...At the high school level, for instance, the report found an acceptance
rate of 45 percent for white students applying to selective programs
studied, compared with 39 percent for Asians, 23 percent for Hispanics,
19 percent for African Americans and 11 percent for low-income students.
Among
younger children, enrollment in the district’s elementary centers for
the highly gifted was 47 percent white, 34 percent Asian, 8 percent
African American, 8 percent low-income and 4 percent Latino in the
2013-2014 school year, according to a research firm’s report to the
county board of education...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/maryland-school-district-examines-racial-disparities-in-its-gifted-programs/2016/03/21/1caacdf6-eb88-11e5-b0fd-073d5930a7b7_story.html
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