Percent and standard error for public secondary school visual arts specialists reporting that they participated to a moderate or great extent in various activities related to visual arts outside of their school duties, 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 127.	Percent and standard error for public secondary school visual arts specialists reporting that they participated to a moderate or great extent in various activities related to visual arts outside of their school duties, by school characteristics: School year 2009–10

School characteristic	Teach art at a studio or gallery		Create works of art		Exhibit works of art		View and respond to original works of art at museums or galleries		Study, critique, or write about art		Provide arts leadership in your community or state		Attend workshops with professional artists or arts groups
School characteristic	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error

All public secondary school visual arts specialists	9	(1.0)	75	(1.5)	34	(1.5)	66	(1.5)	36	(1.2)	25	(1.3)	48	(1.8)

Enrollment size
Less than 500	8	(1.5)	73	(3.6)	37	(2.9)	59	(2.8)	31	(3.2)	25	(2.6)	44	(3.1)
500 to 999	12	(2.2)	71	(2.7)	33	(2.8)	64	(2.6)	32	(2.2)	25	(2.2)	44	(2.9)
1,000 or more	8	(1.4)	79	(2.3)	33	(2.6)	71	(2.3)	41	(2.4)	25	(2.2)	52	(2.8)
Community type
City	8	(1.7)	78	(2.6)	35	(3.8)	71	(3.7)	35	(3.4)	25	(2.8)	54	(3.6)
Suburban	10	(1.7)	80	(2.5)	35	(2.6)	70	(2.5)	43	(2.4)	24	(2.6)	49	(3.0)
Town	12!	(3.5)	76	(3.6)	35	(3.9)	63	(3.9)	37	(4.3)	29	(3.4)	47	(4.4)
Rural	7	(1.7)	67	(3.1)	32	(2.4)	57	(3.0)	28	(2.6)	24	(2.2)	41	(2.7)
Region
Northeast	12	(2.7)	74	(3.4)	35	(3.6)	76	(3.3)	42	(2.8)	23	(3.4)	50	(3.8)
Southeast	9	(2.0)	74	(3.1)	35	(2.7)	61	(2.5)	37	(3.3)	30	(3.2)	51	(3.0)
Central	6	(1.2)	73	(3.0)	32	(2.5)	57	(3.2)	30	(2.5)	20	(2.2)	41	(3.4)
West	10	(1.6)	80	(2.9)	34	(3.1)	68	(3.3)	34	(3.0)	28	(2.9)	50	(3.3)
Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities¹
Less than 6 percent	10	(2.6)	73	(3.4)	37	(3.3)	62	(3.6)	32	(3.6)	23	(2.5)	50	(2.8)
6 to 20 percent	7	(1.8)	73	(3.0)	30	(3.3)	65	(3.1)	41	(3.3)	22	(2.8)	43	(3.5)
21 to 49 percent	8	(2.1)	79	(3.1)	31	(3.3)	62	(3.5)	34	(3.4)	27	(2.9)	49	(3.6)
50 percent or more	12	(2.0)	77	(2.9)	39	(3.3)	73	(2.8)	34	(3.2)	28	(2.7)	49	(4.0)
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0 to 25 percent	11	(1.9)	76	(2.8)	32	(2.5)	71	(2.3)	43	(2.5)	24	(2.4)	50	(3.0)
26 to 50 percent	8	(1.6)	70	(2.1)	31	(2.6)	58	(3.0)	32	(2.3)	24	(2.1)	47	(2.6)
51 to 75 percent	7	(1.9)	82	(2.3)	37	(3.0)	63	(3.4)	32	(3.3)	25	(3.2)	41	(3.9)
76 percent or more	14	(3.5)	76	(5.2)	45	(4.1)	79	(4.0)	32	(4.5)	30	(5.1)	56	(4.9)

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

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 Visual Arts Specialists,” FRSS 103VA, 2009–10.