Norco High School
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Norco High School is a public high school serving 2,206 students from grades 9-12 in Norco, California
Norco, California
Norco is a city in Riverside County, California, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 27,063, up from 24,157 at the 2000 census...

, USA. It is part of the Corona-Norco Unified School District
Corona-Norco Unified School District
The Corona-Norco Unified School District is a school district in Riverside County, California in the United States, mainly serving the cities of Norco, Corona, and Eastvale...

. The current principal is Lisa Simon.

Demographics

49% of the students are white, while 38% are Hispanic and 6% are Asian. 5% are black, and 2% are either American Indian or unknown.

Clubs and activities

Norco High School has multiple clubs and student organizations, including a Bible club, link Crew
Link Crew
Link Crew is a leadership program offered to high schools in the United States and Canada. The program allows the school to choose upper-classmen to be linked with freshmen throughout the year. The Link Leaders help the freshman get involved by informing them about the activities put on by the...

 and theatre club and also has a great FFA program (Future Farmers of America) where you raise either a baby pig, cow, lamb, or goat.

Athletics

Norco High School has produced three major league baseball players: Darryl Kile
Darryl Kile
Darryl Andrew Kile was an American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He pitched from 1991-2002 for three different teams in his career. In his first season for the Cardinals, he won 20 games in 2000 as the team reached the postseason for the first time in four years. They advanced to the...

, Mike Darr
Mike Darr (pitcher)
Michael Edward Darr was a pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays. He was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1974 Major League Baseball Draft, but never played for them. He was then selected two years later in by the Blue Jays in the expansion draft...

 and Curt Wardle
Curt Wardle
Curtis Ray Wardle is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. He pitched for the Minnesota Twins from 1984 to 1985 and the Cleveland Indians in 1985.-External links:...

, as well as minor leaguers Matt Hobgood
Matt Hobgood
Matthew Micah Hobgood is a minor league baseball starting pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles organization.-Amateur career:...

 and Garrett Parcell. Also hailing from Norco High is Toby Gerhart
Toby Gerhart
Toby Gerhart is a professional football player, a running back for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League. He was a consensus All-American running back at Stanford and was selected in the second round of the 2010 NFL Draft, the 51st overall pick. In 2009 Gerhart won the Doak Walker...

, former Stanford running back and Heisman Trophy runner-up and signed a 4 year contract with the Minneosta Vikings in July 2010.
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