Among public elementary schools that offered various kinds of music instruction, percent and standard error reporting that 75 percent or more of the students were enrolled in the program, by the earliest grade at which the instruction was offered and school characteristics: School year 2008

NCES 2012-014rev
April 2012

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

Table 11.	Among public elementary schools that offered various kinds of music instruction, percent and standard error reporting that 75 percent or more of the students were enrolled in the program, by the earliest grade at which the instruction was offered and school characteristics: School year 2008–09

Earliest grade offered instruction and school characteristic	General music¹		Chorus²		Band³		Strings/orchestra⁴		Other music subjects⁵
	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error

All public elementary schools	96	(0.7)	27	(2.5)	7	(1.6)	5!	(1.3)	34	(6.7)

Earliest grade offered
Second and under	97	(0.6)	62	(4.8)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	55!	(16.9)
Third and fourth	87	(4.9)	20	(2.8)	6!	(2.0)	4!	(1.4)	29	(8.4)
Fifth and higher	75	(11.6)	16	(3.8)	8	(2.1)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)
Enrollment size
Less than 300	95	(2.0)	34	(7.6)	14	(4.2)	‡	(†)	49!	(22.4)
300 to 499	97	(0.8)	33	(3.4)	4!	(1.4)	‡	(†)	44	(12.5)
500 or more	96	(0.8)	20	(2.5)	5!	(1.8)	6!	(2.0)	18!	(8.6)
Community type
City	95	(1.5)	26	(3.8)	‡	(†)	5!	(2.1)	35!	(13.5)
Suburban	95	(1.6)	26	(3.1)	‡	(1.4)	4!	(1.6)	31!	(10.7)
Town	97	(1.3)	28	(6.5)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)
Rural	98	(1.0)	30	(5.1)	16	(3.7)	‡	(†)	38!	(15.5)
Region
Northeast	95	(1.8)	35	(4.6)	6	(1.7)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)
Southeast	97	(1.2)	19	(4.1)	‡	(†)	13!	(5.5)	‡	(†)
Central	98	(0.9)	26	(4.6)	6!	(2.4)	‡	(†)	46!	(16.9)
West	94	(1.6)	29	(4.7)	11!	(3.6)	5!	(2.3)	37!	(11.8)
Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities⁶
Less than 6 percent	98	(1.5)	35	(6.6)	13	(3.7)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)
6 to 20 percent	98	(1.0)	31	(5.8)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)
21 to 49 percent	98	(1.0)	27	(4.9)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	31!	(13.3)
50 percent or more	93	(2.0)	21	(3.5)	7!	(2.6)	7!	(2.6)	33!	(10.2)
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0 to 25 percent	97	(1.5)	36	(5.0)	8!	(2.7)	‡	(†)	36!	(16.1)
26 to 50 percent	99	(0.7)	29	(5.2)	9!	(3.0)	‡	(†)	47	(13.7)
51 to 75 percent	96	(1.1)	22	(3.6)	5!	(2.2)	5!	(2.6)	‡	(†)
76 percent or more	93	(2.1)	22	(4.0)	‡	(†)	8!	(3.4)	31!	(12.6)

† Not applicable.
! Interpret data with caution; the coefficient of variation is greater than or equal to 30 percent.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
¹Percents are based on the 90 percent of public elementary schools that offered instruction in general music in the 2008–09 school year.
²Percents are based on the 44 percent of public elementary schools that offered instruction in chorus in the 2008–09 school year.
³Percents are based on the 44 percent of public elementary schools that offered instruction in band in the 2008–09 school year.
⁴Percents are based on the 28 percent of public elementary schools that offered instruction in strings/orchestra in the 2008–09 school year.
⁵Percents are based on the 6 percent of public elementary schools that offered instruction in other music subjects in the 2008–09 school year.
⁶Other 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, “Elementary School Arts Education Survey: Fall 2009,” FRSS 100, 2009–10.