Summary:
Norco High is a public high school located in Norco, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 2,070 students. It is part of the Corona-Norco Unified School District, which is ranked 579 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Norco High's academic performance is generally on par with or slightly below the district and state averages. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, 52.26% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in Smarter Balanced Assessments/English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 63.12% for the district and 55.73% for the state. In mathematics, 32.99% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better, compared to 36.87% for the district and 27.9% for the state. However, the school has consistently high graduation rates, ranging from 96.7% to 99.2% over the past five years, and relatively low dropout rates, ranging from 0.2% to 2.4% during the same period. Norco High has also experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 8.3% in 2018-2019 to 20.0% in 2022-2023, which is notably higher than the district and state averages.
Norco High is located in close proximity to several other high-performing schools within the Corona-Norco Unified School District, such as Centennial High and John F. Kennedy High, which consistently outperform Norco High in academic measures, graduation rates, and other key metrics. Additionally, Norco High's statewide ranking has fluctuated over the years, with a decline from a high of 404 out of 2,426 California high schools in 2012-2013 to a low of 825 out of 2,133 in 2018-2019, indicating a declining performance trend compared to other schools in the state. This may be influenced by the school's relatively high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 71.55% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year.
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Detail:
Public 9-12
District:
Corona-Norco Unified
SchoolDigger Rank:
590th of 2,323 California High Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $8,152
Feeder schools for Norco High:
Student/teacher ratio: 23.7
Number of students: 2,026
Racial breakdown:
Hispanic:
51.9%
White:
38.5%
Asian:
3.7%
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Two or more races:
2.7%
African American:
2.0%
Pacific Islander:
0.6%
American Indian:
0.5%
Not Specified:
0.1%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 70.6%
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