Best of luck to her with the tryout today. I hope it goes well for her. That has to be scary for her. I know she would probably feel more comfortable playing the piano or something like that. As much as I support public schools, you aren't wrong about the troubled kids getting more attention. It's a sad reality with the standards and finances the way they are. Especially in the US education system.
I am not sure, but in general the school system is pretty god here, but it is degrading fast and becoming more American. I think that it will happen everywhere though, because let's face it, in an AI world, how many of these kids are going to be able to add academic value?
I don't think American school would be so bad if the politicians would keep their noses out of it.