| Table 58. | Percent and standard error for public elementary school music and visual arts specialists reporting that they somewhat or strongly agreed with statements about arts instruction at their currently assigned school, by school characteristics: School year 2009–10 |
| School characteristic | Parents support me in my efforts to educate their children |
The administration supports me in my work |
Students are motivated to do well in my class |
Community organizations/groups support my efforts to educate students | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music specialist |
Visual arts specialist | Music specialist |
Visual arts specialist | Music specialist |
Visual arts specialist | Music specialist |
Visual arts specialist | |||||||||
| 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 music and visual arts specialists |
88 | (1.0) | 85 | (1.3) | 85 | (1.2) | 87 | (1.1) | 89 | (1.1) | 92 | (1.1) | 76 | (1.6) | 75 | (1.7) |
| Enrollment size | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than 300 | 85 | (2.5) | 86 | (3.9) | 82 | (3.1) | 91 | (3.1) | 85 | (3.4) | 93 | (2.6) | 72 | (3.6) | 79 | (3.9) |
| 300 to 499 | 91 | (1.4) | 84 | (1.9) | 86 | (2.0) | 84 | (1.7) | 91 | (1.6) | 89 | (1.7) | 78 | (2.5) | 72 | (2.6) |
| 500 or more | 87 | (1.9) | 86 | (1.7) | 85 | (2.0) | 88 | (1.5) | 88 | (1.6) | 93 | (1.4) | 75 | (2.2) | 76 | (2.3) |
| Community type | ||||||||||||||||
| City | 84 | (2.8) | 79 | (2.7) | 81 | (3.1) | 83 | (2.2) | 85 | (2.5) | 88 | (2.4) | 70 | (3.0) | 68 | (3.5) |
| Suburban | 91 | (1.6) | 86 | (2.3) | 85 | (2.4) | 88 | (1.7) | 91 | (1.6) | 92 | (1.9) | 75 | (2.7) | 76 | (2.7) |
| Town | 91 | (2.5) | 85 | (3.5) | 90 | (2.6) | 89 | (3.1) | 91 | (2.4) | 92 | (2.3) | 83 | (3.0) | 76 | (5.2) |
| Rural | 88 | (1.7) | 90 | (1.8) | 86 | (2.0) | 90 | (2.1) | 89 | (2.0) | 94 | (1.6) | 79 | (2.3) | 81 | (2.6) |
| Region | ||||||||||||||||
| Northeast | 89 | (2.3) | 86 | (2.6) | 83 | (2.7) | 85 | (2.4) | 90 | (2.1) | 88 | (2.1) | 77 | (3.3) | 71 | (2.8) |
| Southeast | 88 | (1.9) | 83 | (2.3) | 91 | (1.8) | 90 | (2.1) | 86 | (2.0) | 93 | (1.6) | 74 | (2.8) | 76 | (2.9) |
| Central | 88 | (1.6) | 86 | (2.4) | 83 | (2.7) | 86 | (2.0) | 88 | (2.2) | 92 | (1.7) | 77 | (2.9) | 78 | (2.9) |
| West | 86 | (2.4) | 85 | (3.5) | 83 | (2.4) | 89 | (2.4) | 90 | (2.3) | 94 | (1.8) | 73 | (3.0) | 74 | (4.2) |
| Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities1 |
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| Less than 6 percent | 92 | (1.9) | 90 | (2.6) | 86 | (2.9) | 89 | (2.6) | 88 | (2.5) | 93 | (2.4) | 82 | (3.3) | 81 | (3.0) |
| 6 to 20 percent | 89 | (2.2) | 90 | (1.9) | 81 | (2.7) | 89 | (2.1) | 91 | (2.1) | 93 | (1.6) | 74 | (3.4) | 80 | (2.6) |
| 21 to 49 percent | 91 | (2.0) | 88 | (2.9) | 91 | (2.3) | 86 | (2.2) | 90 | (2.1) | 93 | (2.3) | 81 | (3.3) | 75 | (3.6) |
| 50 percent or more | 83 | (2.4) | 76 | (2.4) | 83 | (2.6) | 86 | (2.1) | 86 | (2.0) | 89 | (2.1) | 69 | (2.8) | 67 | (3.4) |
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| 0 to 25 percent | 91 | (2.0) | 92 | (1.8) | 85 | (2.4) | 88 | (2.1) | 89 | (2.2) | 94 | (1.6) | 77 | (3.1) | 82 | (2.4) |
| 26 to 50 percent | 90 | (2.0) | 88 | (2.1) | 82 | (2.8) | 85 | (2.4) | 90 | (2.5) | 91 | (2.0) | 80 | (2.7) | 79 | (2.2) |
| 51 to 75 percent | 91 | (1.6) | 85 | (3.1) | 89 | (1.8) | 91 | (2.5) | 92 | (1.6) | 92 | (2.0) | 79 | (2.2) | 69 | (3.8) |
| 76 percent or more | 78 | (3.2) | 70 | (3.8) | 82 | (3.4) | 84 | (2.7) | 83 | (2.5) | 87 | (3.0) | 63 | (4.0) | 67 | (3.9) |
| 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. |
