Percent and standard error for public secondary schools reporting arts coursework requirements for graduation and the inclusion of grades in arts classes in the calculation of grade point averages, by school characteristics: School year 1999

NCES 2012-014rev
April 2012

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

Table 165.	Percent and standard error for public secondary schools reporting arts coursework requirements for graduation and the inclusion of grades in arts classes in the calculation of grade point averages, by school characteristics: School year 1999–2000

School characteristic	Coursework in the arts is a specific requirement for graduation		Number of credits required:¹								Grades in arts classes were included in the calculation of students’ GPAs		Grades received the same weight as grades in other academic subjects²
			1 credit		2 credits			More than 2 credits
	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent		Standard error	Percent		Standard error	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 secondary schools	52	(2.2)	69	(2.2)	16		(2.0)	15		(1.5)	91	(1.4)	94	(1.0)

Enrollment size
Less than 500	47	(3.7)	71	(5.1)	20		(4.6)	9	!	(3.4)	86	(2.8)	94	(2.1)
500 to 999	51	(3.4)	71	(3.9)	14		(3.2)	15		(2.9)	94	(1.4)	93	(1.6)
1,000 or more	61	(2.8)	64	(3.4)	14		(2.7)	22		(3.5)	95	(1.3)	95	(1.4)
Region
Northeast	78	(4.0)	71	(4.8)	12		(3.4)	17		(3.5)	91	(3.3)	92	(2.5)
Southeast	44	(3.7)	87	(4.2)	9	!	(3.8)	‡		(†)	89	(3.0)	94	(2.1)
Central	39	(4.1)	63	(6.3)	25		(5.7)	13	!	(4.7)	94	(2.1)	94	(1.9)
West	55	(4.1)	63	(5.3)	17		(4.8)	21		(3.6)	90	(2.5)	94	(2.0)
Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities³
Less than 6 percent	54	(4.2)	71	(4.5)	18		(4.1)	10	!	(3.1)	96	(1.6)	93	(1.8)
6 to 20 percent	54	(4.7)	78	(4.2)	12!		(3.7)	11	!	(3.4)	91	(3.6)	96	(2.4)
21 to 49 percent	52	(4.1)	61	(6.1)	18		(5.3)	21		(4.5)	87	(3.4)	93	(2.7)
50 percent or more	46	(4.5)	62	(4.7)	16		(4.6)	22		(4.7)	87	(3.5)	94	(1.9)
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0 to 25 percent	55	(3.0)	69	(3.6)	14		(2.7)	17		(2.8)	92	(1.8)	92	(1.8)
26 to 50 percent	54	(3.7)	69	(5.2)	18		(4.2)	12		(3.2)	92	(2.1)	98	(0.9)
51 to 75 percent	47	(4.6)	69	(6.0)	17	!	(5.6)	14	!	(4.8)	94	(2.8)	93	(3.5)
76 percent or more	36	(8.5)	67	(12.8)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	72	(9.0)	89	(6.4)

† Not applicable.

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

‡ Reporting standards not met.

¹ Percents are based on the 52 percent of public secondary schools indicating that coursework in the arts was a specific requirement for graduation in their district during the 1999–2000 school year. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding^.

²Percents are based on the 91 percent of public secondary schools indicating that grades in arts classes were included in the calculation of students’ GPAs during the 1999–2000 school year.

³Other 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, “Secondary School Arts Education Survey: Fall 1999,” FRSS 67S, 1999–2000.