Cambridge High School is a state secondary school in the Waikato town of Cambridge. Cambridge High School is a co-educational state secondary school, students from the town and surrounding rural areas attend the school. The school is a large part of the Cambridge community, participating in a wide network of formal and informal relationships with other agencies and groups.
The Education Board granted both Hamilton and Cambridge to form high schools at the same time in 1883. The Cambridge District High School opened on 2 July 1883. In the beginning, primary and high school education happened in the same room, as an initial 23 pupils did not justify having separate rooms or buildings.
As of , Cambridge High School has roll of students, of which (%) identify as MÃÂori.
As of , the school has an Equity Index of , placing it amongst schools whose students have socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 6 and 7 under the former socio-economic decile system).