Percent and standard error for public elementary school music and visual arts specialists reporting that they taught at more than one school, by teaching status and school characteristics: School year 2009

NCES 2012-014rev
April 2012

Arts Education in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools: 1999–2000 and 2009–10

Table 43.	Percent and standard error for public elementary school music and visual arts specialists reporting that they taught at more than one school, by teaching status and school characteristics: School year 2009–10

School characteristic	Music specialist						Visual arts specialist
	All music specialists		Taught music full time		Taught music part time		All visual arts specialists		Taught visual arts full time		Taught visual arts part time
	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error

All public elementary school music and visual arts specialists	53	(1.6)	54	(1.7)	43	(5.2)	42	(1.6)	43	(1.7)	36	(6.0)

Enrollment size
Less than 300	72	(3.0)	76	(3.2)	56	(9.9)	81	(3.5)	86	(3.5)	68	(8.6)
300 to 499	57	(2.4)	60	(2.6)	34!	(10.1)	45	(2.8)	50	(3.0)	23!	(7.8)
500 or more	39	(2.5)	39	(2.8)	38	(9.5)	18	(1.9)	20	(2.1)	‡	(†)
Community type
City	51	(3.2)	53	(3.3)	38	(10.0)	32	(2.7)	35	(3.0)	‡	(†)
Suburban	54	(2.8)	55	(2.9)	51	(9.8)	40	(3.1)	41	(3.3)	37	(8.7)
Town	52	(3.6)	55	(3.6)	‡	(†)	50	(5.3)	48	(5.3)	59	(14.5)
Rural	52	(2.9)	54	(3.0)	44	(9.4)	53	(3.1)	55	(2.8)	43	(9.4)
Region
Northeast	58	(3.7)	59	(3.5)	52	(13.1)	43	(3.7)	43	(3.6)	43	(11.3)
Southeast	38	(2.7)	40	(2.7)	‡	(†)	30	(2.5)	32	(2.9)	17!	(7.6)
Central	61	(3.6)	63	(3.9)	45	(12.8)	59	(2.8)	59	(3.0)	57	(10.6)
West	49	(3.3)	50	(3.5)	44	(8.2)	26	(3.5)	27	(4.3)	23!	(8.0)
Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities¹
Less than 6 percent	62	(4.8)	64	(4.6)	54	(15.1)	62	(4.2)	64	(4.6)	56	(9.9)
6 to 20 percent	59	(3.6)	62	(3.6)	33!	(13.3)	46	(4.1)	50	(4.3)	25!	(10.8)
21 to 49 percent	49	(3.2)	49	(3.4)	48	(9.3)	43	(3.6)	42	(3.9)	45	(11.6)
50 percent or more	45	(2.6)	45	(2.6)	37!	(12.1)	25	(2.8)	26	(3.0)	‡	(†)
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0 to 25 percent	58	(3.5)	61	(3.6)	43	(10.2)	41	(3.1)	43	(3.5)	32	(8.2)
26 to 50 percent	52	(3.0)	54	(3.1)	40	(11.7)	44	(3.9)	47	(4.0)	30!	(10.4)
51 to 75 percent	51	(3.7)	51	(3.8)	50	(10.0)	50	(3.4)	49	(3.6)	52	(10.5)
76 percent or more	46	(4.0)	47	(3.9)	41!	(13.9)	34	(3.7)	35	(3.6)	‡	(†)

† Not applicable.

! Interpret data with caution; the coefficient of variation is greater than or equal to 30 percent.

‡ Reporting standards not met.

¹ 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, “Survey of Elementary School Music Specialists,” FRSS 102M, 2009–10; and “Survey of Elementary School Visual Arts Specialists,” FRSS 102VA, 2009–10.