Dumfries and Galloway Council area is geographically the third largest in Scotland, covering 6,426 square kilometres. Dumfries and Galloway has a population of 148,030 in approximately 60,000 households. There are 124 publicly funded schools, including 106 primaries, 16 secondaries and 2 special schools. 20,288 pupils attend these schools, including 10,666 primary pupils, 9,615 secondary pupils and 7 special needs pupils.