Lee College is a comprehensive community college located in Baytown, Texas, approximately 30 miles (48 km) east of Houston, Texas. Lee College's main campus occupies 40 acres (160,000 m) landscaped near downtown Baytown and maintains extension campuses throughout its service area. The school has an enrollment of over 9,000 total students, with approximately 5,800 of them enrolled full time in one of over 60 academic, technical education, and non-credit continuing education programs. As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of Lee College includes territory within the following school districts: Established in 1934 to provide high quality education at a minimal cost, Lee College has continued that tradition for over 70 years. Originally housed on the Robert E. Lee High School campus, Lee College severed its initial integration with the Goose Creek Independent School District under the leadership of the college's first dean, Walter Rundell. In 1948, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools granted Lee College accreditation and recommended that the college develop its own campus apart from the local high school.