| Table 158. | Among public secondary schools that offered instruction in various arts subjects, percent and standard error reporting that dedicated rooms with special equipment were used for teaching the 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 |
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| All public secondary schools | 91 | (1.2) | 87 | (1.6) | 41 | (4.5) | 53 | (2.8) | |
| Enrollment size | |||||||||
| Less than 500 | 89 | (2.5) | 82 | (3.1) | ‡ | (†) | 43 | (6.2) | |
| 500 to 999 | 90 | (1.7) | 89 | (2.3) | 29 | (6.8) | 47 | (4.8) | |
| 1,000 or more | 95 | (1.2) | 92 | (1.7) | 59 | (5.6) | 66 | (3.7) | |
| Region | |||||||||
| Northeast | 92 | (2.4) | 88 | (2.6) | 47 | (13.4) | 44 | (7.0) | |
| Southeast | 88 | (3.4) | 87 | (2.6) | 35 | (9.7) | 37 | (5.2) | |
| Central | 94 | (1.8) | 93 | (2.1) | 44 | ! | (13.3) | 49 | (6.2) |
| West | 89 | (2.8) | 80 | (3.7) | 41 | (6.4) | 69 | (5.2) | |
| Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities5 | |||||||||
| Less than 6 percent | 93 | (1.9) | 89 | (2.4) | ‡ | (†) | 43 | (7.0) | |
| 6 to 20 percent | 95 | (1.9) | 89 | (3.0) | 40 | (11.5) | 50 | (5.4) | |
| 21 to 49 percent | 86 | (3.5) | 86 | (3.8) | 49 | (8.1) | 60 | (5.8) | |
| 50 percent or more | 87 | (3.2) | 82 | (4.0) | 54 | (7.7) | 59 | (6.6) | |
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch | |||||||||
| 0 to 25 percent | 94 | (1.2) | 92 | (1.8) | 41 | (7.0) | 54 | (4.2) | |
| 26 to 50 percent | 92 | (2.0) | 89 | (2.5) | 42 | (8.3) | 52 | (4.1) | |
| 51 to 75 percent | 84 | (4.1) | 77 | (4.5) | 34 | ! | (12.0) | 56 | (8.1) |
| 76 percent or more | 76 | (8.6) | 62 | (10.4) | 49 | ! | (24.0) | ‡ | (†) |
| † Not applicable. | |||||||||
| ! Interpret data with caution; the coefficient of variation is greater than or equal to 30 percent. | |||||||||
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. | |||||||||
| 1 Percents are based on the 93 percent of public secondary schools that reported instruction in music during regular school hours in the 1999–2000 school year. | |||||||||
| 2 Percents are based on the 90 percent of public secondary schools that reported instruction in visual arts during regular school hours in the 1999–2000 school year. | |||||||||
| 3 Percents are based on the 14 percent of public secondary schools that reported instruction in dance during regular school hours in the 1999–2000 school year. | |||||||||
| 4 Percents are based on the 48 percent of public secondary 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, "Secondary School Arts Education Survey: Fall 1999,” FRSS 67S, 1999–2000 |
