High School Observations "so far"

I am currently in the process of observing the teacher that I am going to teach the two lessons with. So far, it's been interesting comparing the high school with district C's high school. The high school that I am teaching the two lessons in is located in a middle class town, primarily white, primarily I would say college educated. Driving around one sees small business that look like they're doing well, nice houses, a lot of nice green grass, it's very...safe. Compared to district C, it is almost the opposite. I think this brings up a pretty interesting dynamic, comparing what you see in a well to do, affluent school district, and what you see when the finances and other factors aren't there. It's a lie when people say that money doesn't matter, of course it does, this high school has nice computers, new looking classes, technology and even a new "wellness center" which is a completely separate building, there is another separate building connected by a catwalk, so this high school is a complex of three buildings, different from the one building in district C. The Spanish classes in this high school are full of American born, non heritage speakers. Every high school has it's own challenges. I believe this high school, despite it's advantage financially, I believe the lack of diversity and maybe a sense of some students being jaded by the ease of having money is a challenge. These students are not able to identify with poorer people, with different races and ethnicities, when 99% of the students are white and wearing abercrombie and fitch, well, while there's nothing wrong with this, it takes a toll on one's perception of what really happens in other cities. I listened in on the students conversations and a lot of the topics were not very important, shallow and basically what one associates with a typical teenager conversation, a lot of gossip. In district C, the challenges are much different. Financially, there are definitely problems, students are coming from low income families, and this has a long list of problems: nutrition, family life, stress, lack of motivation for education and instead wanting to work to help financially, these all affect students negatively. There are schools that are safer than others, if I were to teach at the high school I'm observing in, I wouldn't be worried about money, crime, or anything like that. There isn't much room to help students improve their lives, they are already comfortable, likely to go to college and likely to be more motivated to learn. Students in district C are going to require much more work, they need to see that they can improve their lives through college and through hard work, they need someone to show them, to mentor them, and this is the kind of challenge I want. I think it's a bit boring to work in a safe school, where the students are already molded into good students, why not work somewhere that's challenging, where there's more room to make a difference?  
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/apr/02/nation/na-schools2