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 2009

NCES 2012-014rev
April 2012

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

Table 85.	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 2009–10

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
School characteristic	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error

All public secondary schools	57	(1.8)	70	(2.2)	15	(1.8)	15	(2.0)	96	(0.7)	89	(1.2)

Enrollment size
Less than 500	57	(3.2)	72	(3.7)	19	(3.5)	9!	(3.2)	97	(1.1)	84	(2.5)
500 to 999	56	(2.5)	70	(3.9)	15	(2.6)	16	(3.1)	94	(1.2)	91	(1.2)
1,000 or more	60	(2.5)	67	(2.7)	8	(1.7)	25	(2.6)	98	(0.7)	95	(1.1)
Community type
City	58	(3.5)	61	(5.4)	16	(3.8)	23	(4.2)	96	(1.5)	88	(2.9)
Suburban	57	(2.9)	66	(4.1)	9!	(2.8)	25	(3.5)	96	(1.2)	91	(1.8)
Town	48	(4.6)	79	(4.9)	12!	(4.3)	9!	(3.5)	95	(2.3)	91	(2.8)
Rural	60	(3.0)	74	(3.4)	18	(3.3)	8	(2.3)	97	(0.9)	88	(2.2)
Region
Northeast	63	(3.9)	69	(4.5)	11!	(3.8)	20	(4.5)	91	(2.2)	89	(2.6)
Southeast	49	(3.6)	89	(2.7)	7!	(2.6)	3!	(1.4)	96	(1.2)	85	(2.6)
Central	54	(3.9)	74	(4.0)	15	(3.5)	10	(3.1)	97	(0.9)	92	(1.8)
West	63	(3.0)	56	(4.2)	20	(3.6)	24	(3.8)	98	(1.1)	89	(2.2)
Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities³
Less than 6 percent	59	(4.0)	77	(4.7)	18	(3.9)	‡	(†)	96	(1.2)	91	(2.1)
6 to 20 percent	58	(3.1)	75	(4.0)	12	(3.0)	13	(3.6)	98	(0.8)	90	(2.1)
21 to 49 percent	55	(3.0)	64	(4.7)	16	(3.6)	20	(4.1)	97	(1.3)	87	(3.0)
50 percent or more	56	(3.7)	64	(4.0)	13	(2.8)	23	(3.0)	94	(1.9)	87	(2.4)
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0 to 25 percent	59	(3.3)	64	(4.1)	12	(3.1)	23	(4.0)	98	(0.9)	91	(2.0)
26 to 50 percent	59	(2.5)	75	(3.4)	13	(2.9)	12	(3.1)	95	(1.1)	90	(1.8)
51 to 75 percent	55	(3.4)	68	(4.2)	21	(3.7)	11	(2.2)	96	(1.4)	87	(2.4)
76 percent or more	53	(4.6)	72	(6.7)	11!	(4.4)	17	(4.5)	95	(2.1)	87	(4.1)

† 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 57 percent of public secondary schools indicating that coursework in the arts was a specific requirement for graduation in their district during the 2009–10 school year. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

² Percents are based on the 96 percent of public secondary schools indicating that grades in arts classes were included in the calculation of students' GPAs during the 2009–10 school year.

³Other 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.