Among public elementary schools that reported having an arts specialist, percent and standard error reporting that arts specialists contributed to various arts-related management decisions, by school characteristics: School year 2009

Table 18.	Among public elementary schools that reported having an arts specialist, percent and standard error reporting that arts specialists contributed to various arts-related management decisions, by school characteristics: School year 2009–10

School characteristic	Input in arts education programs						Included on site-based management/school improvement teams or leadership councils
	Arts curriculum offered		Allocation of arts funds		Hiring of arts staff
	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error

All public elementary schools	74	(1.7)	64	(1.9)	36	(1.7)	73	(1.7)

Enrollment size
Less than 300	75	(4.3)	62	(4.4)	30	(3.5)	66	(4.5)
300 to 499	77	(2.4)	66	(2.6)	41	(2.6)	76	(2.6)
500 or more	70	(1.9)	63	(2.4)	35	(2.7)	74	(2.2)
Community type
City	66	(3.3)	58	(4.0)	29	(3.4)	73	(2.8)
Suburban	77	(2.2)	67	(3.0)	44	(3.1)	72	(3.2)
Town	82	(4.2)	72	(4.9)	40	(4.9)	71	(4.1)
Rural	75	(3.2)	63	(3.3)	32	(2.8)	73	(3.2)
Region
Northeast	79	(2.7)	66	(3.6)	38	(3.6)	75	(3.8)
Southeast	62	(3.6)	64	(2.9)	27	(2.8)	78	(2.9)
Central	85	(2.4)	67	(3.0)	44	(2.9)	83	(2.5)
West	69	(3.0)	60	(4.0)	33	(3.3)	56	(3.7)
Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities¹
Less than 6 percent	79	(3.4)	61	(3.8)	38	(4.0)	78	(3.5)
6 to 20 percent	81	(2.7)	70	(3.4)	44	(3.4)	76	(3.1)
21 to 49 percent	76	(2.7)	70	(2.9)	36	(3.7)	71	(3.1)
50 percent or more	63	(3.2)	56	(3.4)	28	(2.9)	67	(2.8)
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0 to 25 percent	83	(2.6)	72	(2.8)	42	(3.8)	72	(3.3)
26 to 50 percent	80	(3.0)	68	(3.3)	43	(3.0)	72	(3.2)
51 to 75 percent	70	(3.2)	61	(3.4)	34	(3.1)	72	(3.2)
76 percent or more	63	(3.9)	55	(3.7)	24	(2.7)	73	(3.1)

¹Other races/ethnicities include Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaska Native students.
NOTE: Percents are based on the 92 percent of public elementary schools that reported having an arts specialist at the school in the 2009–10 school year. 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, “Elementary School Arts Education Survey: Fall 2009,” FRSS 100, 2009–10.