Editing Bellaire, Texas (section)

== Education ==

[[Image:Bellaire HS TX new campus 0.jpg|thumb|[[Bellaire High School (Bellaire, Texas)|Bellaire High School]]]]
[[Image:Pin Oak Panorama.jpg|thumb|[[Pin Oak Middle School]]]]

=== Primary and secondary public schools ===

The city is served by [[Houston Independent School District]] (HISD).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48201_harris/DC20SD_C48201.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Harris County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|page=4 (PDF p. 5/6)|access-date=March 10, 2024}}</ref> Bellaire is within Trustee District V.<ref>[http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=b591745faf105110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=245b2f796138c010VgnVCM10000052147fa6RCRD Trustee Districts Map] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711031532/http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=b591745faf105110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=245b2f796138c010VgnVCM10000052147fa6RCRD |date=July 11, 2012 }}. ''[[Houston Independent School District]]''. Retrieved on November 11, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US4807300&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on Bellaire City] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531060450/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US4807300&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on |date=May 31, 2009 }}. ''[[United States Census Bureau]]''. Retrieved on March 1, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectEnglish/Home/Board%20of%20Education/Trustees/BoardDistrict_5Map.pdf Board V] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407095036/http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectEnglish/Home/Board%20of%20Education/Trustees/BoardDistrict_5Map.pdf |date=April 7, 2012 }}. ''[[Houston Independent School District]]''. Retrieved on April 30, 2009.</ref>

Pupils who live in Bellaire inside of the [[Interstate 610 (Texas)|610 Loop]] are zoned to Paul W. Horn Academy<ref>"[https://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/Domain/32468/boundarymaps/Horn_ES.pdf Horn Elementary Attendance Boundary]."[[Houston Independent School District]]. Retrieved on January 11, 2019.</ref> for elementary school, while students in Bellaire outside of the 610 Loop are zoned to either Al J. Condit Elementary School<ref>"[https://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/Domain/32468/boundarymaps/Condit_ES.pdf Condit Elementary Attendance Zone]." [[Houston Independent School District]]. Retrieved on January 11, 2019.</ref> or Lovett Elementary School,<ref>"[https://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/Domain/32468/boundarymaps/Lovett_ES.pdf Lovett Elementary Attendance Zone]." [[Houston Independent School District]]. Retrieved on January 11, 2019.</ref> the latter of which is in [[Houston]]. Condit Elementary is located on blocks 29–30 of the original Bellaire townsite.<ref>Harris County Block Book Map Volume 7, Page 49: Bellaire Blocks 29-30 ([http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v007/001600.pdf PDF] and [http://books.tax.hctx.net/v007/001600.JPG JPG]) - Marked as "Harris County School" which would be Condit Elementary. Also seen in the Bellaire Townsite Index Map on Volume 7 Page 35 ([http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v007/001564.pdf PDF] and [http://books.tax.hctx.net/v007/001564.JPG JPG]).</ref>

In addition, all Bellaire pupils are zoned to [[Pershing Middle School (Houston)|Pershing Middle School]]<ref>"[https://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/Domain/32468/boundarymaps/Pershing_MS.pdf Pershing Middle School Attendance Zone]." [[Houston Independent School District]]. Retrieved on January 11, 2019.</ref> in the [[Braeswood Place]] neighborhood of Houston and [[Bellaire High School (Texas)|Bellaire High School]] in Bellaire.<ref>"[https://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/Domain/32468/boundarymaps/Bellaire_HS.pdf Bellaire High School Attendance Zone]." [[Houston Independent School District]]. Retrieved on January 11, 2019.</ref> In addition, a middle school called [[Pin Oak Middle School]], which was built in 2002, is located in Bellaire. Students zoned to Johnston, Long, and Pershing Middle Schools may choose to attend Pin Oak instead; therefore Bellaire students may attend Pin Oak.<ref name="PinOakLetter">[https://web.archive.org/web/20020214054405/http://dist.houstonisd.org/southwest/schools/pin_oak/letter5.htm Pin Oak Middle School]. ''The Southwest District''. [[Houston Independent School District]]. Retrieved on November 16, 2008.</ref> Pin Oak was named a [[National Blue Ribbon School]] in 2008.<ref>[http://dallasisdblog.dallasnews.com/blueribbonsschools08.pdf Twenty-six Texas public schools named NCLB- Blue Ribbons Schools] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217002505/http://dallasisdblog.dallasnews.com/blueribbonsschools08.pdf |date=February 17, 2012 }}. ''[[Texas Education Agency]]''. September 9, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://blogs.chron.com/schoolzone/2008/09/feds_award_26_texas_schools_wi_1.html Feds award 26 Texas schools with 'blue ribbon'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216141845/http://blogs.chron.com/schoolzone/2008/09/feds_award_26_texas_schools_wi_1.html |date=December 16, 2008 }}. ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. September 9, 2008.</ref>

Gabriela Mistral Early Childhood Center is the closest public [[preschool|early childhood center]] to the city of Bellaire and Kolter Elementary School is the closest school with a tuition-based early childhood program.<ref>[http://www.houstonisd.org/FederalStateCompliance/Images/HISD%20BASIC%20MAP_ECC%20SCHOOL.pdf Early Childhood Center Map] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081031075332/http://www.houstonisd.org/FederalStateCompliance/Images/HISD%20BASIC%20MAP_ECC%20SCHOOL.pdf |date=October 31, 2008 }}. ''[[Houston Independent School District]]''. Retrieved on November 16, 2008.</ref><ref name="ECInfo">[http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=5e95daffc7ed2110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=b52c2f796138c010VgnVCM10000052147fa6RCRD Early Childhood and Prekindergarten Programs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114115037/http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=5e95daffc7ed2110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=b52c2f796138c010VgnVCM10000052147fa6RCRD |date=November 14, 2007 }}. ''[[Houston Independent School District]]''. Retrieved on November 16, 2008.</ref> Only economically disadvantaged students, homeless students, students who are [[English as a foreign or second language|not proficient in English]], or children of active-duty members of the U.S. military or whose parent has been killed, injured, or missing in action while on active duty may be enrolled in tuition-free HISD preschools. Students who are eligible for HISD's preschools may attend any Early Childhood Center in Houston ISD for free. Students not eligible may enroll in tuition-based HISD preschool programs.<ref name="ECInfo"/>

HISD built a new campus for Condit Elementary School.<ref>"[http://blogs.houstonisd.org/news/2014/02/27/design-of-new-condit-es-reflects-schools-connection-to-community/ Design of new Condit ES reflects school's connection to community]." [[Houston Independent School District]]. Retrieved on March 1, 2014.</ref> Designed by VLK Architects, it has a capacity of 750 students.<ref name=Pulsinellifirstschool>Pulsinelli, Olivia. "[http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2014/11/10/first-school-under-hisds-1-89b-bond-program-breaks.html First school under HISD's $1.89B bond program breaks ground]." ''[[Houston Business Journal]]''. November 10, 2014. Retrieved on September 11, 2015.</ref> The building has 33 classrooms and a total of {{convert|83000|sqft|sqm}} in space.<ref name=FundraisingCondit>{{cite web|url=http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/bellaire/schools/article/Fundraising-gala-to-benefit-Condit-Elementary-10847761.php|title=Fundraising gala to benefit Condit Elementary|publisher=[[Bellaire Examiner]] at the [[Houston Chronicle]]|date=January 10, 2017|access-date=February 8, 2017}}</ref> The groundbreaking ceremony was held on November 10, 2014,<ref name=Pulsinellifirstschool/> and the new school building opened in 2016.<ref name=FundraisingCondit/>

====History of schools====

[[File:Condit ES D.jpg|thumb|Condit Elementary School, which serves most of the western half of Bellaire]]
[[Image:HornESBellaireTX.jpg|thumb|Horn Academy, which serves the eastern half of Bellaire]]

Bellaire's first school opened in 1909; the school moved to a new site in 1914 and an addition opened in 1927; when the addition opened the school was renamed "Condit." Horn opened in 1949, Pershing opened in 1927, and Bellaire High School opened in 1955.<ref name="SchoolHistoriesHISD"/> Condit received a new wing with 12 classrooms in the 1950s.<ref name=McBeeL/> Pin Oak opened in 2002. Pershing's current campus opened in January 2007.<ref name="SchoolHistoriesHISD"/> The current Horn and Lovett buildings were scheduled to open in August 2011. The rebuilds of Horn, Lovett, and Herod Elementary of Houston together had a cost of $49 million and were a part of a $1 billion bond program approved by HISD voters in 2007.<ref>Foster, Robin. "[http://www.ultimatebellaire.com/stories/259860-community-horn-herod-and-lovett-schools-benefit-from-upgrades Horn, Herod and Lovett schools benefit from upgrades] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329231754/http://www.ultimatebellaire.com/stories/259860-community-horn-herod-and-lovett-schools-benefit-from-upgrades |date=2012-03-29 }}." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. August 16, 2011. Retrieved on August 19, 2011.</ref>

Maud W. Gordon Elementary School in Bellaire does not have a zoning boundary; before 2012 it drew excess students from apartments west of Bellaire, in Houston, to relieve other schools in Houston west of Bellaire such as Benavidez, Cunningham, Elrod, and Milne. From its opening to 1953 to 1983 Gordon served as a neighborhood school. After its closure Gordon temporarily housed the Post Oak School and later served as administrative offices. It re-opened as a relief school in 1988 for Elrod and Cunningham schools.<ref name="SchoolHistoriesHISD">[http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=0afe09c28afc3110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=2e2b2f796138c010VgnVCM10000052147fa6RCRD School Histories] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710153727/http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=0afe09c28afc3110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=2e2b2f796138c010VgnVCM10000052147fa6RCRD |date=July 10, 2011 }}. ''[[Houston Independent School District]]''. Retrieved October 4, 2008.</ref> It was scheduled to re-open in September of that year.<ref>Staff. "[http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1988_559288 Principal of alternative school named]." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. Wednesday July 27, 1988. Section 1, Page 16. Retrieved on December 8, 2011.</ref> In 2012 HISD opened the [[Mandarin Chinese Language Immersion Magnet School]] Chinese language-immersion magnet school,<ref>"[http://houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=71a4d95967615310VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=051bdfb83de94310VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD HISD Accepting Applications for Mandarin Chinese Language Immersion Magnet School]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120207034656/http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=71a4d95967615310VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=051bdfb83de94310VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD Archive], [http://media.houstonisd.org/communications/Longtail/images/BOEM_ChineseSch_PR.pdf PDF], [https://web.archive.org/web/20140316182607/http://media.houstonisd.org/communications/Longtail/images/BOEM_ChineseSch_PR.pdf Archive of PDF]) [[Houston Independent School District]]. January 25, 2012. Retrieved on February 8, 2012.</ref> in the former Gordon Elementary building.<ref>"[http://dept.houstonisd.org/mandarin-chinese-school/ HISD Mandarin Chinese Immersion Magnet School] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819000536/http://dept.houstonisd.org/mandarin-chinese-school/ |date=2012-08-19 }}." [[Houston Independent School District]]. Retrieved on August 4, 2012.</ref> It is HISD's first Chinese immersion school.<ref>"[http://houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=6a9b341e52125310VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=051bdfb83de94310VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD Chinese Immersion School Now Accepting Teacher Applicants for the 2012-2013 school year]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409063953/http://houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=6a9b341e52125310VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=051bdfb83de94310VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD |date=April 9, 2012 }}." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120409063953/http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=6a9b341e52125310VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=051bdfb83de94310VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD Archive]) [[Houston Independent School District]]. January 27, 2012. Retrieved on February 8, 2012.</ref> The school was scheduled to move to the [[St. George Place]] area of Houston;<ref>"[http://blogs.houstonisd.org/news/2014/12/08/mandarin-chinese-language-immersion-magnet-school-breaks-ground-for-new-facility/ Mandarin Chinese Language Immersion Magnet School breaks ground for new facility]." [[Houston Independent School District]]. December 8, 2014. Retrieved on December 15, 2014. [http://hisdtv.org/ground-breaking-ceremony-of-the-mandarin-chinese-language-immersion-magnet-school/ See HISDTV video]</ref> it was scheduled to open in August 2016.<ref name=Bairdopening>Baird, Annette. "[http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/memorial/news/article/August-2016-opening-planned-for-Mandarin-Chinese-5973649.php August 2016 opening planned for Mandarin Chinese Language school]." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. Monday December 29, 2014. Retrieved on June 24, 2016.</ref> In 2017 HISD announced plans to demolish the Gordon/former MIMS campus so Bellaire High School's baseball practice field could be relocated there, allowing HISD to easily rebuild the high school main campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.houstonisd.org/news/2017/06/12/plan-to-rebuild-bellaire-hs-moving-forward/|title=Plan to rebuild Bellaire HS moving forward|publisher=[[Houston Independent School District]]|date=June 12, 2017|access-date=June 27, 2017}}</ref>

