The
Houston Independent School District operates area public schools. Shearn Elementary School and a park are in Section 4. All houses are zoned to Shearn Elementary School and
Pershing Middle School. Pershing-zoned students have the option to apply for the regular program at
Pin Oak Middle School in the city of
Bellaire. Houses north of West Bellfort are zoned to
Bellaire High School, which is also in the city of Bellaire. Houses south of West Bellfort are zoned to
Westbury High School. The
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston operates Corpus Christi Catholic School in Westwood. Circa 2002 it had 137 students. From 2011 to 2012 enrollment grew by 7%, with 215 students to be enrolled in the 2012-2013 school year. By 2012 the school could not enroll all prospective students in each grade, with the filled-to-capacity grades having
wait lists.
History of education In 1970 Westwood, along with some other White communities, was rezoned from Westbury to
Madison High School because of a court ruling. By 1990, Westbury was about 50% Black, 25% White, 15% Hispanic, and 10% Asian while Madison was 1% White. In 1992 an attendance boundary shift occurred but Westwood was still in the Madison zone. The residents wanted to be rezoned to Westbury.
Rod Paige, then the board president and HISD trustee for district 9, and board member Donald R. McAdams attended a meeting at a house of a Westwood community leader on May 12, 1992. McAdams, who authored
Fighting to Save Our Urban Schools-- and Winning!: Lessons from Houston, recalled that the Westwood residents said "Westwood is an integrated community. Whites, blacks, Hispanics, and Asians live happily together in almost perfect balance. All of us want to be rezoned from Madison to Westbury. Westbury is our neighborhood high school. It is closer than Madison." McAdams wrote that the demographics of the community meeting confirmed the statement about ethnic diversity. According to McAdams, HISD superintendent Frank Petruzielo initially did not adopt the recommendations from himself and Paige because he feared black administrators in HISD would not support the move, so McAdams and Westwood community leaders made a presentation to the HISD board explaining the merits of the case. The board unanimously rezoned the community to Westbury. ==Parks and recreation==