Schools · Windsor Heights

Windsor Heights, IA schools

Windsor Heights’s public schools score well below Iowa’s averages: 46% of students are proficient in reading against 67.8% statewide, and 77% of high schoolers graduate on time against 91.4%. Kids attend Clive Learning Academy through grade 6, then Indian Hills Junior High School or Stilwell Junior High School and Valley High School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

D-School Grade #79Best schools in IA (of 139)

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Windsor Heights’s School Grade: D-

The public schools Windsor Heights’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 98% of Iowa’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

D-Test scoresD-Graduation

Iowa school districts we grade (325)Better than 2%

Lower resultsHigher results

Iowa towns with similar household incomes (398)Better than 1%

High confidence. Built on 23,699 tested students and a graduating class of 2,348; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Iowa’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Iowa only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Iowa with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Windsor Heights kids go to school

Grades PK–6

C-Clive Learning Academy 551 students · Des Moines West Des Moines Community School District

Grades 7–8

B-Indian Hills Junior High School or BStilwell Junior High School Depends on your address West Des Moines Community School District

Grades 10–12

A-Valley High School 2,178 students · West Des Moines West Des Moines Community School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (Des Moines Independent Community)46%

State average 67.8%

Reading (grades PK–12, West Des Moines Community)71%

State average 67.8%

Math (Des Moines Independent Community)43%

State average 64.1%

Math (grades PK–12, West Des Moines Community)66%

State average 64.1%

Graduation · class of 2020

77% graduate on time

Graduation rate

77%

IA: 91.4%

Graduating class

2,348

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

Two districts serve Windsor Heights

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Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 59 schools · 29,676 students

$15,990 per studentIA $13,713D-🏫

West Des Moines Community School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 14 schools · 9,009 students

$14,690 per studentIA $13,713B-

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Windsor Heights

There’s no college in Windsor Heights, but 8 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Drake University in Des Moines, 3.1 miles away.

Drake UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Des Moines3.1 mi4,094 students Mercy College of Health SciencesUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Des Moines4.5 mi668 students Grand View UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Des Moines5.9 mi1,522 students

Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical CenterUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · West Des Moines6.9 mi1,412 students

Des Moines Area Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Ankeny8.8 mi18,993 students Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological SeminaryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Ankeny10.2 mi396 students Simpson CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Indianola18.2 mi1,102 students Iowa State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Ames29.3 mi29,194 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Windsor Heights. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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