Pupils who live in Bellaire inside of the 610 Loop are zoned to Horn Academy for elementary school, while students in Bellaire outside of the 610 Loop are zoned to either Condit Elementary School or Lovett Elementary School. Bellaire pupils are zoned to Pershing Middle School and Bellaire High School in Bellaire. 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.
Maud W. Gordon Elementary School in Bellaire does not have a zoning boundary, it draws 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.
Gabriela Mistral Early Childhood Center is the closest public early childhood center to the city of Bellaire.