Life quality ratings of the Russian cities as a reflection of the educational system efficiency

the study of the regional educational systems appears to be very crucial given the territorial disproportions development in the Russian Federation. The balanced social-economic region evolution is an important requirement of sustainable development of Russia. The analysis held by the open sources (2010) of the city ratings of life quality is presented in the article. Taking these data into account, the leading city positions were highlighted and the impact of the status of educa-tional system on the population life quality was studied. The presented analysis has been made on the basis of the rating choice of the indicators and criteria characteristic for the educational system of the given region. It was found that to assess the life quality of the region the indicators reflecting the priorities of the governmental educational policy and the data obtained in the course of socio-logical studies are used. However, the indicators of the educational system as the indicators of the quality of the urban environment were considered not in all the ratings. The leading ratings of the cities assessed by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation based on indus-trial criteria were compared. Then all the three main ratings − city life quality, industrial ratings, and quality assessment of Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation were correlated. The article is to attract the attention of the scholars and governmental officials in the area of educa-tion in order to choose the appropriate development strategy for local educational systems and de-signing the suitable development programs, external factors considering.