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Norco High: This school runs ahead of the state average. The bar itself is the harder conversation.

Norco posts 46% meeting the standard against 36% statewide — ahead of most, with real headroom above the bar.

2065 Temescal Avenue, 92860 (opens in new tab)·Corona-Norco Unified·Norco·Grades 9-12·2,032 students·72% low-income·2024–25 CAASPP·(951) 736-3241·Website
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
This schoolCA avg
Scope5747
% Exceeded19%16%
% Met+46%36%
Grad rate96.7%86.6%
College readiness53.2%33.9%
Absence19.8%30.2%
Suspension3.8%3.6%
Scope Score
57
🌱 Building Momentum · Solid
ranked #617 statewide · #6 of 9 in Corona-Norco Unified

Norco High scores 57 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 71st percentile of 2,160 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →

🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.

CDE CAASPP 2025

Most rating sites would stop at “46% proficient” and call it done. Norco deserves a closer read. The school sits in Norco, where two-thirds of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.

Norco's low-income kids hit 55.1% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.

The seven-year arc

Percentile among 2,160 high schools statewide

Has stayed near the 71st percentile since 2019.

CA Dashboard
ELAGreen(Increased Significantly)MathGreen(Increased)

The pandemic drop is behind this school: 46% of students meet the standard today, above the 43% who did in 2019.

ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 1154%57%52%52%59%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 1131%29%28%33%33%

The story this school is actually telling

Proficient by 11th grade
46%
State 36%
Graduate
97%
State 87%
Pass an AP exam
53%
State 34%

Of 100 students here: 46 are proficient by 11th grade → 97 graduate → 53 pass an AP exam. The gaps between those bars are the questions to ask.

55.1%
Low-income · ELA · met standard

Norco's most underrated number

55.1% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.

Norco low-income: 55.1%State low-income: 38.2%

The 7 things our score weighs

Graduation rate
96.7%
State 86.6%
10.1pp above state avg
Exceeded standard
18.8%
State 15.8%
2.9pp above state avg
College readiness
53.2%
State 33.9%
AP course or exam readiness above state avg
Met or exceeded
46.3%
State 35.7%
10.6pp above state avg
Chronic absenteeism
19.8%
State 30.2%
10.4pp below state avg
Suspension rate
3.8%
State 3.6%
0.2pp above state avg
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
11.2%
State 18.0%
6.8pp below state avg
Worth a school visit

Ask how the school challenges kids who clear the standard early. The gap between meeting and exceeding is where pacing shows.

  • Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
  • Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
  • Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
  • Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.

How every group of students does here

At Norco High in Norco, 55.1% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 51.1% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Norco High outperforms its district average for low-income students by 4.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (28.1% Math proficient); Hispanic students (59.2% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 53.9 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 341 students tested.

All students at this school: 46% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 46%, district —, state 36%46%
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 42%, district 43%, state 32%42% · −5 vs school
MaleMale: this school 46%, district 50%, state 42%46% · −0 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 46%, district 40%, state 32%46% · −1 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 47%, district 51%, state 44%47% · +1 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 46%, district 57%, state 56%46% · −1 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 11%, district 18%, state 15%11% · −35 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 5%, district 13%, state 11%5% · −41 vs school
AsianAsian: this school 71%, district 74%, state 72%71% · +25 vs school

7 of 16 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group
AP access · 2020-21 federal civil rights snapshot (structural, dated — newest published; biennial)
Shown, never scored
Hispanic45.6% AP · 52.3% enroll.
American Indian/Alaska Native0.0% AP · 0.2% enroll.
Asian6.4% AP · 4.2% enroll.
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander0.0% AP · 0.3% enroll.
Black1.1% AP · 2.4% enroll.
White44.3% AP · 39.1% enroll.
Two or more races2.8% AP · 1.6% enroll.
English learners0.6% AP · 8.5% enroll.
Students with disabilities1.1% AP · 13.3% enroll.

