| Table 47. | Average class size and standard error for classes taught by public elementary school classroom teachers, and percent and standard error reporting more than 4 hours of designated planning or preparation time per week and the ways in which students were occupied during that time, by school characteristics: School year 2009–10 |
| School characteristic | Average class size | More than 4 hours of planning or preparation time1 | Ways in which students are occupied during planning time1 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In music class | In visual arts class | In physical education/ health class | In library/ media center | In computer lab | Other | |||||||||||
| Number | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
|
| All public elementary | 21 | (0.1) | 25 | (2.0) | 92 | (1.1) | 70 | (1.7) | 95 | (0.8) | 64 | (1.9) | 40 | (1.7) | 21 | (1.4) |
| school classroom teachers | ||||||||||||||||
| Enrollment size | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than 300 | 20 | (0.4) | 28 | (4.9) | 90 | (2.9) | 65 | (4.7) | 96 | (1.8) | 62 | (4.9) | 40 | (5.4) | 12 | (3.2) |
| 300 to 499 | 21 | (0.2) | 27 | (3.1) | 93 | (1.4) | 69 | (3.3) | 98 | (1.1) | 64 | (3.3) | 37 | (2.3) | 21 | (2.4) |
| 500 or more | 22 | (0.3) | 24 | (2.4) | 91 | (1.8) | 72 | (2.8) | 93 | (1.3) | 65 | (2.7) | 43 | (2.7) | 22 | (2.5) |
| Community type | ||||||||||||||||
| City | 22 | (0.3) | 23 | (3.4) | 88 | (2.8) | 67 | (3.7) | 93 | (2.0) | 54 | (4.5) | 34 | (4.2) | 19 | (3.2) |
| Suburban | 22 | (0.2) | 27 | (3.2) | 92 | (2.0) | 77 | (3.7) | 95 | (1.7) | 66 | (3.0) | 38 | (3.3) | 25 | (2.9) |
| Town | 21 | (0.4) | 31 | (4.7) | 94 | (2.3) | 59 | (4.7) | 93 | (2.4) | 73 | (5.2) | 47 | (5.6) | 15 | (3.9) |
| Rural | 21 | (0.3) | 22 | (3.5) | 94 | (1.8) | 70 | (3.4) | 99 | (0.7) | 68 | (3.5) | 47 | (3.6) | 19 | (2.8) |
| Region | ||||||||||||||||
| Northeast | 21 | (0.4) | 24 | (4.0) | 95 | (2.0) | 86 | (3.9) | 98 | (1.4) | 79 | (4.4) | 40 | (4.3) | 26 | (3.4) |
| Southeast | 21 | (0.3) | 26 | (3.5) | 93 | (2.1) | 77 | (2.8) | 97 | (1.3) | 66 | (3.2) | 44 | (3.4) | 23 | (3.0) |
| Central | 22 | (0.4) | 32 | (4.1) | 96 | (1.4) | 76 | (3.1) | 98 | (1.0) | 64 | (3.7) | 34 | (3.5) | 20 | (3.6) |
| West | 22 | (0.3) | 21 | (2.9) | 84 | (2.9) | 46 | (4.0) | 90 | (2.4) | 52 | (3.8) | 42 | (3.1) | 14 | (2.9) |
| Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities2 |
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| Less than 6 percent | 20 | (0.4) | 24 | (4.6) | 97 | (1.6) | 75 | (3.9) | 96 | (1.8) | 74 | (4.2) | 38 | (5.2) | 13 | (3.3) |
| 6 to 20 percent | 22 | (0.3) | 30 | (3.7) | 96 | (1.6) | 78 | (3.3) | 97 | (1.2) | 75 | (3.9) | 39 | (3.5) | 23 | (3.0) |
| 21 to 49 percent | 21 | (0.3) | 26 | (3.4) | 90 | (2.5) | 63 | (2.5) | 95 | (1.6) | 58 | (3.2) | 41 | (3.7) | 23 | (2.9) |
| 50 percent or more | 21 | (0.3) | 21 | (3.1) | 87 | (2.2) | 68 | (3.7) | 94 | (1.8) | 58 | (4.0) | 42 | (4.2) | 20 | (3.0) |
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| 0 to 25 percent | 22 | (0.3) | 25 | (3.7) | 94 | (1.7) | 79 | (3.2) | 96 | (1.6) | 74 | (4.3) | 35 | (4.0) | 28 | (3.0) |
| 26 to 50 percent | 22 | (0.4) | 28 | (3.8) | 96 | (2.2) | 72 | (3.8) | 96 | (1.5) | 60 | (3.6) | 40 | (4.3) | 14 | (3.0) |
| 51 to 75 percent | 21 | (0.3) | 23 | (3.1) | 91 | (2.2) | 65 | (3.4) | 94 | (1.9) | 63 | (3.5) | 43 | (3.7) | 24 | (2.8) |
| 76 percent or more | 21 | (0.3) | 23 | (3.9) | 85 | (2.7) | 64 | (3.9) | 95 | (1.6) | 59 | (4.0) | 44 | (4.9) | 15 | (3.2) |
| 1 Percents are based on the 91 percent of public elementary school classroom teachers who had planning or preparation time. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 Other races/ethnicities include Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaska Native students. | ||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Classroom teachers are teachers of self-contained classrooms; these teachers could teach arts areas as separate subjects or incorporate arts areas into other subjects. | ||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fast Response Survey System, “Arts Survey of Elementary School Classroom Teachers,” FRSS 102C, 2009–10. |
