Percent and standard error for public secondary school music and visual arts specialists reporting that they taught at more than one school, by teaching status and school characteristics: School year 2009

NCES 2012-014rev
April 2012

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

Table 107.	Percent and standard error for public secondary school music and visual arts specialists reporting that they taught at more than one school, by teaching status and school characteristics: School year 2009–10

School characteristic	Music specialist						Visual arts specialist
	All music specialists		Taught music full time		Taught music part time		All visual arts specialists		Taught visual arts full time		Taught visual arts part time
	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error

All public secondary school music and visual arts specialists	44	(1.7)	46	(1.6)	29	(4.8)	13	(1.0)	12	(1.0)	21	(5.3)

Enrollment size
Less than 500	62	(3.4)	64	(3.5)	44	(11.3)	31	(2.8)	30	(2.5)	32	(7.9)
500 to 999	46	(3.3)	48	(3.3)	24!	(11.5)	8	(1.7)	9	(1.8)	‡	(†)
1,000 or more	29	(2.0)	29	(2.0)	20!	(8.8)	6	(1.5)	6	(1.5)	‡	(†)
Community type
City	36	(3.1)	36	(3.1)	‡	(†)	4!	(1.5)	5!	(1.7)	#	(†)
Suburban	33	(3.2)	34	(3.4)	‡	(†)	7	(2.1)	8	(2.3)	‡	(†)
Town	56	(4.0)	59	(4.3)	32!	(10.8)	15	(2.9)	13	(3.0)	‡	(†)
Rural	56	(3.1)	57	(3.3)	49	(12.8)	26	(2.6)	23	(2.8)	38	(9.8)
Region
Northeast	32	(3.6)	33	(3.6)	‡	(†)	10	(2.1)	10	(2.0)	‡	(†)
Southeast	35	(3.2)	36	(3.4)	‡	(†)	11	(2.6)	12	(2.8)	#	(†)
Central	51	(2.6)	52	(2.7)	‡	(†)	20	(2.4)	19	(2.3)	30!	(10.6)
West	53	(3.2)	55	(3.5)	43	(9.2)	10	(2.1)	8	(1.8)	24!	(8.7)
Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities¹
Less than 6 percent	62	(2.8)	63	(2.8)	36!	(16.3)	24	(3.1)	22	(3.0)	35!	(13.9)
6 to 20 percent	42	(3.5)	43	(3.6)	20!	(9.3)	14	(2.0)	13	(2.0)	23!	(9.0)
21 to 49 percent	43	(3.6)	44	(3.7)	31!	(12.1)	9	(2.0)	8	(2.0)	‡	(†)
50 percent or more	33	(3.5)	33	(3.7)	32!	(11.7)	7	(1.5)	8	(1.7)	#	(†)
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0 to 25 percent	39	(2.9)	40	(2.9)	28!	(9.1)	12	(2.2)	11	(2.1)	21!	(10.0)
26 to 50 percent	50	(3.0)	52	(3.2)	22!	(10.8)	15	(1.9)	13	(1.7)	29!	(11.9)
51 to 75 percent	50	(4.0)	51	(4.3)	41	(11.6)	13	(2.4)	13	(2.5)	17!	(8.6)
76 percent or more	31	(4.4)	31	(4.6)	‡	(†)	11	(2.8)	12	(2.9)	#	(†)

† Not applicable.

# Rounds to zero.

! Interpret data with caution; the coefficient of variation is greater than or equal to 30 percent.

‡ Reporting standards not met.

¹Other races/ethnicities include Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaska Native students.

NOTE: 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.