| Table 68. | Percent and standard error for public elementary school visual arts specialists reporting that they participated to a moderate or great extent in various activities related to visual arts outside of their school duties, by school characteristics: School year 2009–10 |
| School characteristic | Teach art at a studio or gallery |
Create works of art | Exhibit works of art | View and respond to original works of art at museums or galleries | Study, critique, or write about art |
Provide arts leadership in your community or state |
Attend workshops with professional artists or arts groups |
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| 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 visual arts specialists |
11 | (1.1) | 69 | (1.5) | 27 | (1.4) | 67 | (1.4) | 30 | (1.6) | 23 | (1.0) | 44 | (1.8) |
| Enrollment size | ||||||||||||||
| Less than 300 | 15 | (3.4) | 72 | (3.8) | 31 | (3.9) | 65 | (3.3) | 31 | (4.0) | 25 | (3.5) | 38 | (5.1) |
| 300 to 499 | 12 | (1.6) | 69 | (2.6) | 26 | (2.4) | 66 | (2.6) | 32 | (2.6) | 24 | (2.2) | 45 | (2.7) |
| 500 or more | 8 | (1.2) | 68 | (2.3) | 26 | (1.9) | 69 | (2.0) | 28 | (2.3) | 21 | (2.0) | 46 | (2.4) |
| Community type | ||||||||||||||
| City | 10 | (2.2) | 69 | (3.4) | 29 | (2.9) | 74 | (2.5) | 30 | (3.5) | 23 | (3.1) | 49 | (3.9) |
| Suburban | 11 | (1.9) | 67 | (2.9) | 25 | (2.4) | 69 | (2.4) | 32 | (2.9) | 20 | (2.0) | 43 | (2.8) |
| Town | 10! | (3.1) | 66 | (4.9) | 29 | (4.9) | 61 | (4.7) | 34 | (5.0) | 27 | (4.9) | 38 | (4.8) |
| Rural | 11 | (2.3) | 73 | (3.0) | 26 | (3.0) | 58 | (3.1) | 27 | (3.0) | 26 | (2.7) | 42 | (3.6) |
| Region | ||||||||||||||
| Northeast | 12 | (2.2) | 72 | (2.5) | 30 | (2.4) | 72 | (2.8) | 32 | (3.2) | 25 | (2.6) | 43 | (2.7) |
| Southeast | 9 | (1.8) | 70 | (3.1) | 28 | (3.1) | 66 | (2.6) | 30 | (3.3) | 23 | (2.9) | 49 | (3.5) |
| Central | 10 | (2.2) | 66 | (3.5) | 22 | (2.6) | 65 | (3.1) | 29 | (3.2) | 22 | (2.2) | 40 | (2.8) |
| West | 14 | (3.2) | 68 | (3.7) | 30 | (4.4) | 65 | (4.1) | 33 | (4.5) | 23 | (3.7) | 45 | (4.6) |
| Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities1 |
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| Less than 6 percent | 10 | (2.4) | 74 | (3.2) | 23 | (3.4) | 59 | (3.9) | 22 | (2.9) | 26 | (3.3) | 41 | (4.5) |
| 6 to 20 percent | 12 | (2.2) | 68 | (3.4) | 25 | (2.9) | 64 | (2.7) | 33 | (3.4) | 21 | (2.3) | 44 | (3.3) |
| 21 to 49 percent | 9 | (1.7) | 66 | (2.9) | 26 | (2.7) | 70 | (3.3) | 30 | (3.1) | 22 | (2.6) | 44 | (3.7) |
| 50 percent or more | 12 | (2.2) | 69 | (2.7) | 31 | (2.8) | 73 | (2.5) | 35 | (3.2) | 24 | (2.5) | 46 | (3.1) |
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| 0 to 25 percent | 11 | (2.1) | 67 | (3.2) | 25 | (2.7) | 67 | (3.3) | 31 | (3.3) | 19 | (2.8) | 47 | (3.1) |
| 26 to 50 percent | 10 | (2.1) | 71 | (3.1) | 26 | (2.9) | 72 | (2.6) | 27 | (2.7) | 24 | (2.8) | 44 | (3.3) |
| 51 to 75 percent | 12 | (2.2) | 67 | (3.0) | 26 | (3.3) | 61 | (3.5) | 26 | (2.9) | 25 | (2.9) | 40 | (3.5) |
| 76 percent or more | 11 | (2.9) | 72 | (3.7) | 33 | (3.4) | 70 | (3.1) | 39 | (4.1) | 26 | (2.9) | 44 | (4.4) |
| ! Interpret data with caution; the coefficient of variation is greater than or equal to 30 percent. | ||||||||||||||
| 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 Visual Arts Specialists,” FRSS 102VA, 2009–10. |
