Among public secondary schools that offered instruction in various arts subjects, percent and standard error reporting that dedicated rooms with special equipment were the primary space used for teaching the arts subjects, by school characteristics: School year 2009

Table 75.	Among public secondary schools that offered instruction in various arts subjects, percent and standard error reporting that dedicated rooms with special equipment were the primary space used for teaching the arts subjects, by school characteristics: School year 2009–10

School characteristic	Music¹		Visual arts¹		Dance¹		Drama/theatre¹
School characteristic	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error

All public secondary schools	91	(1.0)	92	(1.1)	45	(4.1)	52	(2.3)

Enrollment size
Less than 500	87	(2.3)	90	(2.4)	‡	(†)	35	(4.2)
500 to 999	92	(1.6)	93	(1.4)	29	(6.8)	51	(4.1)
1,000 or more	94	(1.3)	95	(1.3)	68	(4.7)	64	(3.2)
Community type
City	90	(2.0)	87	(2.8)	48	(7.2)	66	(4.0)
Suburban	92	(1.7)	95	(1.6)	65	(6.0)	60	(4.5)
Town	92	(2.3)	96	(1.5)	‡	(†)	51	(6.4)
Rural	89	(2.1)	92	(1.9)	28	(6.3)	34	(3.9)
Region
Northeast	88	(2.3)	93	(2.3)	49	(7.9)	42	(5.4)
Southeast	88	(2.7)	88	(2.4)	42	(7.6)	54	(4.6)
Central	93	(1.9)	97	(1.5)	38	(8.6)	46	(5.8)
West	92	(1.7)	91	(2.2)	49	(6.6)	57	(4.1)
Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities²
Less than 6 percent	89	(2.6)	94	(1.9)	13!	(5.7)	35	(5.9)
6 to 20 percent	93	(1.6)	96	(1.5)	34	(7.8)	46	(3.8)
21 to 49 percent	92	(2.0)	93	(2.1)	48	(9.1)	56	(4.7)
50 percent or more	89	(2.0)	87	(2.3)	62	(5.6)	62	(3.7)
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0 to 25 percent	94	(1.5)	97	(1.5)	51	(6.4)	50	(4.0)
26 to 50 percent	90	(1.8)	95	(1.6)	34	(5.5)	48	(4.5)
51 to 75 percent	89	(2.2)	89	(2.1)	52	(7.4)	58	(4.6)
76 percent or more	86	(3.3)	85	(3.7)	52	(9.9)	52	(8.1)

† Not applicable.
! Interpret data with caution; the coefficient of variation is greater than or equal to 30 percent.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
¹ Percents for each subject area are based on the percentage of public secondary schools that offered music (90 percent), visual arts (91 percent), dance (16 percent), and drama/theatre (46 percent) during regular school hours in the 2009–10 school year. The 2009–10 survey asked about the primary space used for instruction during the current school year.
²Other races/ethnicities include Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaska Native students.
NOTE: The questionnaire wording was “Which of the following statements best describes the space used for teaching the subject at your school this 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.