McLean High School

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McLean High School is a public secondary school located in McLean, Virginia. It is located on 1633 Davidson Road and part of Fairfax County Public Schools.

According to the school's home page, Mclean High School is located four miles from Washington, D.C., and tucked into the northeastern section of Fairfax County, McLean High School provides a supportive environment for the whole student—focusing on student achievement, while encouraging participation in sports, the arts, clubs, publications, and other co-curricular and extracurricular activities. The quality of our students’ educational experiences is a direct reflection of our community’s commitment to its schools and education. McLean is home to a highly educated business and professional population, including employees of the federal government, as well as international business and government professionals.

McLean offers an academically challenging program with courses designed to compliment the broad interests and abilities of a culturally diverse student body. Because of the strong academic orientation of the McLean community, the curriculum focuses on college preparation with an impressive array of advanced placement courses, while offering a wide variety of electives designed to appeal to all interests and vocations. Electives offerings include everything from an award-winning fine and performing arts program, with orchestral, choral, and instrumental levels suitable for the beginner or the expert performer to a preschool program in our early childhood education classes. McLean has provided the impetus for students to matriculate to the best universities and to embark on successful careers in a variety of fields. [1]

According to Newsweek Magazine's 2006 list of the top US high schools, McLean was ranked 86.[2]

[edit] Demographics

McLean High School's student body is 70% White; 4% Black; 7% Hispanic; and 19% Asian.

[edit] Test Scores

McLean High School is a fully accredited high school based on the Standards of Learning tests in Virginia. The average SAT score in 2006 for McLean was 1,755 (583 in Critical Reading, 602 in Math, and 570 in Writing).

In 2006, McLean High School had five National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalists. Of these, Joanna Berg, was selected as a National Merit Scholar [3]

In October of 2006, seven McLean High School students were chosen as National Merit Semi-Finalists: Penelope Burchfield, Ian Christen-Gibbons, Eunji Chung, Alexandra Draggeim, Caitlin Norton, Beyang Shi, Aaron Woo

[edit] Athletics

The school plays in the AAA Liberty District and the Northern Region. Their mascot is the Highlander, and their primary rival school is Langley High School, also in McLean.