of the Chronicle, the lot occupied by Bellaire High is one of the smallest used by an HISD school facility, and she stated that the district had a complication with rebuilding plans as it had the highest enrollment in the district. Bellaire area homeowners complained about potential complications from rebuilding plans. In 2006 Mimi Swartz of Texas Monthly said that Bellaire "still looks like the only high school in a small town. The architecture is blocky and unexceptional." A new wing was recently added to the school, made possible through government grants. the wing is to include mostly science-based classes. with a special lab that cost nearly $300,000 designed specifically for the biology department. Demographics In 2006 Mimi Swartz of Texas Monthly said "in the halls you see whites, blacks, Hispanics, and East and Central Asians." Bellaire also has disparate income gaps between students from wealthier families and students from poorer families. Many students in other parts of Houston ISD transfer to Bellaire to escape home schools that do not have good academic performance, causing the attendance figures of those schools to suffer. most students at the school are within the Bellaire attendance zone. Neighborhoods served All pupils in the city of Bellaire are zoned to Bellaire High School. Several parts of Houston that are around the city of Bellaire, including Meyerland, Braesmont, parts of Braeswood Place that are west of Stella Link and parts that are south of South Braeswood (including the subdivisions of Ayrshire and Braes Terrace), Linkwood, Knollwood Village, Woodshire, Woodside, Westridge, Maplewood, Maplewood North, about half of Westwood, a small portion of Westbury, Flack Estates, and a small portion of Willow Meadows, are zoned to Bellaire High School. In addition a section of the city of Houston-defined Gulfton Super Neighborhood is zoned to Bellaire High. A small portion of Southside Place is zoned to Bellaire High School. Transportation Houston ISD provides school buses for students who live more than two miles away from the school or who have major obstacles between their houses and the school. Students are eligible if they are zoned to Bellaire or are in the Bellaire magnet program. A METRO bus stop (Maple at South Rice) is located at the school's entrance. Bus line 33 (Post Oak Crosstown) stops at Maple at South Rice. Feeder patterns Elementary schools that feed into Bellaire include: Lovett Partial: Braeburn Condit Cunningham Herod Horn Kolter Longfellow