we are in a public school. Actually, our school is considered one of the "lowest performing" schools in the state according to the federal regulations.
but, we are in a college town with extremely well-funded schools. Typically, the gifted specialist doesn't work with kindergarten kids, but she stepped in once they realized that he was globally advanced, not just a precocious reader. We have a gifted specialist who typically focuses on 2nd-4th grades, and an enrichment teacher who focuses on kindergarten and 1st grade. there are some first graders who are receiving services from the gifted specialist, but they try to do the majority of their identification in second grade to hopefully avoid missing the kids who came into school under-prepared.
It is certainly not perfect, but it is a better situation than we could have ever gotten at a private school in our area--or, even at any of the other public schools in our town.
