### Question
What does high-need school mean?


### Answer
**High-need school** has the following meaning in *20 U.S.C. § 1021*:

> a school that, based on the most recent data available, meets one or both of the following:


(i) The school is in the highest quartile of schools in a ranking of all schools served by a local educational agency, ranked in descending order by percentage of students from low-income families enrolled in such schools, as determined by the local educational agency based on one of the following measures of poverty:


(I) The percentage of students aged 5 through 17 in poverty counted in the most recent census data approved by the Secretary

#### Citation:
  - *20 U.S.C. § 1021*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 28-HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE > SUBCHAPTER II-TEACHER QUALITY ENHANCEMENT**

