| 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 |
|
| 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. | ||||||||
| 5 Other 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. |
