| Table 44. | Percent and standard error for public elementary school music and visual arts specialists reporting more than 4 hours of designated planning time per week when students were in attendance, 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 |
41 | (1.8) | 42 | (1.8) | 28 | (4.7) | 42 | (1.4) | 46 | (1.5) | 24 | (4.0) |
| Enrollment size | ||||||||||||
| Less than 300 | 40 | (3.4) | 42 | (3.9) | 31 | (8.5) | 37 | (3.4) | 44 | (4.3) | 19 | (5.5) |
| 300 to 499 | 44 | (2.7) | 46 | (2.8) | 18! | (6.5) | 43 | (2.9) | 46 | (3.0) | 27 | (7.5) |
| 500 or more | 38 | (2.1) | 38 | (2.4) | 33 | (9.5) | 45 | (2.1) | 47 | (2.4) | 26 | (7.0) |
| Community type | ||||||||||||
| City | 38 | (3.3) | 38 | (3.5) | 32! | (11.3) | 42 | (3.2) | 44 | (3.4) | 32! | (11.0) |
| Suburban | 42 | (3.3) | 43 | (3.5) | 35! | (10.6) | 45 | (2.9) | 50 | (3.3) | 24! | (7.2) |
| Town | 43 | (4.4) | 47 | (4.5) | ‡ | (†) | 45 | (5.1) | 53 | (5.5) | ‡ | (†) |
| Rural | 40 | (2.9) | 43 | (3.0) | 24 | (6.9) | 37 | (2.6) | 40 | (2.9) | 23 | (6.5) |
| Region | ||||||||||||
| Northeast | 35 | (3.7) | 37 | (4.1) | ‡ | (†) | 39 | (3.3) | 41 | (3.5) | 29! | (9.4) |
| Southeast | 43 | (3.5) | 43 | (3.2) | 43! | (15.5) | 46 | (3.1) | 50 | (3.4) | 15! | (6.7) |
| Central | 48 | (3.5) | 49 | (3.8) | 37! | (12.8) | 43 | (2.3) | 47 | (2.8) | 21! | (7.6) |
| West | 37 | (3.9) | 39 | (4.3) | 25! | (7.7) | 39 | (3.5) | 45 | (5.1) | 26 | (7.0) |
| Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities1 |
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| Less than 6 percent | 43 | (3.8) | 46 | (4.1) | 24! | (11.0) | 32 | (3.1) | 37 | (3.5) | 15! | (6.1) |
| 6 to 20 percent | 46 | (2.8) | 48 | (3.0) | 29! | (11.5) | 52 | (3.1) | 55 | (3.6) | 38 | (9.7) |
| 21 to 49 percent | 38 | (3.3) | 40 | (3.9) | 26 | (7.9) | 40 | (3.2) | 44 | (3.5) | 21! | (8.2) |
| 50 percent or more | 36 | (3.5) | 37 | (3.6) | 32! | (11.3) | 42 | (3.2) | 46 | (3.3) | 21! | (7.0) |
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| 0 to 25 percent | 41 | (3.0) | 43 | (3.3) | 24! | (8.8) | 46 | (2.9) | 50 | (3.0) | 31! | (9.2) |
| 26 to 50 percent | 43 | (3.4) | 44 | (3.7) | 35 | (9.6) | 40 | (2.6) | 45 | (3.1) | 19! | (7.9) |
| 51 to 75 percent | 38 | (3.4) | 40 | (3.4) | 21! | (9.3) | 42 | (3.7) | 46 | (4.2) | 20! | (7.8) |
| 76 percent or more | 39 | (3.6) | 40 | (3.5) | 35! | (13.3) | 40 | (4.0) | 42 | (4.4) | 24! | (10.3) |
| † 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. |
