| Table 60. | Percent and standard error for public elementary school music and visual arts specialists describing the arts instructional program at their currently assigned school, by school characteristics: School year 2009–10 |
| School characteristic | Based on a written, sequential, local (or district) curriculum guide |
Aligned with state's standards or the National Standards for Arts Education |
Integrated with other arts subjects |
Integrated with other academic subjects |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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| All public elementary school music and visual arts specialists |
76 | (1.4) | 69 | (1.6) | 96 | (0.7) | 98 | (0.5) | 49 | (1.7) | 66 | (1.7) | 54 | (1.6) | 75 | (1.6) |
| Enrollment size | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than 300 | 62 | (3.8) | 67 | (4.5) | 95 | (1.8) | 99 | (0.8) | 32 | (3.8) | 64 | (4.2) | 41 | (4.0) | 73 | (4.5) |
| 300 to 499 | 79 | (2.4) | 72 | (2.6) | 97 | (1.1) | 99 | (0.6) | 53 | (3.2) | 66 | (2.5) | 57 | (2.8) | 75 | (2.1) |
| 500 or more | 79 | (1.9) | 66 | (2.1) | 96 | (1.0) | 97 | (0.9) | 54 | (2.9) | 68 | (2.7) | 57 | (3.1) | 77 | (2.6) |
| Community type | ||||||||||||||||
| City | 79 | (2.7) | 68 | (3.2) | 97 | (1.2) | 99 | (1.0) | 55 | (3.1) | 64 | (3.1) | 62 | (3.5) | 78 | (2.6) |
| Suburban | 83 | (2.2) | 77 | (2.6) | 96 | (1.0) | 98 | (1.1) | 48 | (3.5) | 65 | (2.7) | 52 | (3.4) | 76 | (2.5) |
| Town | 72 | (4.2) | 66 | (5.8) | 94 | (2.1) | 97 | (1.6) | 48 | (3.9) | 68 | (5.6) | 53 | (4.5) | 72 | (4.9) |
| Rural | 64 | (3.0) | 58 | (3.3) | 95 | (1.6) | 99 | (0.7) | 44 | (3.2) | 70 | (3.1) | 47 | (3.2) | 73 | (3.0) |
| Region | ||||||||||||||||
| Northeast | 85 | (2.7) | 77 | (3.7) | 97 | (1.2) | 99 | (0.7) | 44 | (3.8) | 64 | (3.2) | 42 | (4.1) | 78 | (3.3) |
| Southeast | 72 | (2.5) | 62 | (4.2) | 99 | (0.7) | 98 | (0.9) | 63 | (3.3) | 66 | (3.4) | 70 | (3.6) | 77 | (3.2) |
| Central | 74 | (3.2) | 73 | (2.5) | 96 | (1.5) | 98 | (1.0) | 43 | (3.2) | 66 | (3.1) | 47 | (2.9) | 69 | (2.6) |
| West | 71 | (2.6) | 57 | (4.6) | 93 | (1.8) | 98 | (1.2) | 50 | (3.2) | 71 | (3.6) | 60 | (3.9) | 84 | (3.1) |
| Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities1 |
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| Less than 6 percent | 68 | (4.1) | 67 | (4.7) | 95 | (1.9) | 99 | (0.7) | 45 | (3.6) | 65 | (3.5) | 43 | (3.4) | 71 | (3.2) |
| 6 to 20 percent | 76 | (2.5) | 71 | (2.7) | 97 | (1.3) | 99 | (0.6) | 39 | (2.9) | 70 | (2.9) | 43 | (3.0) | 76 | (3.0) |
| 21 to 49 percent | 77 | (2.9) | 70 | (3.2) | 96 | (1.2) | 98 | (0.8) | 51 | (3.3) | 66 | (4.0) | 59 | (3.2) | 76 | (3.4) |
| 50 percent or more | 79 | (2.1) | 66 | (3.1) | 96 | (1.2) | 97 | (1.2) | 59 | (3.1) | 64 | (3.4) | 65 | (3.7) | 78 | (2.8) |
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| 0 to 25 percent | 81 | (3.1) | 76 | (2.8) | 97 | (0.9) | 99 | (0.5) | 46 | (3.9) | 68 | (2.9) | 49 | (3.8) | 76 | (3.0) |
| 26 to 50 percent | 71 | (2.8) | 68 | (3.0) | 97 | (1.3) | 98 | (1.2) | 42 | (3.3) | 68 | (3.7) | 46 | (3.0) | 73 | (3.0) |
| 51 to 75 percent | 72 | (2.7) | 65 | (3.6) | 93 | (1.8) | 97 | (1.4) | 52 | (3.6) | 66 | (3.4) | 62 | (3.1) | 78 | (3.1) |
| 76 percent or more | 78 | (3.2) | 63 | (4.1) | 96 | (1.4) | 98 | (1.0) | 60 | (3.8) | 62 | (3.6) | 62 | (4.5) | 74 | (3.8) |
| 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. |
