| Table 69. | Percent and standard error for public elementary school classroom teachers reporting that they participated to a moderate or great extent in various activities related to the arts outside of their school duties, by school characteristics: School year 2009–10 |
| School characteristic | Create or perform works of art | Teach one of the arts |
View works of art (e.g., attend museums, galleries, musical or theatrical performances, etc.) | Study, critique, or write about the arts | Provide arts leadership in your community or state | Attend workshops with professional artists or art groups |
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| 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 classroom teachers |
17 | (1.4) | 5 | (0.7) | 41 | (1.7) | 3 | (0.7) | 2 | (0.5) | 2 | (0.6) |
| Enrollment size | ||||||||||||
| Less than 300 | 21 | (4.0) | 4! | (1.6) | 40 | (4.6) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| 300 to 499 | 16 | (2.5) | 5 | (1.3) | 41 | (2.5) | 3! | (1.0) | 2! | (0.9) | 3! | (0.9) |
| 500 or more | 17 | (2.1) | 6 | (1.2) | 41 | (2.6) | 3! | (1.2) | 2! | (0.7) | 2! | (0.8) |
| Community type | ||||||||||||
| City | 21 | (2.7) | 8 | (1.9) | 46 | (3.9) | 3! | (1.3) | 3! | (1.2) | 3! | (1.3) |
| Suburban | 15 | (2.5) | 4 | (1.2) | 41 | (3.2) | 4! | (1.2) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Town | 13 | (3.5) | ‡ | (†) | 44 | (5.1) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Rural | 19 | (2.8) | 5! | (1.4) | 34 | (3.4) | 3! | (1.4) | 3 | (1.2) | 4! | (1.5) |
| Region | ||||||||||||
| Northeast | 15 | (3.1) | 6! | (2.2) | 48 | (4.3) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Southeast | 21 | (2.8) | 6! | (1.9) | 33 | (3.1) | 6! | (2.0) | 3! | (1.3) | ‡ | (†) |
| Central | 15 | (2.7) | ‡ | (†) | 41 | (3.2) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 2! | (1.0) |
| West | 16 | (2.8) | 6 | (1.6) | 45 | (3.5) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 2! | (0.8) |
| Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities1 |
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| Less than 6 percent | 18 | (3.6) | ‡ | (†) | 36 | (4.4) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 4! | (1.8) |
| 6 to 20 percent | 14 | (2.8) | 5! | (1.7) | 45 | (3.4) | 4! | (1.6) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| 21 to 49 percent | 18 | (3.0) | 3! | (1.2) | 37 | (3.5) | 2! | (0.8) | 2! | (1.0) | ‡ | (†) |
| 50 percent or more | 18 | (2.6) | 8 | (1.7) | 43 | (3.5) | 4! | (1.4) | ‡ | (†) | 2! | (0.9) |
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| 0 to 25 percent | 15 | (2.8) | 6! | (2.0) | 41 | (3.4) | 3! | (1.3) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| 26 to 50 percent | 15 | (2.8) | 3! | (1.2) | 39 | (3.7) | 2! | (1.0) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| 51 to 75 percent | 20 | (2.8) | 4! | (1.4) | 43 | (3.6) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (1.0) |
| 76 percent or more | 18 | (2.9) | 8 | (2.1) | 40 | (3.9) | 4! | (1.8) | 2! | (1.3) | ‡ | (†) |
| † Not applicable. | ||||||||||||
| ! Interpret data with caution; the coefficient of variation is greater than or equal to 30 percent. | ||||||||||||
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. | ||||||||||||
| 1 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. |