On April 29, 1992, during an attendance boundary hearing committee for Southwest Houston, residents of a small portion of Bellaire zoned to Cunningham Elementary School, a school in Houston that was one block away from the city limits of Bellaire, advocated for a rezoning to Condit Elementary School, a facility in the City of Bellaire that was about {{convert|1|mi|km}} away from that section. Condit was about 50% White and had a middle class student body while Cunningham was 95% Hispanic. On May 21, 1992, the HISD board voted to rezone that portion to Condit.<ref>McAdams, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=4eY4cg07-CAC&pg=PA55 55].</ref>

Around the early 1990s portions of Bellaire west of the 610 Loop were zoned to [[Jane Long Middle School (Houston)|Jane Long Middle School]],<ref name=McAdamsp57>McAdams, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=4eY4cg07-CAC&pg=PA57 57].</ref> while portions inside the 610 Loop were zoned to Pershing.<ref name=McAdamsp58>McAdams, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=4eY4cg07-CAC&pg=PA58 58]. "Bellaire residents who lived east of the 610 loop were zoned to Pershing Middle School"</ref> During that decade, the Bellaire Area School Improvement Committee, or BASIC, was formed to improve the reputation of HISD in Bellaire and to improve Bellaire area schools. The committee opened after HISD's failed attempt to acquire property in Bellaire for the West University relief school.<ref name="McAdamsp57"/> An attempt to buy land at Bissonnet Street at Newcastle Drive in the City of Bellaire for a school to relieve [[West University Elementary School]] failed since City of Bellaire officials and parents living in Bellaire complained when they learned that they would not be zoned to the new school while losing what Tim Fleck of the ''[[Houston Press]]'' described as "a prime chunk of taxable property."<ref name="Fleck3">Fleck, Tim. "What Went Wrong at the Rice School?." ''[[Houston Press]]''. August 21, 1997. [http://www.houstonpress.com/1997-08-21/news/what-went-wrong-at-the-rice-school/3 3]. Retrieved on September 8, 2009.</ref>

After its formation, BASIC installed a gifted and talented magnet at Jane Long, a school which Donald R. McAdams, a former HISD school board member and author of ''Fighting to Save Our Urban Schools—and Winning!: Lessons from Houston'', described as a school that was "unacceptable" to Bellaire residents since it was less than 10% white.<ref name=McAdamsp57/> McAdams added that even with the new program, to many parents in Bellaire, Long was "never going to be acceptable" due to the overwhelming Hispanic presence.<ref name=McAdamsp57/> Therefore, there was a proposal to convert Gordon into a small middle school for Bellaire.<ref name=McAdamsp57/> The school would have space for about 500 students and would be at least 50% White, so it was popular among many Bellaire residents, particularly those outside of the 610 Loop. However those inside the 610 Loop did not want to lose access to Pershing, a full service middle school that was about 40% White. An attendance boundary committee for at HISD met from December 1992 to March 1993. McAdams wrote that the committee was "an all-out war" between the two sides.<ref name=McAdamsp58/> In February 1993 pro-Gordon persons argued that HISD should purchase a commercial building north of Long and renovate it into an elementary school which would relieve Gordon Elementary and other overcrowded are schools. McAdams wrote that the staff members of HISD superintendent Frank Petruzielo "liked the idea, but unfortunately, on close examination the building proved to be inadequate."<ref name=McAdamsp58/> In April 1993 the HISD board declared that the Gordon campus would continue to be an elementary school. McAdams wrote that the Gordon supporters and many Bellaire residents were "furious".<ref name=McAdamsp58/>

