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[quote=Anonymous]I've had kids at both schools.

On balance, McLean has more of a community-school feel and the quality of the teachers has been better.   While the bulk of McLean's enrollment comes from McLean south of Dolley Madison and the adjacent parts of West Falls Church, Marshall's boundaries encompass a "grab bag" of neighborhoods in Falls Church, Vienna and Dunn Loring.  On the other hand, Marshall had a more relaxed feel, and there was more focus on individual kids and less concern with things like rankings.  "Small school, big heart" was the motto.  The whole brouhaha over the validity of Marshall's recent US News ratings has made me question whether Marshall is now more overtly focused with how the school compares to its "rival" schools (Madison and McLean).

As the other poster noted, McLean is AP and Marshall is IB.

The demographics at McLean are somewhat more affluent than at Marshall.  It's not a big difference (McLean and Marshall are more alike than McLean and Langley), but it does mean that more Marshall students end up at state colleges and universities (including top ones like U. Va. and W&M), whereas you'll see more McLean students focusing on selective private colleges.

Marshall is currently the smallest HS in Fairfax County, with fewer than 1700 students (McLean has about 2150).  Because of the growth in the Tysons area, however, Marshall's enrollment is expected to exceed that of a few other high schools in the county (Falls Church and perhaps Edison) within the next year or two.   Fortunately, it's currently getting a very nice renovation that will expand its capacity to roughly 2000 students.

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