● share of AP enrollment vs share of total enrollment, this school only · not part of the Scope Score

Data source: U.S. Dept. of Education Office for Civil Rights, Civil Rights Data Collection, 2020-21 (biennial; newest published)

Showing up, and staying in class

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 19.8%, district 16.0%, state 30.2%19.8% · −10.4pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 3.8%, district —, state 3.6%3.8% · +0.2pp vs state
Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 9–1219.4%

Where the path goes

The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.

K-12 Feeder Path
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High School
Norco High
57/100
This school

Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.

Where graduates go

Context — never part of the Scope Score
54%
College-going rate, class of 2023

Where they went after graduation

Of Norco's class of 2023, 54% enrolled in college somewhere within a year — a CSU, a community college, a UC, or out of state.

College destination mix, class of 2023

Class of 2023: 446 completers, 54% enrolled somewhere within a year

University of California 30 (7%)California State University 35 (8%)California community college 107 (24%)In-state private 27 (6%)Out-of-state, 4-year 37 (8%)Out-of-state, 2-year 6 (1%)Not enrolled 204 (46%)

Percentages are computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ completers) from CDE-reported counts, not a CDE-native rate.

Data source: California Department of Education, 2023 cohort — the newest published; National Student Clearinghouse match.

UC application funnel — one destination of six, tracked in detail because UC is the only source with 30 years of history

In fall 2025, 29 of Norco's 472 graduates enrolled in the University of California system — Riverside the most common landing, with 17 enrollees.

Applied73fall 2025, universitywide
Admitted59
Enrolled29
Where they landed (fall 2025)

5 of 9 campuses are masked below UC's privacy floor — a protection, not a verdict.

campuses never sum to the universitywide figure — students apply to several

UC enrollees, universitywide, 2014–2025

Peak: 38 enrolled, 2016

UC publishes this trend back to 1994 — no other destination has a comparable multi-year record

UC is one road of many — the full destination mix for the class of 2023 is below. And who applied isn't who the school taught: the ratio between the two reflects the self-selected pool of students who chose to apply, not what happened in the classroom. By the state's 2023 count, 54% of this class's predecessors enrolled in college somewhere within a year. More of the class of 2023 enrolled at community colleges (107) than at UC (30).

Data source: University of California Office of the President (UC Information Center), fall 2025 admissions cycle · college-going rate: California Department of Education, 2023 cohort.

The people teaching here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Student : teacherStudent to teacher ratio: this school 24:1, district 24:124:1
Teaching staff87 teachers
Avg. experience17.0 years
Fully credentialed91%
First-year teachers5%
Salary Schedule
Teacher salary schedule$75,444 – $141,046
Principal salary$160,728 – $174,967
Superintendent salary$403,129

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Course Breadth
AP exam qualifiers141 studentsCCI, participation not authorization
CTE pathway completers58 students
Advanced Coursework

Norco's teachers are authorized to teach 3 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers — including Physics 1, Spanish Literature and Culture, and English Language and Composition.

AP subjects taught3
Sciences (1)Physics 1
English (1)English Language and Composition
World Languages & Cultures (1)Spanish Literature and Culture

Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, 2025 - 2026 audit year (authorization, not enrollment) · IB World Schools directory, name-matched · structural depth: 2020-21 federal snapshot, table 09

What gets spent here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $18,560, CA average $14,491$18,560 · spent at this school
Federal share$887 per student

$887 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

District current expense · FY 2024–25$18,974 per student

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction65%
Instruction support11%
Student services10%
Administration4%
Buildings & maintenance9%
Other1%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$12,310 per pupil
2019$11,703 per pupil
2018$11,658 per pupil
2017$11,351 per pupil
2016$11,206 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood it serves

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Hispanic54.2%
District 52.9% · CA 56.1%
White37.1%
District 20.1% · CA 19.9%
Other4.5%
District 7.6% · CA 9.0%
Asian2.4%
District 14.1% · CA 10.2%
Black1.9%
District 5.3% · CA 4.8%
Low IncomeFree/reduced lunch eligible 71.8% (8pp above CA avg)
Neighborhood — American Community Survey
Median income$128K · CA $85K
Median home value$783K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+22% · CA 35%
ZIP population25,109
Median age40 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Worth Knowing

On the state's science test (CAST), 33% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.

Frequently asked questions

Is Norco High a good high school?

