Alief Independent School District is a school district

School district

School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...

 that is based in southwest Houston

Houston, Texas

Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...

, Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

, United States.

Alief ISD, which covers 36.6 square miles (94.8 km²) of land, covers a small portion of southwest Houston and parts of unincorporated Harris County

Harris County, Texas

As of the 2010 Census, the population of the county was 4,092,459, White Americans made up 56.6% of Harris County's population; non-Hispanic whites represented 33.0% of the population. Black Americans made up 18.9% of the population. Native Americans made up 0.7% of Harris County's population...

. In Houston, Alief ISD serves the Alief community, almost all of the district of Westchase

Westchase, Houston, Texas

Westchase is a business management district, with some residential and retail elements, located in western Houston, Texas, United States. The district is bounded roughly by Westheimer Road on the north, Gessner Road on the east, Wilcrest Drive on the west, and the Westpark Tollway on the south...

, Keegan's Glen, Leawood, Ashford Park, Bellaire West http://www.bellairewest.org/, and Royal Oaks Country Club

Royal Oaks Country Club, Houston, Texas

Royal Oaks Country Club is a country club and subdivision in Houston, Texas, United States in the Alief community. The country club is located at 2910 Royal Oaks Club Drive, west of The Galleria.. Royal Oaks Country Club. Retrieved on March 6, 2011. developed out of the former Andrau Airpark...

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