Yours is one experience. When I grew up in Sacramento, the best gifted programs were not in the wealthiest/whitest areas. My high school was in an area that had

Yours is one experience. When I grew up in Sacramento, the best gifted programs were not in the wealthiest/whitest areas. My high school was in an area that had large black and Ukranian immigrant populations, and it also had the IB program. Some of the kids in the IB program were from that area, but others came from other areas, mostly wealthier. Same for my middle school and elementary school. They were not in 'desirable' areas, and most people who attended were from more well-off areas.