Percent and standard error for public elementary school classroom teachers reporting that arts instruction was included in their classroom program and of those teachers, percent and standard error reporting various ways of teaching arts subject areas, by school characteristics: School year 2009

NCES 2012-014rev
April 2012

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

Table 55.	Percent and standard error for public elementary school classroom teachers reporting that arts instruction was included in their classroom program and of those teachers, percent and standard error reporting various ways of teaching arts subject areas, by school characteristics: School year 2009–10

School characteristic	Included arts instruction in classroom instructional program		Ways of incorporating arts education¹						Ways of incorporating arts education¹
			Incorporating music in other subject areas		Incorporating visual arts in other subject areas		Incorporating drama/theatre in other subject areas		Incorporating dance in other subject areas		Using prepackaged curriculum materials or textbooks to teach the arts		Teaching arts education through virtual field trips using technology		Teaching thematic units that integrate various subjects, including the arts
	Percent	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 school classroom teachers	88	(1.4)	92	(1.2)	97	(0.7)	87	(1.3)	53	(2.2)	33	(2.2)	40	(1.9)	87	(1.4)

Enrollment size
Less than 300	88	(3.4)	90	(2.9)	96	(2.0)	87	(3.4)	49	(5.7)	35	(4.6)	35	(4.8)	89	(3.4)
300 to 499	87	(2.5)	93	(1.5)	98	(0.8)	88	(2.2)	58	(3.8)	35	(3.2)	41	(3.1)	88	(2.3)
500 or more	88	(1.9)	91	(1.7)	97	(0.9)	87	(2.2)	51	(3.3)	30	(2.9)	40	(2.8)	85	(2.2)
Community type
City	85	(2.5)	89	(2.3)	95	(1.6)	80	(2.9)	59	(4.1)	29	(3.3)	40	(4.5)	82	(2.7)
Suburban	89	(2.3)	94	(1.6)	100	(0.4)	90	(2.4)	49	(3.8)	33	(4.1)	36	(2.6)	88	(2.2)
Town	86	(3.8)	94	(2.4)	93	(3.0)	88	(3.2)	55	(5.4)	32	(5.2)	40	(5.8)	84	(3.9)
Rural	88	(2.6)	90	(2.4)	99	(0.7)	89	(2.3)	53	(3.8)	35	(4.0)	46	(3.9)	90	(1.9)
Region
Northeast	92	(3.1)	94	(2.2)	95	(1.9)	89	(3.0)	56	(4.9)	26	(4.3)	30	(4.3)	88	(2.8)
Southeast	83	(3.0)	90	(2.4)	98	(1.2)	88	(2.1)	62	(4.3)	41	(4.5)	54	(4.0)	90	(2.4)
Central	88	(2.7)	89	(2.6)	98	(1.1)	89	(3.0)	49	(3.9)	28	(3.5)	29	(3.6)	89	(2.3)
West	89	(2.4)	94	(1.9)	98	(1.1)	84	(3.2)	46	(3.8)	32	(3.8)	40	(3.5)	81	(2.9)
Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities²
Less than 6 percent	88	(3.6)	92	(2.9)	97	(1.6)	90	(3.0)	53	(5.0)	28	(4.3)	35	(5.4)	93	(2.4)
6 to 20 percent	90	(2.1)	91	(2.7)	97	(1.3)	90	(2.4)	53	(3.9)	34	(4.0)	42	(4.0)	88	(2.5)
21 to 49 percent	89	(2.3)	91	(1.8)	99	(0.6)	85	(2.6)	51	(4.6)	33	(4.6)	34	(3.5)	86	(2.7)
50 percent or more	85	(2.6)	93	(1.9)	96	(1.3)	86	(2.3)	56	(3.8)	33	(3.4)	45	(3.7)	84	(2.7)
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0 to 25 percent	90	(2.5)	92	(2.5)	99	(0.9)	91	(2.5)	47	(3.5)	27	(4.0)	34	(3.6)	90	(2.4)
26 to 50 percent	88	(2.5)	90	(2.8)	99	(0.7)	85	(2.9)	49	(4.6)	33	(4.3)	38	(4.8)	84	(2.9)
51 to 75 percent	92	(2.0)	92	(2.1)	97	(1.2)	90	(1.9)	59	(4.4)	37	(3.8)	44	(3.6)	88	(3.1)
76 percent or more	80	(3.6)	92	(2.1)	95	(1.8)	81	(3.6)	59	(4.0)	33	(3.9)	43	(4.8)	83	(3.3)

¹Percents are based on the 88 percent of public elementary school classroom teachers who included any arts instruction in their classroom instructional program.

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.