Mianyang Kaiyuan Middle School, located in Youxian District, is an ordinary middle school in a prefecture-level city. This kind of middle school is generally managed by the district education bureau. The principal's administrative level is at the stock level, and the party group of the District Education Bureau is responsible for appointment and removal.

As a unit within the system, middle schools also have administrative levels, and school leaders also manage with reference to certain levels of cadres.