| Table 17. | Percent and standard error for public elementary schools reporting a district-level arts coordinator, various ways that arts programs and instruction were assessed, and the inclusion of arts education in mission statements or school improvement plans, by school characteristics: School year 2009–10 |
| School characteristic | District has specialist or coordinator who is responsible for the arts programs offered1 | Principal evaluates the arts program in the same way other programs are evaluated1 | School conducts standardized assessment of student achievement in the arts1 | Principal evaluates full-time arts teachers in the same way other teachers are evaluated2 | Arts education is included in mission statements or school improvement plans | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
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| All public elementary schools | 66 | (1.7) | 74 | (1.4) | 18 | (1.4) | 94 | (0.9) | 42 | (1.5) |
| Enrollment size | ||||||||||
| Less than 300 | 54 | (4.3) | 76 | (3.8) | 17 | (3.3) | 92 | (2.5) | 46 | (3.8) |
| 300 to 499 | 70 | (2.8) | 73 | (2.3) | 20 | (2.3) | 94 | (1.6) | 38 | (2.3) |
| 500 or more | 71 | (2.5) | 73 | (2.3) | 18 | (1.7) | 95 | (1.2) | 43 | (2.2) |
| Community type | ||||||||||
| City | 83 | (2.4) | 72 | (2.7) | 20 | (2.2) | 93 | (1.9) | 46 | (3.3) |
| Suburban | 74 | (2.7) | 72 | (3.0) | 21 | (2.2) | 93 | (1.7) | 40 | (2.7) |
| Town | 48 | (4.2) | 71 | (4.4) | 17 | (3.6) | 95 | (2.6) | 37 | (4.2) |
| Rural | 52 | (3.5) | 78 | (3.3) | 15 | (2.6) | 95 | (1.6) | 43 | (3.1) |
| Region | ||||||||||
| Northeast | 77 | (2.8) | 84 | (3.0) | 19 | (3.4) | 95 | (2.0) | 48 | (3.9) |
| Southeast | 75 | (3.2) | 82 | (2.1) | 24 | (2.8) | 97 | (1.3) | 42 | (3.0) |
| Central | 58 | (3.4) | 79 | (3.2) | 11 | (1.8) | 97 | (1.5) | 37 | (3.0) |
| West | 60 | (2.9) | 56 | (2.8) | 21 | (2.8) | 88 | (2.6) | 43 | (2.5) |
| Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities3 |
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| Less than 6 percent | 46 | (3.9) | 81 | (3.8) | 12 | (2.6) | 96 | (1.8) | 45 | (3.7) |
| 6 to 20 percent | 69 | (2.8) | 80 | (2.8) | 19 | (2.6) | 93 | (2.0) | 40 | (3.2) |
| 21 to 49 percent | 68 | (3.1) | 69 | (2.9) | 23 | (2.9) | 97 | (1.9) | 39 | (3.2) |
| 50 percent or more | 75 | (2.8) | 69 | (2.7) | 18 | (2.3) | 91 | (1.8) | 45 | (2.8) |
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| 0 to 25 percent | 69 | (3.7) | 77 | (2.8) | 23 | (3.3) | 94 | (1.8) | 43 | (3.4) |
| 26 to 50 percent | 62 | (3.2) | 74 | (3.1) | 16 | (2.5) | 96 | (1.7) | 45 | (3.3) |
| 51 to 75 percent | 61 | (2.8) | 71 | (2.5) | 15 | (2.2) | 92 | (2.0) | 39 | (3.4) |
| 76 percent or more | 74 | (3.2) | 74 | (3.3) | 21 | (3.2) | 94 | (1.8) | 41 | (2.9) |
| 1 Percents are based on the 97 percent of public elementary schools that reported instruction in the arts during regular school hours in the 2009–10 school year. | ||||||||||
| 2 Percents are based on the 75 percent of public elementary schools that reported having a full-time arts specialist at the school in the 2009–10 school year. | ||||||||||
| 3 Other races/ethnicities include Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaska Native students. | ||||||||||
| NOTE: Arts specialists are education professionals with a teaching certificate in an arts discipline—such as music, visual arts, dance, or drama/theatre—who provide separate instruction in that discipline. | ||||||||||
| 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. |
