 6 | (1.1) | 52 | (2.8) |
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
||||||||||
| 0 to 25 percent | 4 | (1.2) | 34 | (3.0) | 59 | (3.5) | 6! | (1.8) | 65 | (3.2) |
| 26 to 50 percent | 3! | (1.2) | 30 | (3.6) | 50 | (4.1) | 5! | (1.7) | 57 | (4.1) |
| 51 to 75 percent | 3! | (1.0) | 26 | (3.0) | 40 | (2.5) | 8 | (2.0) | 47 | (2.5) |
| 76 percent or more | 4! | (1.4) | 27 | (2.7) | 39 | (3.1) | 6 | (1.4) | 46 | (2.8) |
| † Not applicable. | ||||||||||
| ! 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: Respondents could report more than one method of incorporating dance and drama/theatre in their program of study. | ||||||||||
| 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. |
