Percent and standard error for public secondary schools reporting a district-level arts coordinator, various ways that arts programs and instruction were assessed, and the inclusion of arts education in mission statements or school improvement plans, by school characteristics: School year 2009

NCES 2012-014rev
April 2012

Arts Education in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools: 1999–2000 and 2009–10

Table 83.	Percent and standard error for public secondary schools reporting a district-level arts coordinator, various ways that arts programs and instruction were assessed, and the inclusion of arts education in mission statements or school improvement plans, by school characteristics: School year 2009–10

School characteristic	District has specialist or coordinator who is responsible for the arts programs offered		Principal evaluates the arts program in the same way other programs are evaluated		School conducts standardized assessment of student achievement in the arts		Principal evaluates full-time arts teachers in the same way other teachers are evaluated¹		Arts education is included in mission statements or school improvement plans
School characteristic	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error

All public secondary schools	56	(1.7)	89	(1.1)	19	(1.2)	98	(0.5)	46	(1.7)

Enrollment size
Less than 500	37	(3.7)	86	(2.4)	15	(2.1)	98	(1.0)	44	(3.1)
500 to 999	64	(1.9)	92	(1.5)	18	(2.0)	97	(0.9)	44	(2.5)
1,000 or more	76	(2.6)	92	(1.5)	28	(2.3)	99	(0.6)	51	(2.7)
Community type
City	77	(2.8)	91	(2.1)	25	(2.9)	95	(1.8)	50	(3.9)
Suburban	69	(2.7)	91	(1.6)	22	(2.4)	98	(0.9)	47	(3.0)
Town	49	(4.6)	87	(2.9)	22	(3.4)	97	(1.4)	43	(4.7)
Rural	39	(2.8)	88	(1.8)	13	(2.2)	99	(0.7)	44	(2.9)
Region
Northeast	70	(4.1)	94	(1.7)	15	(2.8)	98	(1.1)	57	(3.6)
Southeast	61	(3.3)	86	(2.4)	22	(2.7)	96	(1.2)	41	(3.4)
Central	52	(3.7)	93	(1.8)	15	(2.0)	99	(0.7)	41	(3.6)
West	47	(2.7)	86	(2.5)	23	(2.5)	98	(1.1)	47	(4.1)
Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities²
Less than 6 percent	41	(4.3)	92	(2.1)	13	(2.1)	99	(0.5)	48	(3.4)
6 to 20 percent	56	(3.2)	88	(2.1)	20	(2.1)	99	(0.7)	43	(2.9)
21 to 49 percent	58	(3.8)	90	(2.3)	21	(2.8)	96	(1.6)	48	(3.5)
50 percent or more	66	(2.9)	87	(2.4)	23	(2.5)	96	(1.2)	44	(3.2)
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0 to 25 percent	61	(2.9)	94	(1.5)	17	(1.8)	97	(1.3)	49	(2.9)
26 to 50 percent	51	(3.0)	89	(1.9)	20	(2.4)	99	(0.5)	49	(3.0)
51 to 75 percent	52	(3.4)	88	(2.0)	19	(2.7)	98	(1.0)	40	(3.9)
76 percent or more	64	(5.2)	83	(3.6)	22	(4.2)	95	(2.0)	41	(4.5)

¹Percents are based on the 90 percent of public secondary schools that reported having a full-time arts specialist at the school in the 2009–10 school year.
²Other races/ethnicities include Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaska Native students.
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.