Langley High

Langley High is one of the big secondary schools in McLean, Virginia, part of Fairfax County Public Schools, with 2,181 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 80% bigger than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 1,213 students.

Across the 199 schools in Fairfax County Public Schools (179,323 students total), Langley High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Langley High logs that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 32% Asian, 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 123 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 4% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Fairfax County's rate of about 37%.

After controlling for student poverty, Langley High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 86.9%; this one delivers 91.3%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Fairfax County put median household income runs about $153,637, roughly 65% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Langley High is one of 222 public schools in Fairfax County (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students).

The closest other public school is Sherman Elementary, roughly 1.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Langley High comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 90.1%.

Langley High operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 11%: 1,965 students in 2018 compared to 2,181 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 64% to 50% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

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