The City of Edinburgh, Scotland's capital city, has a population of 463,510 and is located in east central Scotland. The Council has an area of 264 square kilometres. There are 130 publicly funded schools, including 94 primaries, 23 secondaries and 13 special school. 44,864 pupils attend these schools, including 24,714 primary pupils, 19,454 secondary pupils and 696 special needs pupils.