THE SCHOOL & COMMUNITY

Located just four miles from Washington, DC, the McLean community is home to a highly educated business and professional population that demands excellence in education. The quality of our students’ educational experiences is a direct reflection of our community’s commitment to its schools. McLean offers an academically challenging program with courses designed to complement 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. The average SAT score at McLean is 1180 and the average cumulative weighted GPA of seniors who took the SAT is 3.324. Cumulative weighted GPA is calculated based on all credit courses, and is weighted by an additional .5 for AP/IB courses. The following 22 credits are needed to meet the minimum requirements for a standard diploma: four English, three Mathematics, three Laboratory Science, four History and Social Sciences, two Health and Physical Education, one Fine Arts or Career and Technical Education, and five electives. We are fully accredited by the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Our enrollment for grades 9-12 is 1763 with 412 seniors, 466 juniors, 435 sophomores, and 450 freshmen. Of our 2008 graduates, 77 percent attended four year colleges and 18 percent attended two year colleges. McLean has six National Merit Semifinalists and 33 Commended students in the class of 2009. The school CEEB code is 471-395.

 

 

GRADE DISTRIBUTION

CLASS OF 2009 SIXTH SEMESTER CUMULATIVE GPA

 

Weighted

Unweighted

Decile (%)

Low GPA

High GPA

Low GPA

High GPA

1

3.821

4.096

3.750

4.000

2

3.667

3.815

3.614

3.738

3

3.523

3.663

3.479

3.604

4

3.396

3.522

3.354

3.478

5

3.238

3.386

3.193

3.352

6

3.065

3.227

3.024

3.191

7

2.826

3.048

2.807

3.023

8

2.523

2.815

2.500

2.804

9

2.167

2.522

2.143

2.476

10

0.000

2.143

0.000

2.136

 

HONORS & ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES

English

AP English Literature, AP English Language, Honors English 10, Honors English 9

 

 

Social Studies

AP Combined US and Comparative Government, AP US History, AP European History, AP World History, AP Psychology, Honors World History & Geography 1

 

 

Mathematics

Multivariable Calculus, Matrix Algebra, AP Calculus BC,  AP Calculus AB, AP Statistics, AP Computer Science AB, Honors Precalculus, Honors Algebra 2, Honors Geometry

 

 

Science

AP Physics C, AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP Environmental Science, Honors Physics, Honors Chemistry, Honors Biology

 

 

Foreign Language

AP Spanish Language, AP French Language, AP German Language, AP Latin

 

 

Art

AP Art History, AP Studio Art

 

 

Music

AP Music Theory               

SCHOOL COUNSELORS

Beverly Hunter

A-Cart

beverly.hunter@fcps.edu

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Jill Divine

Carv-Fri

gloria.divine@fcps.edu

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Dr. Joan Cassell

Ful-Jme

joan.cassell@fcps.edu

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Barrett Kashdan

Joh-Lov

barrett.kashdan@fcps.edu

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John Allman

Lu-Para

john.allman1@fcps.edu

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Patricia McNeill

Pard-Slo

patricia.mcneill@fcps.edu

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Cynthia Coogan

Sm-Z

cynthia.coogan@fcps.edu

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ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAM SCORES

 

5

4

3

2

1

English

43

85

93

19

2

Social Studies

172

190

184

84

35

Mathematics

71

76

53

24

18

Science

54

61

36

20

23

Foreign Language

14

23

29

23

7

 

MEAN SAT SCORES

 

Critical Reading

Math

Writing

McLean

579

601

579

FCPS

547

565

542

Virginia

511

512

499

Nation

502

515

494

 

MEAN SAT SUBJECT TEST SCORES

Subject Test

Number

Mean Score

Literature

27

660

United States History

81

671

World History

23

677

Mathematics Level 1

47

656

Mathematics Level  2

80

714

Biology E

7

716

Biology M

8

688

Chemistry

26

728

Physics

21

647

Chinese/Listening

5

750

French

11

610

Latin

11

776

Spanish

7

640

 

MEAN ACT SCORES

 

English

Math

Reading

Science

Comp

McLean

24.6

26.1

26.1

24.3

25.4

Virginia

21.5

21.8

22.2

21.3

21.8

Nation

20.6

21.0

21.4

20.8

21.1

ADMINISTRATION

Dr. Deborah Jackson, Principal

John Hollowell, Director of Student Services

Tom Herman, Director of Student Activities

 

STUDENT SERVICES STAFF

Isobel Rahn, Career Center Specialist

Stefanie Schoepfle, Transcript Secretary