Balurghat High School is a higher secondary school for boys & for girls(for class 11 & 12 only) situated at the Ward no. 11 of Balurghat Municipality in Dakshin Dinajpur of West Bengal. Balurghat High School was established in 1907 and it is one of the oldest schools in India.

During the British Raj, the zamindar of Shankarpur, shri Gouri Pal had founded the "গৌরী পালের পাঠশালা" (The School of Gouri Pal) at the Pal-Bari Durga Mandir in 1877. Later, due to increase in the interest in education and the spread of English language in India, he shifted the campus to today's location and named it Balurghat Free Primary English School. After that, due to increase of population and demand in education the name was changed to Balurghat Middle English School. In 1903, the campus was completely destroyed for a mysterious fire. Later the school again re established by the help of Shri Gouri Pal on 15th March, 1907. From that day, it is known as Balurghat High School. The first headmaster of the school was Shri Rameshwar Chakraborty.

The school was affiliated with the University of Calcutta in 1910 along with the Raiganj Coronation High School in Raiganj. At that time this district and Uttar Dinajpur was united and known as West Dinajpur district.

After Independence of India in 1947 the town and the district was in consideration that which side that is India and Pakistan would choose. On the 14th August, the Pakistan Army & leaders of the Muslim league raised the Pakistani flag on the premises of the school, further exacerbating tensions. The Indian Army & Gorkha regiments (India)’s attempt to seize control of Balurghat High School was met with stiff resistance from the Baloch Regiment, resulting in violent clashes. Similar skirmishes erupted in Hili, Dakshin Dinajpur. Despite the presence of Pakistani troops patrolling the streets, local freedom fighters mounted a formidable resistance.

The pivotal moment arrived on the morning of the 18 August, when the Down North Bengal Express delivered Indian National Congress leaders Saroj Ranjan Chattopadhyay, Maharaj Bose, Shailen Das, and others to Balurghat. They brought with them the news that Balurghat had been officially incorporated into India, and on that day, the Indian flag was raised at the administrative building and the school premises with singing the Indian National Anthem. Later that day, a grand rally was held, with crowds gathering at the Balurghat High School grounds to celebrate this historic moment. To this day, the citizens of Balurghat proudly commemorate the 18 August, assembling at the High School grounds to honour the town's remarkable and hard-won journey to freedom.

The school has an autonomous primary school which administered the class 1–4. The High School part consist of classes 5–12 which is affiliated to WBBSE & WBCHSE. The fundamental curriculum is same upto class 10. After the Madhyamik Examination, students are got selected upon merit based score of their Madhyamik result into three different streams i,e Science, Arts and Commerce. From 2024 onwards, due to emergence of new AI technologies, courses like Data Science and Artificial Intelligence have been started to teach to educate and promote awareness of the use of AI and Machine Learning.