Saint Paul name "the rising star of literate cities" - America’s Most Literate Cities, 2007.

St. Paul has moved up in the rankings every year from 11th to 9th to 5th to 3rd. It is the only city in the United States in which Sunday newspaper circulation has increased per capita and one of very few in which weekday circulation has increased. St. Paul's library system is good and improving: it is one of the few cities which improved in all three variables of branches, volumes, and circulation. Public access to internet communications has increased substantially in every year the study has been conducted. St. Paul has had a large increase in the publication of professional journals and an even more impressive increase in the publication of magazines. The city has held its own in very declining markets for bookstores. And St. Paul has the fifth highest percentage of the population with a high school diploma and the tenth highest with a college bachelor’s degree. So St. Paul is certainly a bright spot.

Good News about Public Schools in Minnesota - National Education Association

Minnesota public schools do well in national comparisons, Education Minnesota.

March 2003 - Educational Attainment in Minnesota, Minnesota State Demographic Center.