| Table 138. | Among public elementary schools that offered various kinds of music instruction, percent and standard error reporting that 75 percent or more of the students were enrolled in the program, by the earliest grade at which the instruction was offered and school characteristics: School year 1998–99 |
| Earliest grade offered instruction and school characteristic |
General music1 | Chorus2 | Band3 | Strings/orchestra4 | Other music subjects5 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
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| All public elementary schools | 94 | (1.3) | 24 | (2.7) | 4 | ! | (1.4) | 6 | ! | (2.2) | 29 | (5.9) | |
| Earliest grade offered | |||||||||||||
| Second and under | 97 | (0.7) | 59 | (6.1) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 45 | ! | (13.6) | ||
| Third and fourth | 75 | (11.9) | 16 | (3.5) | ‡ | (†) | 6 | ! | (2.7) | 31 | (9.0) | ||
| Fifth and higher | 55 | (15.3) | 16 | (3.4) | 5 | ! | (1.7) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ||
| Enrollment size | |||||||||||||
| Less than 300 | 93 | (3.8) | 28 | (6.4) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | |||
| 300 to 499 | 97 | (1.1) | 32 | (5.0) | 5 | ! | (2.4) | 6 | ! | (2.9) | ‡ | (†) | |
| 500 or more | 93 | (1.4) | 16 | (2.6) | 2 | ! | (1.2) | ‡ | (†) | 39 | (8.8) | ||
| Region | |||||||||||||
| Northeast | 94 | (1.7) | 26 | (5.5) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 34 | ! | (14.7) | ||
| Southeast | 97 | (1.5) | 20 | (4.4) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 23 | ! | (7.9) | ||
| Central | 97 | (1.7) | 25 | (5.1) | 3 | ! | (1.6) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ||
| West | 90 | (2.5) | 24 | (3.8) | 7 | ! | (3.5) | ‡ | (†) | 45 | ! | (16.6) | |
| Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities6 | |||||||||||||
| Less than 6 percent | 96 | (1.6) | 30 | (5.9) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | |||
| 6 to 20 percent | 94 | (2.6) | 21 | (5.6) | 7 | ! | (3.0) | ‡ | (†) | 36 | ! | (12.9) | |
| 21 to 49 percent | 95 | (1.9) | 26 | (6.3) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | |||
| 50 percent or more | 93 | (2.8) | 20 | (4.6) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 41 | ! | (15.1) | ||
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch | |||||||||||||
| 0 to 25 percent | 96 | (1.5) | 30 | (4.7) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 26 | ! | (11.5) | ||
| 26 to 50 percent | 94 | (2.3) | 19 | (4.3) | 7 | ! | (2.8) | ‡ | (†) | 29 | ! | (10.9) | |
| 51 to 75 percent | 94 | (2.1) | 21 | (5.6) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | |||
| 76 percent or more | 93 | (2.7) | 25 | (5.7) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 44 | ! | (21.6) | ||
| † 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 Based on the 92 percent of schools that offered instruction in general music in the 1998–99 school year. | |||||||||||||
| 2 Based on the 52 percent of schools that offered instruction in chorus in the 1998–99 school year. | |||||||||||||
| 3 Based on the 48 percent of schools that offered instruction in band in the 1998–99 school year. | |||||||||||||
| 4 Based on the 28 percent of schools that offered instruction in strings/orchestra in the 1998–99 school year. | |||||||||||||
| 5 Based on the 8 percent of schools that offered instruction in other music subjects in the 1998–99 school year. | |||||||||||||
| 6 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. |
