| Table 16. | Average number and standard error for the student arts events in public elementary schools and events attended by school principals, by school characteristics: School year 2008–09 |
| School characteristic | Total student arts events | Student arts events attended by principals |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Standard error |
Number | Standard error |
|
| All public elementary schools | 5 | (0.1) | 4 | (0.2) |
| Enrollment size | ||||
| Less than 300 | 4 | (0.2) | 3 | (0.2) |
| 300 to 499 | 5 | (0.2) | 5 | (0.2) |
| 500 or more | 5 | (0.2) | 5 | (0.1) |
| Community type | ||||
| City | 5 | (0.3) | 5 | (0.2) |
| Suburban | 5 | (0.3) | 5 | (0.2) |
| Town | 4 | (0.2) | 4 | (0.2) |
| Rural | 4 | (0.2) | 4 | (0.2) |
| Region | ||||
| Northeast | 5 | (0.3) | 5 | (0.3) |
| Southeast | 4 | (0.2) | 4 | (0.2) |
| Central | 5 | (0.2) | 4 | (0.2) |
| West | 5 | (0.3) | 4 | (0.2) |
| Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities1 |
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| Less than 6 percent | 4 | (0.2) | 4 | (0.2) |
| 6 to 20 percent | 5 | (0.3) | 4 | (0.2) |
| 21 to 49 percent | 5 | (0.3) | 4 | (0.3) |
| 50 percent or more | 5 | (0.2) | 4 | (0.2) |
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| 0 to 25 percent | 6 | (0.3) | 5 | (0.3) |
| 26 to 50 percent | 5 | (0.3) | 4 | (0.2) |
| 51 to 75 percent | 4 | (0.3) | 4 | (0.3) |
| 76 percent or more | 5 | (0.3) | 4 | (0.2) |
| 1 Other races/ethnicities include Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaska Native students. | ||||
| NOTE: Respondents were asked about student arts events in the 2008–09 school year. | ||||
| 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. |
