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| Table 70. | Percent and standard error for public secondary schools reporting whether various arts subjects were taught at the school, by school characteristics: School year 2008–09 |
| School characteristic | Music | Visual arts | Dance | Drama/theatre | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
|
| All public secondary schools | 91 | (1.1) | 89 | (1.2) | 12 | (0.8) | 45 | (1.7) |
| Enrollment size | ||||||||
| Less than 500 | 81 | (2.5) | 81 | (2.5) | 4 | (1.1) | 30 | (2.9) |
| 500 to 999 | 97 | (0.9) | 93 | (1.4) | 10 | (1.3) | 43 | (2.7) |
| 1,000 or more | 98 | (0.8) | 96 | (1.3) | 30 | (2.1) | 72 | (2.0) |
| Community type | ||||||||
| City | 87 | (2.7) | 89 | (2.3) | 17 | (2.8) | 55 | (3.6) |
| Suburban | 97 | (1.3) | 94 | (1.6) | 20 | (2.2) | 49 | (2.9) |
| Town | 94 | (2.4) | 92 | (2.4) | 10 | (2.4) | 44 | (3.6) |
| Rural | 88 | (1.9) | 84 | (2.4) | 6 | (1.1) | 37 | (2.4) |
| Region | ||||||||
| Northeast | 96 | (1.9) | 97 | (1.6) | 12 | (2.6) | 41 | (2.9) |
| Southeast | 89 | (2.4) | 83 | (2.6) | 14 | (1.8) | 42 | (2.8) |
| Central | 99 | (0.5) | 94 | (1.6) | 7 | (1.5) | 34 | (2.7) |
| West | 82 | (2.6) | 84 | (2.6) | 16 | (1.9) | 58 | (2.9) |
| Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities1 |
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| Less than 6 percent | 97 | (1.5) | 92 | (2.1) | 6 | (1.3) | 32 | (3.1) |
| 6 to 20 percent | 94 | (1.7) | 93 | (2.0) | 11 | (1.8) | 48 | (3.0) |
| 21 to 49 percent | 87 | (2.8) | 86 | (2.9) | 12 | (2.0) | 50 | (3.5) |
| 50 percent or more | 86 | (2.6) | 85 | (2.7) | 19 | (2.2) | 49 | (3.1) |
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
||||||||
| 0 to 25 percent | 96 | (1.8) | 95 | (1.4) | 14 | (1.5) | 56 | (3.0) |
| 26 to 50 percent | 95 | (1.4) | 91 | (1.6) | 13 | (1.7) | 41 | (2.3) |
| 51 to 75 percent | 86 | (2.7) | 85 | (2.6) | 10 | (1.5) | 47 | (3.8) |
| 76 percent or more | 81 | (4.6) | 80 | (5.2) | 13 | (3.1) | 28 | (3.7) |
| 1 Other races/ethnicities include Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaska Native students. | ||||||||
| NOTE: Respondents were asked whether various arts subjects were taught in the 2008–09 school year. | ||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fast Response Survey System, “Secondary School Arts Education Survey: Fall 2009,” FRSS 101, 2009–10. |
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