The Status of Arts Education in Ohio's Public ... - Ohio Arts Council

Table 5: The 25 Districts with the Highest Number of Different Arts Courses
District Name (Type)
District
IRN
Visual
Arts
Dance
Drama/
Theatre
Music
# arts
courses in
all grades
# of grades
(with arts
enrollment)
# arts
courses
per grade
# of Courses (summed for all courses
of that type, for all grades offered)
Warren City (5) 44990 39 0 1 32 72 13 5.5
Delaware City (6) 43877 39 0 4 28 71 13 5.5
IDENTIFYING AND SERVING STUDENTS WHO ARE GIFTED IN THE ARTS
Access to arts education includes ensuring that students who are gifted in the arts
receive appropriate arts instruction.
Forty-two percent of schools that responded to the Status Survey reported that they identified students
gifted in the visual and performing arts. According to ODE data, Ohio’s public schools identified 19,771
students as gifted in the visual and performing arts in 2009-2010. Of those 19,771 students, 1,048
received gifted education services in the arts.
PROVIDING EXTRACURRICULAR ARTS EXPERIENCES
Access to arts education includes providing opportunities to apply and extend
arts knowledge and skills gained in the classroom or simply enjoy the arts.
Extracurricular instruction in at least one arts discipline was reported by 72 percent of high schools,
49 percent of middle schools and 37 percent of elementary schools. As shown in Figure 7,
extracurricular music and drama/theatre showed the highest participation, especially in high schools.
Figure 7: Participation in Extracurricular Arts Instruction
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Dance Music Drama/Theatre Visual Arts
Elementary
Middle
High
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