The school initially offered three kindergarten classes - Lower, Middle, Higher known as LKG, MKG, HKG and First through Tenth Standard.

[1] The school was founded as St. Paul's English High School by the De La Salle Brothers, a Roman Catholic order in August 1860,[2] eight years after the British had annexed Yangon and all of Lower Myanmar.

Many well-to-do and wealthy families prefer to send their children to TTC and Dagon 1 High School.

The elite do not hesitate to send their kids to English language private schools that cost US$8000 or more annually.

The school has produced two top-ranked students, who finished first in the country's highly competitive University Entrance Examinations, one in 1974 and another in 1984.

Botataung 6 is one of the few high schools in Myanmar with a sizable campus, covering perhaps 75% of the entire city square block.

The gated campus consists of some of the best facilities available in Myanmar: The school offers classes from K through 10 in two daily shifts.

The school which produced notable scholars in the past has succumbed to the provant teaching style based mainly on memorization and rote learning.

Due to severe lack of funding, the school's library and labs are rarely used.