Norco High has a Scope Score of 57 out of 100, placing it in the 71st percentile of California high schools and ranked #617 statewide. 18.8% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 2.9 percentage points above the California average of 15.8%. The Scope Score weights 7 dimensions for high schools: graduation rate (25%), exceeded standard (22%), college/career readiness (20%), met or exceeded (proficient) (18%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

What are Norco High's CAASPP test scores?

On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 46.3% of students at Norco High met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 18.8% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 27.6% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 18.8% pushed past it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it reveals whether a school's curriculum challenges students beyond minimum proficiency or paces toward it. 907 student-subject combinations were assessed.

How does Norco High rank in California?

Norco High ranks #617 among California high schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 71st percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.

What is the attendance and school culture like at Norco High?

19.8% of students at Norco High are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), which is better than the California average of 30.2%. The suspension rate is 3.8%. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.

How does Norco High compare to other schools in Norco?

Norco High scores 57/100 (71st percentile) among California high schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 2,032 students. Use the schools in Norco page or the map view to compare all high schools nearby.

How does Norco High serve low-income and underrepresented students?

At Norco High in Norco, 55.1% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 51.1% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Norco High outperforms its district average for low-income students by 4.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (28.1% Math proficient); Hispanic students (59.2% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 53.9 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 341 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.

What AP courses are offered at Norco High?

Norco High's teachers are authorized to teach 3 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers, per the 2025 - 2026 AP Course Audit: English Language and Composition, Physics 1, Spanish Literature and Culture. Authorization means the school may teach a course, not that a section is running this year, and it's separate from AP exam pass rates. Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, analyzed by SchoolScope.

How many students from Norco High go to UC?

In fall 2025, 29 Norco High graduates enrolled at University of California campuses, universitywide. That figure can't be split into a per-campus sum — students apply to several UC campuses at once, so campus-level counts don't add up to the universitywide total. UC is one destination among many: this says nothing about graduates who chose a CSU, a private college, a community college, or work, and it is a count, not a rate or a ranking. Data source: University of California Office of the President (UC Information Center), fall 2025 admissions cycle.

Your other options

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Private alternatives nearby

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For the data nerds

Every number on this page

Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Graduation rate · 25%
96.7%
↑ vs CA 86.6% · 61th pctile
Exceeded standard · 22%
18.8%
↑ vs CA 15.8% · 53th pctile
College readiness · 20%
53.2%
↑ vs CA 33.9% · 61th pctile
Met or exceeded · 18%
46.3%
↑ vs CA 35.7% · 58th pctile
Chronic absenteeism · 5%
19.8%
↑ vs CA 30.2% · 58th pctile
▼ 0.2pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate · 5%
3.8%
↓ vs CA 3.6% · 49th pctile
▼ 2.3pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC) · 5%
11.2%
↓ vs CA 18.0% · 42th pctile
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 1145325%34%19%22%59%+11
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 1145412%21%24%43%33%+10

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, no valid result was published, or the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide4637%26%55%12%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged34155.1%+4+17
Hispanic/Latino23859.2%+10+20
White17757.1%−7−5
03Nearest high schoolssorted by Scope Score · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = the same students tracked across grades, in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
Norco High ←—5718.8%46.3%——3.8%
John F. Kennedy High1.1 mi6845.3%74.4%——0.7%
Corona High3.4 mi5917.5%43.9%——3.1%
Orange Grove High3 mi260.6%3.6%——13.0%
California average—4715.8%35.7%——3.6%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
Graduation Rate
96.7%
AP Exam Prepared
53.2%
A-G Completion
48.9%
A-G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-Going Rate
54.3%
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
20195769#63915.8%42.8%8.9%4.9%—
20225774#55517.9%42.8%21.1%7.1%—
20235568#68914.3%40.0%20.4%8.2%—
20245670#64116.0%42.6%20.0%6.1%—
20255771#61718.8%46.3%19.8%3.8%—
Grade gap = this year's grade 3 vs grade 5 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
Group20192025Δ
Female8.4%20.2%+11.8pp
Male8.2%18.8%+10.6pp
Asian6.7%16.0%+9.3pp
Black/African American5.0%25.0%+20.0pp
Filipino18.2%20.0%+1.8pp
White0.0%17.4%+17.4pp
Hispanic/Latino9.4%19.6%+10.2pp
Two or More Races14.9%30.0%+15.1pp
Students with Disabilities14.2%25.9%+11.7pp
English Learners13.4%33.8%+20.4pp
Foster Youth36.4%30.4%-6.0pp
Homeless18.8%32.1%+13.3pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged11.6%23.1%+11.5pp
All Students8.3%19.4%+11.1pp
06UC admissions, universitywide2014–2025 · summed across CEEB codes at query time
YearAppliedAdmittedEnrolledGPA (applied)GPA (admitted)GPA (enrolled)
20257359293.713.843.96
20248665293.833.933.92
20238660313.794.034.16
202210074333.864.034.12
20218648273.683.964.07
20205035213.863.953.93
20197941283.703.984.00
20188249183.854.004.03
20177441233.653.894.03
20169670383.753.863.84
20158863353.723.843.87
20147139193.573.813.75

