| Table 46. | Percent and standard error for public elementary school music specialists reporting that they taught a curriculum-based or co-curricular music class outside of school hours, by teaching status and school characteristics: School year 2009–10 |
| School characteristic | All music specialists | Music specialists who taught the subject on a full-time basis | Music specialists who taught the subject on a part-time basis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
|
| All public elementary school music specialists | 24 | (1.4) | 23 | (1.5) | 25 | (5.0) |
| Enrollment size | ||||||
| Less than 300 | 22 | (3.6) | 25 | (4.4) | ‡ | (†) |
| 300 to 499 | 23 | (2.4) | 22 | (2.4) | 31! | (9.5) |
| 500 or more | 25 | (2.0) | 24 | (2.0) | 33 | (9.9) |
| Community type | ||||||
| City | 24 | (2.9) | 25 | (3.1) | 19! | (8.8) |
| Suburban | 23 | (2.8) | 22 | (2.8) | 34! | (11.3) |
| Town | 22 | (3.6) | 23 | (3.9) | ‡ | (†) |
| Rural | 24 | (3.0) | 25 | (3.3) | 20! | (8.6) |
| Region | ||||||
| Northeast | 21 | (3.4) | 20 | (3.2) | 30! | (12.3) |
| Southeast | 21 | (3.0) | 21 | (3.2) | 20! | (7.3) |
| Central | 25 | (2.9) | 25 | (3.1) | ‡ | (†) |
| West | 27 | (2.9) | 27 | (3.0) | 25! | (7.5) |
| Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities1 |
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| Less than 6 percent | 20 | (3.4) | 23 | (3.8) | ‡ | (†) |
| 6 to 20 percent | 26 | (3.0) | 25 | (2.6) | 32! | (11.8) |
| 21 to 49 percent | 24 | (3.2) | 21 | (3.3) | 37 | (9.0) |
| 50 percent or more | 23 | (2.5) | 24 | (2.7) | 17! | (7.4) |
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| 0 to 25 percent | 25 | (3.0) | 24 | (3.2) | 33! | (11.0) |
| 26 to 50 percent | 20 | (2.8) | 20 | (2.9) | 21! | (9.9) |
| 51 to 75 percent | 25 | (3.0) | 25 | (3.2) | 24! | (8.0) |
| 76 percent or more | 24 | (3.0) | 25 | (3.3) | ‡ | (†) |
| † Not applicable. | ||||||
| # Rounds to zero. | ||||||
| ! 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. |
