Moray is situated in the north east of Scotland along the Moray Firth coast, approximately midway between Aberdeen and Inverness. In geographical terms, Moray Council is one of the largest local authorities covering an area of about 2,238 square kilometres, but with 86,750 residents it has the second smallest population. There are 54 publicly funded schools, including 46 primaries and 8 secondaries. 13,002 pupils attend these schools, including 7,038 primary pupils and 5,964 secondary pupils.