‹n = UC masks counts below n · a missing year means zero or masked — never assume zero · GPA cells blank for years with more than one contributing CEEB code (a summed GPA would be fabricated math) · GPAs live here and nowhere else on this page · Applied/Admitted/Enrolled reflect who applied, not what the school taught — no admit rate is computed or implied by this table. Series shown from 2014; full record to 1994 at the UC Infocenter.

07UC admissions by campuslatest falls on file
CampusYearAppliedAdmittedEnrolled
Berkeley20259‹3‹3
Berkeley202422‹3‹3
Berkeley202326‹3‹3
Berkeley2022233‹3
Berkeley202120‹3‹3
Davis2025145‹3
Davis202412‹3‹3
Davis20231965
Davis2022158‹3
Davis202126113
Irvine202548123
Irvine202460103
Irvine202364144
Irvine2022812011
Irvine202161198
Los Angeles20253743
Los Angeles20244544
Los Angeles20235066
Los Angeles20225355
Los Angeles20214043
Merced20252521‹3
Merced202499‹3
Merced20221110‹3
Merced2021107‹3
Riverside2025635117
Riverside2024635120
Riverside202356427
Riverside202277567
Riverside202154285
San Diego202541113
San Diego2024426‹3
San Diego202346104
San Diego202259214
San Diego202142123
Santa Barbara20252913‹3
Santa Barbara20243516‹3
Santa Barbara202324145
Santa Barbara20224213‹3
Santa Barbara202125144
Santa Cruz2025147‹3
Santa Cruz20241813‹3
Santa Cruz2023149‹3
Santa Cruz20221711‹3
Santa Cruz2021114‹3
Universitywide2025735929
Universitywide2024866529
Universitywide2023866031
Universitywide20221007433
Universitywide2021864827

Σ campuses ≠ universitywide — students apply to several campuses; the Universitywide row (muted) is its own independent count, never a sum of the rows above it.

08AP course catalog2025 - 2026
SubjectTaught by
English Language and Compositionthis school
Physics 1this school
Spanish Literature and Culturethis school

Authorization ≠ a section running this year — the Ledger records what the school may teach, not seat counts.

09Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshotstructural, dated — newest published; biennial
MeasureThis school
AP offeredoffered
AP course count21
AP enrollment472
IB participationnot offered
Dual enrollmentoffered · 4 enrolled
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections5
Physics sections11
Chemistry sections16
Total enrollment (CRDC)2,157

Shown, never scored — no entry to any composite. NULL/reserve codes render "not reported," never a fabricated zero. The equity block above this table (§4) is the per-subgroup view of this same collection.

10College destinationsclass of 2023 · CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate
DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California306.7%
California State University357.8%
California community college10724.0%
In-state private276.0%
Out-of-state, 4-year378.3%
Out-of-state, 2-year61.4%
Not enrolled20445.7%

446 completers, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 54% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ completers), not a CDE-native rate · a missing cell is CDE suppression, never a fabricated zero · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match — a different, older vintage than the fall 2025 UC admissions rows in tables 06-07 above.

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