According to the information from official website of Huaihua Education Bureau, the minimum control line for provincial demonstrative senior high school students is 760 points, that for municipal demonstrative senior high school students is 660 points, that for ordinary public senior high school and private senior high school students is 530 points, that for students with sports and art specialties is 660 points, that for provincial demonstrative senior high school is 560 points, and that for ordinary public senior high school and private senior high school is 430 points.

There are as many as 25 private high schools in Huaihua, and the number of private high schools has increased dramatically. Some high-quality private high schools are "low-level and high-level", with superior teaching quality and strength not inferior to that of public high schools. The management of all aspects of students is more strict and standardized, and the teaching quality is higher.