In recent years in St. Petersburg the portion of people with higher education has risen due to the decrease of the portion of people with basic and incomplete secondary education, as well as general secondary education.
42 per cent of the citizens have the higher/incomplete higher education
30 per cent have secondary specialized/technical education
28 per cent have basic secondary education

Pre-school education

• 1,190 pre-school educational institutions, including:
• 522 kindergartens,
• 106 kindergartens with emphasis on one or several areas of development,
• 32 centers for child development.

Over 130,000 children attend pre-school institutions annually.

Secondary education

• 766 general secondary educational institutions, including:
• 622 general secondary schools, including:
• 69 gymnasiums,
• 35 lyceums,
• 132 schools with intensive study in various areas;
• 38 corrective schools,
• 5 boarding schools,
• 18 specialized boarding schools,
• 2 specialized schools,
• 24 evening (shift) secondary schools,
• 70 private secondary education institutions.
• 76 public specialized institutions of secondary education
• 91 institutions of initial professional education, including
• 47 professional lyceums.

Higher education

• 53 public institutions of higher learning, including:
• The St. Petersburg State University,
• The St. Petersburg State University of Economic and Finance,
• The Baltic State Technological University,
• The Academy of Civil Aviation,
• The St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications,
• The St. Petersburg State University of Technology and Design, and others.
• 40 private institutions of higher learning
• the total number of students is 360,000
• the annual number of graduates is 50,000.

Other educational institutions:

• 114 institutions of additional education (creative, athletic, etc.)
• 21 interschool educational facilities
• 226 speech therapy centers
• 20 district methodological centers and scientific methodological centers
• 10 film libraries
• 4 information centers
• 20 psycho-pedagogical medico-social centers
• 6 non-standard educational institutions.