| Table 72. | Among public secondary schools that offered instruction in various arts subjects, number and standard error for total course enrollments in various arts subjects, and of those enrollments, percent and standard error accounted for by the various arts subject areas, by school characteristics: School year 2008–09 |
| School characteristic | Total enrollments in arts education courses | Percent of total arts education enrollments:1 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Visual arts | Dance | Drama/theatre | |||||||
| Number (in millions) |
Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
|
| All public secondary schools | 16.76 | (409,000) | 43 | (0.5) | 46 | (0.5) | 3 | (0.4) | 8 | (0.4) |
| Enrollment size | ||||||||||
| Less than 500 | 3.18 | (185,000) | 45 | (1.2) | 46 | (1.0) | 2! | (0.7) | 7 | (1.2) |
| 500 to 999 | 6.71 | (230,000) | 46 | (0.8) | 45 | (0.8) | 2 | (0.5) | 7 | (0.7) |
| 1,000 or more | 6.86 | (265,000) | 39 | (0.9) | 46 | (1.0) | 5 | (0.6) | 10 | (0.6) |
| Community type | ||||||||||
| City | 3.92 | (160,000) | 42 | (1.1) | 44 | (1.2) | 4 | (0.6) | 10 | (0.8) |
| Suburban | 6.41 | (298,000) | 41 | (0.9) | 47 | (0.9) | 4 | (0.7) | 8 | (0.7) |
| Town | 2.04 | (144,000) | 45 | (1.2) | 46 | (1.0) | 2! | (0.8) | 7 | (0.9) |
| Rural | 4.01 | (192,000) | 45 | (1.1) | 45 | (0.9) | 2 | (0.6) | 7 | (1.1) |
| Region | ||||||||||
| Northeast | 4.24 | (339,000) | 44 | (1.0) | 49 | (1.2) | 3! | (0.8) | 4 | (0.7) |
| Southeast | 3.00 | (284,000) | 44 | (1.1) | 44 | (0.9) | 3 | (0.5) | 8 | (0.8) |
| Central | 4.65 | (317,000) | 45 | (1.1) | 47 | (1.0) | 2! | (0.7) | 6 | (0.7) |
| West | 4.26 | (256,000) | 38 | (1.3) | 43 | (1.1) | 5 | (0.6) | 14 | (0.9) |
| Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities2 |
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| Less than 6 percent | 3.32 | (264,000) | 44 | (0.9) | 47 | (1.1) | 2! | (1.0) | 6 | (0.8) |
| 6 to 20 percent | 5.04 | (325,000) | 45 | (0.8) | 47 | (0.9) | 3 | (0.6) | 6 | (0.5) |
| 21 to 49 percent | 3.71 | (246,000) | 42 | (1.1) | 46 | (0.9) | 2 | (0.4) | 10 | (0.9) |
| 50 percent or more | 4.69 | (310,000) | 41 | (1.4) | 43 | (1.0) | 5 | (0.8) | 10 | (1.0) |
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| 0 to 25 percent | 6.03 | (316,000) | 42 | (0.7) | 47 | (0.8) | 3 | (0.6) | 8 | (0.8) |
| 26 to 50 percent | 5.49 | (398,000) | 45 | (0.8) | 45 | (0.9) | 3 | (0.5) | 8 | (0.6) |
| 51 to 75 percent | 3.62 | (251,000) | 42 | (1.3) | 45 | (1.4) | 3 | (0.8) | 10 | (1.0) |
| 76 percent or more | 1.62 | (183,000) | 44 | (2.0) | 45 | (1.7) | 4! | (0.4) | 7 | (1.1) |
| ! Interpret data with caution; the coefficient of variation is greater than or equal to 30 percent. | ||||||||||
| 1 Percents are based on total course enrollments in arts education courses. | ||||||||||
| 2 Other races/ethnicities include Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaska Native students. | ||||||||||
| NOTE: The 2009–10 survey asked about student enrollment in arts subjects during the previous school year. | ||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fast Response Survey System, “Secondary School Arts Education Survey: Fall 2009,” FRSS 101, 2009–10. |