McLean High School

McLean High School is a public high school within the Fairfax County Public Schools in McLean, Virginia. In 2022, U.S. News & World Report rated McLean the 157th-best U.S. public high school, and third-best in Virginia. History Fairfax County Public Schools purchased a 22-acre tract for $32,443 for McLean High School on August 6, 1952. McLean High opened its doors on September 6, 1955, with an enrollment of 1,031 students from grades 8 through 11 with Principal Craighill S. Burks. At the time, McLean was the newest high school in Fairfax County, and the only high school located in McLean since the Franklin Sherman School, originally built in 1914, closed in the late 1930s. McLean High celebrated its 50th reunion in 2005. The town of McLean received its name from John Roll McLean, an Ohio native who was the owner and publisher of The Washington Post and one of the founders of the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad. A railroad stop named after McLean was once located at the intersection of Old Dominion Drive and Chain Bridge Road, about a mile from the high school's current location. The McLean community combined two existing villages, Lewinsville and Langley. Demographics In the 2022–23 school year, McLean High School had 2439 students (as of May 2023), and its student body was: