Enrollment Trends at Norco

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 10,298 where 11,351 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 11,715 students in 2020 and was lowest at 8,756 in 2022. Overall, enrollment rose from 9,662 to 11,351 students, a net gain of 1,689 (17.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Norco College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	9,662	4,399	5,263
2016-17	9,831 169	4,435 36	5,396 133
2017-18	10,277 446	4,756 321	5,521 125
2018-19	10,875 598	5,129 373	5,746 225
2019-20	11,715 840	5,449 320	6,266 520
2020-21	10,261 -1,454	4,444 -1,005	5,817 -449
2021-22	8,756 -1,505	3,855 -589	4,901 -916
2022-23	9,467 711	4,396 541	5,071 170
2023-24	10,787 1,320	5,116 720	5,671 600
2024-25	11,351 564	5,250 134	6,101 430
Average	10,298	4,723	5,575

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 16.68% and the percentage of black students is 6.57% at Norco College. 11.02% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 58.82% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 24.60% to 16.68%. Asian enrollment grew from 7.70% to 11.02%. Black student enrollment increased from 6.00% to 6.57%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 57.24% to 58.82%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6078 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6013 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Norco College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	32	744	580	5,531	29	2,377	290
2016-17	24	826	553	5,752	31	2,354	227
2017-18	19	849	586	6,053	26	2,446	222
2018-19	26	1,006	684	6,364	35	2,491	183
2019-20	33	1,085	671	6,612	49	2,367	192
2020-21	29	1,048	631	5,953	45	2,114	287
2021-22	20	961	488	5,162	35	1,672	287
2022-23	22	1,045	583	5,620	31	1,566	356
2023-24	21	1,179	715	6,362	38	1,840	446
2024-25	33	1,251	746	6,677	33	1,893	498
Average	26	999	624	6,009	35	2,112	299