Among public elementary schools that offered instruction in various arts subjects, average number and standard error for minutes per class period for various arts subjects, by school characteristics: School year 1999

Table 135.	Among public elementary schools that offered instruction in various arts subjects, average number and standard error for minutes per class period for various arts subjects, by school characteristics: School year 1999–2000

School characteristic	Music¹		Visual arts²		Dance³		Drama/theatre⁴
	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error
	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error
All public elementary schools	38	(0.4)	43	(0.4)	37	(1.2)	39	(1.3)

Enrollment size
Less than 300	35	(1.1)	43	(1.4)	36	(4.0)	37	(3.2)
300 to 499	37	(0.6)	44	(0.7)	38	(2.1)	42	(3.0)
500 or more	40	(0.6)	42	(0.6)	37	(1.2)	38	(1.5)
Region
Northeast	39	(0.6)	43	(0.7)	42	(2.7)	43	(3.3)
Southeast	40	(0.8)	42	(0.8)	34	(2.5)	39	(2.6)
Central	35	(0.8)	45	(0.9)	37	(2.8)	39	(3.5)
West	37	(0.8)	41	(1.0)	36	(1.7)	38	(1.7)
Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities⁵
Less than 6 percent	37	(0.9)	44	(0.8)	36	(2.1)	39	(2.4)
6 to 20 percent	37	(0.8)	44	(1.0)	38	(3.1)	35	(3.1)
21 to 49 percent	38	(0.9)	42	(1.0)	32	(2.2)	41	(2.8)
50 percent or more	39	(0.7)	42	(1.0)	40	(1.7)	40	(1.9)
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0 to 25 percent	38	(0.8)	45	(0.7)	39	(2.0)	37	(2.4)
26 to 50 percent	37	(0.9)	42	(0.9)	35	(2.3)	40	(2.6)
51 to 75 percent	38	(0.9)	41	(0.9)	33	(1.9)	37	(2.4)
76 percent or more	39	(0.9)	42	(1.4)	42	(2.4)	43	(2.4)

¹ Percents are based on the 94 percent of public elementary schools that reported instruction in music during regular school hours in the 1999–2000 school year.
² Percents are based on the 87 percent of public elementary schools that reported instruction in visual arts during regular school hours in the 1999–2000 school year.
³ Percents are based on the 20 percent of public elementary schools that reported instruction in dance during regular school hours in the 1999–2000 school year.
⁴ Percents are based on the 20 percent of public elementary schools that reported instruction in drama/theatre during regular school hours in the 1999–2000 school year.
⁵Other races/ethnicities include Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native students.
NOTE: The data presented in this table may differ from previously published information because missing data from the 1999–2000 surveys were imputed for analysis in this report.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fast Response Survey System, “Elementary School Arts Education Survey: Fall 1999,” FRSS 67E, 1999–2000.