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Norco Intermediate
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Norco Intermediate
Norco Intermediate, a mid-tier 6-8 campus in Norco, California, operated by Corona-Norco Unified, teaches 726 students, covering grades 7 through 8.
Within Corona-Norco Unified, which oversees 51 schools and 49,370 students, Norco Intermediate is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, Norco Intermediate lists that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 41% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Riverside County as a whole.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.4:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, Norco Intermediate tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.1%.
In the broader community, census data for Riverside County shows the typical household earns roughly $93,074 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Riverside County's 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), Norco Intermediate is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Norco High, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Norco Intermediate. On composite proficiency, Norco Intermediate comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.5%.
Norco Intermediate operates from a bedroom-community location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 3%: 749 students in 2018 compared to 726 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 46% to 41% across the same window.
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