During the same year Todd Spivak of the Houston Press reported about the magazine's feature "These Kids Go to the Best Public High School in Houston." Spivak said that Bellaire High School had "strong, consistent leadership and a diverse student population" but that it received a lower rating due to a "surprisingly high dropout rate." Spivak said that the survey indicated that Bellaire graduated two thirds of its students. Dr. Robert Sanborn, president and CEO of the Children at Risk organization, said that at Bellaire an achievement gap existed between the top-performing students and the lowest-performing students. In 2007, 13 percent of high school-aged children zoned to Bellaire chose to attend a different Houston ISD school. In 2010, Magnet Schools of America, a nonprofit, released a report recommending that Bellaire's magnet program be abolished, due to overcrowding of the school. In 2011, the Brays Oaks district expanded. A small portion of Bellaire High School attendance zone became a part of the district. In 2014, HISD superintendent Terry Grier stated that Bellaire should reduce its enrollment to around 3,000 students. After Chevron Corporation announced it was selling its office complex in Bellaire in 2016, HISD officials considered the idea of buying the property so a new Bellaire High School could be built there. Instead HISD decided to rebuild Bellaire High on its current site. In 2017 HISD announced plans to demolish the Gordon Elementary School/former Mandarin Immersion Magnet School campus in Bellaire so Bellaire High School's baseball practice field could be relocated there, allowing HISD to easily rebuild the high school main campus. On January 14, 2020, there was a fatal shooting where a senior died. The suspect received a manslaughter charge. The district attorney of Harris County stated that the evidence so far supports that the suspect had no intention of committing murder. HISD interim superintendent Grenita Latham stated that the district was exploring plans for metal detectors. Around April 2021, the school announced there will be 9 students tied in the place for valedictorian for the spring graduating class of 2021. Plans to demolish the main building will commence in summer of 2021. On May 15, 2021, visitors went through a final walk through event before demolition. Academic programs Mimi Swartz of Texas Monthly said in 2006 that Bellaire was "arguably the city's best public school" and "prestigious." Lynwood Abram of the Houston Chronicle said in 2006 that Bellaire