Percent and standard error for public secondary schools that offered instruction in creative writing, and of those schools, percent and standard error for reporting various ways that creative writing was taught or included in the school curriculum, by school characteristics: School year 2009

NCES 2012-014rev
April 2012

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

Table 78.	Percent and standard error for public secondary schools that offered instruction in creative writing, and of those schools, percent and standard error for reporting various ways that creative writing was taught or included in the school curriculum, by school characteristics: School year 2009–10

School characteristic	Offered instruction in creative writing		Various ways that creative writing was taught:¹
	Offered instruction in creative writing		Separate courses in creative writing		Processes and techniques in creative writing were taught in courses offered by the English department		Creative writing activities and instruction were integrated into other areas of the curriculum		Other way(s) of teaching creative writing
	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error

All public secondary schools	96	(0.6)	31	(1.6)	89	(1.2)	76	(1.4)	3	(0.7)

Enrollment size
Less than 500	95	(1.2)	29	(2.6)	88	(2.2)	75	(2.4)	2!	(1.0)
500 to 999	96	(1.0)	22	(2.1)	88	(1.9)	77	(2.0)	3!	(1.1)
1,000 or more	97	(0.8)	47	(2.7)	90	(1.7)	74	(2.3)	3	(1.0)
Community type
City	95	(1.4)	29	(3.0)	86	(2.6)	74	(3.4)	2!	(0.9)
Suburban	97	(1.3)	35	(2.5)	89	(2.2)	75	(2.8)	4	(1.2)
Town	98	(1.2)	26	(3.6)	89	(2.9)	77	(3.8)	‡	(†)
Rural	96	(1.2)	32	(3.1)	90	(1.9)	76	(2.1)	3!	(1.2)
Region
Northeast	97	(1.6)	41	(3.9)	93	(2.2)	81	(3.1)	4!	(1.3)
Southeast	95	(1.6)	26	(3.3)	88	(2.2)	78	(2.6)	2!	(0.8)
Central	96	(1.3)	35	(3.7)	91	(1.9)	74	(2.7)	4!	(1.8)
West	96	(1.1)	27	(2.9)	85	(2.2)	72	(3.3)	2!	(0.8)
Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities²
Less than 6 percent	96	(1.5)	37	(3.8)	92	(2.2)	77	(3.0)	4!	(†)
6 to 20 percent	98	(0.9)	32	(2.6)	91	(1.7)	72	(3.1)	3!	(1.1)
21 to 49 percent	96	(1.6)	31	(3.5)	89	(2.3)	75	(2.7)	3!	(1.0)
50 percent or more	95	(1.2)	26	(3.3)	84	(2.3)	78	(2.9)	2!	(0.7)
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0 to 25 percent	97	(1.1)	43	(3.2)	91	(1.4)	74	(2.8)	2!	(0.8)
26 to 50 percent	95	(0.9)	29	(2.8)	90	(1.8)	76	(2.4)	4!	(1.5)
51 to 75 percent	95	(1.3)	25	(3.0)	86	(2.5)	77	(3.0)	2!	(0.7)
76 percent or more	96	(1.7)	28	(5.2)	88	(3.5)	78	(3.2)	‡	(†)

† Not applicable.
! Interpret data with caution; the coefficient of variation is greater than or equal to 30 percent.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
¹ Creative writing is defined as an instructional program that describes the process and techniques of original composition in various literary forms, such as short stories, plays, and poetry.
²Other races/ethnicities include Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaska Native students.
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.