Windsor Heights

History

Windsor Heights incorporated as a city on July 19, 1941. It was named for nearby Windsor Elementary School in Des Moines; the school was named for early settler Henry Clay Windsor, whose family donated land for the school. In 1958 Windsor Heights annexed the neighboring community of Crestwood, which added roughly 1,300 people to the city and established the city's present boundaries. On June 26, 2008, the United States Postal Service gave Windsor Heights its own ZIP code of 50324 that was scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2009. Before that, the city shared ZIP codes with neighboring portions of Des Moines and Urbandale.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Windsor Heights is surrounded by other cities: Urbandale to the north, Clive to the west, West Des Moines to the south, and Des Moines to the east. Interstate 235 runs through the far southern part of the city, U.S. Route 6 (Hickman Road) forms the boundary with Urbandale, and Iowa Highway 28 (63rd Street) the boundary with Des Moines.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• Lincoln High School
  High · Des Moines · 2,403 students · 26.7:1 ratio
• Valley High School
  High · West Des Moines · 2,152 students · 17.9:1 ratio
• East High School
  High · Des Moines · 2,040 students · 21.7:1 ratio
• Roosevelt High School
  High · Des Moines · 1,986 students · 30.1:1 ratio
• Johnston Senior High School
  High · Johnston · 1,790 students · 20.1:1 ratio
• North High School
  High · Des Moines · 1,458 students · 22.1:1 ratio
• Ankeny High School
  High · Ankeny · 1,347 students · 17.1:1 ratio
• Urbandale High School
  High · Urbandale · 1,347 students · 14.8:1 ratio