This school was designated as one of the 24 key middle schools in Yunnan Province by 1979, listed in China Famous Middle Schools by 1988, rated as a first-class and third-class complete middle school in Yunnan Province by 1994, rated as a civilized school in Yunnan Province by 1998, and rated as a civilized school in Yunnan Province in 2006. In 2000, it was rated as the first batch of "first-class demonstration schools for youth science and technology education" in Yunnan Province, the advanced group of "school health care work" in 20001year, and the "modern educational technology experimental school" in Yunnan Province in 2002. The school has also been rated as "the national advanced unit of scientific and technological activities" and the advanced unit of education, audio-visual education, laboratory, social practice, work-study program and workers' home in Yunnan Province. After 10 years of struggle, the school's school-running characteristics are more obvious. Although the infrastructure is backward, it ranks 25th in the teaching quality evaluation of 58 first-class middle schools in the province and won the third prize. In 2005, the number of first-class middle schools in the province increased to 82, and the school ranked 36th in the evaluation of education and teaching quality, and won the teaching quality progress award. In 2005, in order to promote educational reform and integrate educational resources, it was renamed Dongchuan High School, and the principal was elected openly. In 2006, it was rated as "Yunnan Youth Science and Technology Innovation Activity Demonstration Point" and "Yunnan School-based Training Advanced Unit". At the same time, it was awarded the "College Entrance Examination Quality Progress Award" by Kunming Education Bureau. As the vanguard and window school of educational reform in Dongchuan District, the college entrance examination has made remarkable achievements in recent years. In 2004, the college entrance examination was started, with 235 students. In 2005, it broke through the 300-person mark for the first time, and in 2006, it reached a new high with 373 students. The school has 44 classes (9 junior high schools and 35 senior high schools), with 2,256 students, 65,438 on-the-job teaching staff and 60 retirees. Among the employees, there are 36 senior teachers, 80 middle school teachers, and 9 teachers have won national recognition awards.
In the past 50 years, Dongchuan Senior Middle School has trained countless outstanding talents, especially in the last five years, the number of college students enrolled is far higher than the local level. Graduates are all over the country, including mayors, deputy mayors, organization ministers, factory managers, doctors studying in the United States, university professors, senior engineers, economists, movie stars, sports celebrities and so on. Among them, the famous actor ZhangFeng yi is a graduate here. They wrote a glorious history for the past of high school. Nowadays, high schools have reached an unprecedented level in terms of hardware facilities, teachers, school area, number of students, and the online rate of college entrance examination. The school has not only become the pride of Dongchuan people, but also has a high reputation in Kunming and even Yunnan Province.