Percent and standard error for public elementary schools reporting a district-level arts coordinator, various ways that arts programs and instruction were assessed, and the inclusion of arts education in mission statement or school improvement plans, by school characteristics: School year 1999

Table 141.	Percent and standard error for public elementary schools reporting a district-level arts coordinator, various ways that arts programs and instruction were assessed, and the inclusion of arts education in mission statement or school improvement plans, by school characteristics: School year 1999–2000

School characteristic	District has specialist or coordinator who is responsible for the arts programs offered¹		Principal evaluates the arts program in the same way other programs are evaluated¹		School conducts standardized assessment of student achievement in the arts¹		Arts education is included in mission statements or school improvement plans
	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error
	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error
All public elementary schools	57	(2.0)	73	(1.7)	17	(1.6)	45	(2.2)

Enrollment size
Less than 300	40	(5.0)	64	(4.6)	14	(4.1)	35	(5.3)
300 to 499	61	(3.3)	76	(2.6)	21	(2.9)	48	(3.2)
500 or more	65	(2.0)	76	(2.4)	15	(2.0)	49	(3.1)
Region
Northeast	67	(4.5)	87	(3.1)	18	(3.2)	53	(4.7)
Southeast	62	(3.4)	73	(3.8)	20	(3.1)	54	(3.9)
Central	53	(4.6)	85	(3.3)	24	(3.7)	40	(3.6)
West	51	(3.8)	53	(4.1)	8	(1.8)	39	(4.0)
Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities²
Less than 6 percent	80	(3.2)	18	(3.5)	46	(4.5)	42	(3.9)
6 to 20 percent	77	(4.0)	19	(3.9)	64	(3.8)	43	(3.8)
21 to 49 percent	72	(3.7)	16	(2.8)	60	(5.2)	50	(5.0)
50 percent or more	63	(3.7)	14	(2.8)	62	(3.5)	47	(4.2)
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0 to 25 percent	62	(3.8)	80	(3.1)	18	(2.7)	49	(3.3)
26 to 50 percent	54	(3.6)	77	(3.8)	18	(3.4)	42	(4.0)
51 to 75 percent	53	(4.6)	66	(4.4)	13	(2.5)	37	(4.1)
76 percent or more	58	(4.9)	63	(4.7)	17	(3.4)	53	(5.6)

! Interpret data with caution; the coefficient of variation is greater than or equal to 30 percent.
¹ Percents are based on the 98 percent of public elementary schools that reported instruction in the arts during regular school hours in the 1999–2000 school year.
²Other races/ethnicities include Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native students.
NOTE:The data presented in this table may differ from previously published information because missing data from the 1999–2000 surveys were imputed for analysis in this report.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fast Response Survey System, “Elementary School Arts Education Survey: Fall 1999,” FRSS 67E, 1999–2000.