=== Primary and secondary private schools ===

[[Image:EpiscopalHighSchoolBellaire.JPG|thumb|[[Episcopal High School (Bellaire, Texas)|Episcopal High School]]]]

Three [[independent school|independent (private) schools]], including [[Episcopal High School (Bellaire, Texas)|Episcopal High School]] (9–12), [[The Post Oak School]] (Montessori K–8), and the Veritas Christian Academy (K–8), are located in Bellaire.<ref>[http://www.postoakschool.org/postoak/Default.asp Home] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119143513/http://www.postoakschool.org/postoak/Default.asp |date=November 19, 2008 }}. ''The Post Oak School''. Retrieved on November 15, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.veritasca.org Home Page]. ''Veritas Christian Academy of Houston''. Retrieved on November 15, 2008.</ref> Episcopal High School opened in fall 1984. Its campus previously housed Marion High School and the Congregation of the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament, a [[Roman Catholic]] school operated by the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament and within the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston]].<ref>[https://donoredge.ghcf.org/secure/prepareDisplayGeneralInfo.do?organizationId=34833 Episcopal High School] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720163746/https://donoredge.ghcf.org/secure/prepareDisplayGeneralInfo.do?organizationId=34833 |date=July 20, 2011 }}. ''Greater Houston Community Foundation''. Retrieved on November 18, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.ehshouston.org/ehs/History1.asp?SnID=710446251 History of Episcopal High School] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919021530/http://www.ehshouston.org/ehs/History1.asp?SnID=710446251 |date=September 19, 2009 }}. ''Episcopal High School''. Retrieved on November 15, 2008.</ref> The current campus of the Post Oak School opened in 1986;<ref>[http://www.postoakschool.org/postoak/Campus__Facilities1.asp?SnID=1527656753 Campus & Facilities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727183413/http://www.postoakschool.org/postoak/Campus__Facilities1.asp?SnID=1527656753 |date=July 27, 2011 }}. ''The Post Oak School''. Retrieved on November 15, 2008.</ref> the school had been previously housed in the Gordon Elementary School campus.<ref name="SchoolHistoriesHISD"/>

Holy Ghost School, a Catholic private K–8 school, is located in Houston and adjacent to the Bellaire city limits.<ref>[http://www.holyghostschool.com/location.htm School Location and Directions] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081108030145/http://www.holyghostschool.com/location.htm |date=November 8, 2008 }}. Holy Ghost School. Retrieved on November 19, 2008.</ref> Another Catholic K–8, St. Vincent de Paul School, is nearby.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.svdp-edu.org/|title=Home|publisher=St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School|date=July 22, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010722015422/http://www.svdp-edu.org/|archive-date=July 22, 2001|quote=Conveniently situated in the Southwest part of Houston, St. Vincent de Paul School is near [...]Bellaire,[...]}}</ref>

