Percent and standard error for public elementary school classroom teachers reporting that they somewhat or strongly agreed with statements about arts instruction at their currently assigned school, by school characteristics: School year 2009

Table 59.	Percent and standard error for public elementary school classroom teachers reporting that they somewhat or strongly agreed with statements about arts instruction at their currently assigned school, by school characteristics: School year 2009–10

School characteristic	I consider instruction in the arts an important part of the school's curriculum		Students look forward to instruction or activities that involve the arts		Arts specialists should be responsible for arts instruction
School characteristic	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error

All public elementary school classroom teachers	89	(1.3)	94	(1.0)	82	(1.4)

Enrollment size
Less than 300	93	(2.4)	96	(2.0)	85	(3.8)
300 to 499	89	(2.2)	95	(1.4)	84	(2.3)
500 or more	88	(1.8)	92	(1.6)	81	(2.2)
Community type
City	88	(2.1)	91	(2.2)	80	(2.8)
Suburban	91	(1.9)	94	(1.8)	81	(2.8)
Town	87	(3.6)	96	(1.9)	84	(3.6)
Rural	88	(2.5)	94	(1.6)	85	(2.1)
Region
Northeast	94	(1.9)	95	(1.8)	83	(3.2)
Southeast	88	(2.4)	92	(2.1)	85	(2.8)
Central	93	(2.2)	95	(1.7)	86	(2.4)
West	84	(2.4)	94	(1.9)	77	(2.9)
Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities¹
Less than 6 percent	92	(2.8)	94	(2.6)	87	(2.8)
6 to 20 percent	88	(3.2)	90	(2.7)	86	(2.3)
21 to 49 percent	92	(2.0)	98	(0.9)	84	(2.8)
50 percent or more	86	(2.3)	92	(1.9)	77	(2.8)
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0 to 25 percent	87	(2.8)	94	(2.0)	87	(2.9)
26 to 50 percent	93	(2.6)	93	(2.6)	85	(2.6)
51 to 75 percent	89	(2.1)	97	(1.3)	78	(3.3)
76 percent or more	87	(2.8)	90	(2.5)	80	(2.6)

¹ Other races/ethnicities include Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaska Native students.
NOTE: Classroom teachers are teachers of self-contained classrooms; these teachers could teach arts areas as separate subjects or incorporate arts areas into other subjects. 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, “Arts Survey of Elementary School Classroom Teachers,” FRSS 102C, 2009–10.