Norco High

Norco High is a high school of well-populated scale in Norco, California, overseen by Corona-Norco Unified, educateing 2,032 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 142% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Corona-Norco Unified comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 49,370 students; Norco High is among them.

On demographics, Norco High reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 37% White, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 86 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Norco High higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Norco High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.7%; this one delivers 42.6%.

Across the wider county, census data for Riverside County shows median household earnings sit near $93,074, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Riverside County's 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), Norco High is one campus in the mix.

Norco Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Norco High at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 35.3%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Norco High has held roughly steady, going from 2,034 students in 2018 to 2,032 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 48% to 54%.

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