Other private schools near Bellaire in areas of Houston include [[Saint Agnes Academy (Texas)|Saint Agnes Academy]], [[Strake Jesuit College Preparatory]], and [[St. Thomas' Episcopal School]]<!--Please don't add any schools not in the reference. If you have another reference which explicitly ties Bellaire to the private school, add that new reference later. It could be the Bellaire city website with a directory of private schools, a newspaper article profile of Bellaire listing private schools, or a chamber of commerce profile listing private schools-->.<ref name="SouthwestChamberBel"/> {{As of|2019}} [[The Village School (Houston)|The Village School]] in the [[Energy Corridor]] area has a bus service to an area along Westpark, via [[Royal Oaks, Houston|Royal Oaks Country Club]]. This stop serves students living in Bellaire.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nordangliaeducation.com/our-schools/houston/village-school/our-school/our-students/student-life/bus-services|title=Bus Services|publisher=[[The Village School (Houston)|The Village School]]|access-date=March 30, 2019|quote=The bus service is available to families in the following areas: [...] West University Place/Bellaire}} - [https://img.nordangliaeducation.com/resources/us/_filecache/c1e/4ca/29363-village-bus-routes-2018-2019.pdf Village Bus Routes 2018-2019] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328064157/https://img.nordangliaeducation.com/resources/us/_filecache/c1e/4ca/29363-village-bus-routes-2018-2019.pdf |date=March 28, 2019 }} (states: "Sam's Club @5301 S. Rice Bellaire (used by students in Galleria, Bellaire, West University, etc.)") and [https://img.nordangliaeducation.com/resources/us/_filecache/af7/d0a/29361-royal-oaks-westpark.pdf Royal Oaks/Westpark Bus Route] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328074030/https://img.nordangliaeducation.com/resources/us/_filecache/af7/d0a/29361-royal-oaks-westpark.pdf |date=March 28, 2019 }} (states: "Families who live in the Galleria, West University, Bellaire, etc. areas may access this service from the Sam's Club stop.") - Note the Sam's Club is in the Houston city limits.</ref>

=== Community colleges ===

The [[Texas Legislature]] designated [[Houston Community College System]] (HCC) as serving Houston ISD (including Bellaire).<ref>[https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.130.htm Sec. 130.182.  HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.]</ref>

The community college district operates the HCCS Gulfton Center, located at 5407 Gulfton Drive in the [[Gulfton, Houston|Gulfton]] area of Houston. Gulfton Center, a {{convert|35100|sqft|m2|adj=on}} campus building owned by HCCS, opened in 1990 after Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. sold the building to HCCS for $700,000 (equivalent to ${{Format price|{{Inflation|US-GDP|700,000|1990|r=-4}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}} dollars). The West Loop Center, an HCCS-owned campus at 5601 West Loop South which opened in Spring 1999, is in Houston and in close proximity to Bellaire.<ref>[http://www.window.state.tx.us/tspr/hccs/ch10.htm TSPR Houston Community College System] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030626140106/http://www.window.state.tx.us/tspr/hccs/ch10.htm |date=June 26, 2003 }}. ''[[Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts]]''. Retrieved on September 23, 2008.</ref><ref>Bivins, Ralph. [http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1990_717903 Lower-priced buildings keep office sales humming]. ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. July 22, 1990. Business section, page 6.</ref> Both the Gulfton and West Loop campuses are part of the district's [[Houston Community College System#Southwest College|Southwest College]].<ref>[http://southwest.hccs.edu/portal/site/southwest/ Southwest College] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031183543/http://southwest.hccs.edu/portal/site/southwest/ |date=October 31, 2013 }}. ''[[Houston Community College System]]''. Retrieved on April 22, 2009.</ref>

=== Public libraries ===

[[Image:BellaireLibrary.JPG|thumb|Bellaire City Library]]

The city of Bellaire also operates its own library, the Bellaire City Library, at 5111 Jessamine Street.<ref>[http://www.ci.bellaire.tx.us/index.asp?NID=10 Library] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501073227/http://www.ci.bellaire.tx.us/index.asp?NID=10 |date=May 1, 2008 }}. ''City of Bellaire''. Retrieved on November 15, 2008.</ref> In 1951 it opened; initially the sole librarian worked only part-time.<ref name=McBeeL/> The Friends of the Bellaire Library, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, was established that year to support the City of Bellaire Library.<ref>[http://www.friendsofthebellairelibrary.org/page2.html About Us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617084041/http://www.friendsofthebellairelibrary.org/page2.html |date=June 17, 2008 }}. ''Friends of the Bellaire Library''. Retrieved on November 16, 2008.</ref>