| Table 95. | Percent and standard error for public secondary school music and visual arts specialists reporting that they held a regular, standard, or professional teaching certificate, by school characteristics: School year 2009–10 |
| School characteristic | Music specialist | Visual arts specialist | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
|
| All public secondary school music and visual arts specialists |
93 | (1.0) | 93 | (0.9) |
| Enrollment size | ||||
| Less than 500 | 90 | (2.1) | 90 | (2.1) |
| 500 to 999 | 94 | (1.2) | 96 | (1.1) |
| 1,000 or more | 94 | (1.5) | 93 | (1.5) |
| Community type | ||||
| City | 90 | (2.8) | 94 | (1.7) |
| Suburban | 94 | (1.8) | 95 | (1.6) |
| Town | 94 | (1.9) | 93 | (2.6) |
| Rural | 93 | (1.6) | 91 | (1.9) |
| Region | ||||
| Northeast | 89 | (2.6) | 93 | (2.3) |
| Southeast | 94 | (1.4) | 94 | (1.6) |
| Central | 93 | (2.0) | 92 | (2.0) |
| West | 95 | (1.2) | 94 | (1.8) |
| Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities1 |
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| Less than 6 percent | 93 | (1.9) | 93 | (1.9) |
| 6 to 20 percent | 93 | (1.8) | 91 | (1.9) |
| 21 to 49 percent | 96 | (1.1) | 96 | (1.6) |
| 50 percent or more | 89 | (2.5) | 93 | (1.9) |
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| 0 to 25 percent | 93 | (1.7) | 93 | (1.6) |
| 26 to 50 percent | 93 | (1.3) | 94 | (1.6) |
| 51 to 75 percent | 93 | (1.8) | 93 | (2.0) |
| 76 percent or more | 87 | (4.1) | 91 | (3.0) |
| 1 Other races/ethnicities include Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaska Native students. | ||||
| NOTE: Other types of teaching certificates—probationary, provisional, temporary, or emergency—were reported by music specialists (7 percent) and visual arts specialists (7 percent). 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 Secondary School Music Specialists,” FRSS 103M, 2009–10; and “Survey of Secondary School Visual Arts Specialists,” FRSS 103VA, 2009–10. |
