[citation needed] It is a mixed (Day and Boarding) school for both sexes.
The school is on the high road and is recognized by a sign post with a name and a logo.
It was the first[1] secondary school in Zhombe Tribal Trust Land now Zhombe Communal land Construction began in 1976 and ended in 1978.
[2][3][4] RioZim Foundation built the school with the then government of Rhodesia's MIDLAND[citation needed] S PROVINCIAL AUTHORITY helping by injecting $20 000 in the project in 1976.
[6] Rio Tinto Zhombe High School has building facilities which are classrooms, science laboratories, computer laboratories, library, staffroom, girls hostels, boys hostels, dining hall, ric hall.