Official Hong Kong education data
Cross-Boundary Primary Pupils Port Distribution: Planning Daily Commutes and Routines
Use latest cross-boundary student data to plan transport and backup routes for your Primary One child, focusing on practical daily journeys.
Parent starting point
Start with the key facts, then plan for your child
Use official cross-boundary pupil figures to understand primary-level and control-point patterns, then test school routes and backup plans for your child. The figures do not measure school-net competition.
Verified evidence
Cross-boundary pupils by school level and year
Compares school levels; it cannot estimate admission chances for a school or POA net.
6,001
2022/23
3,467
2023/24
2,577
2024/25
2,434
2025/26
| School year | Kindergarten | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 364 | 6,001 | 9,395 |
| 2023/24 | 355 | 3,467 | 10,670 |
| 2024/25 | 388 | 2,577 | 13,174 |
| 2025/26 | 377 | 2,434 | 13,845 |
Use the school-level series for broad context
The annual table separates kindergarten, primary and secondary pupils, showing how published cross-boundary enrolment records change by level. These are enrolled pupils, not Primary One applications, net choices or allocation outcomes. Treat them only as broad context for cross-boundary planning.
Use control-point distribution to prepare transport questions
The control-point table identifies where cross-boundary primary pupils were recorded and whether usage was concentrated. It cannot tell you which crossing is faster during school travel. Check current routes with the school, transport operator and official transport channels, then test them during the actual school-day window.
Set a main route, backup route and routine boundary
Record immigration, waiting, vehicle and walking time separately, and arrange a backup caregiver for a temporary crossing or service change. Work backwards from school arrival to see whether the child still has enough sleep, meals, homework and rest. Those family observations answer sustainability better than a total count.
Use this with your child
Your parent action checklist
- Verify current school-bus or nanny-bus routes with the school and operator.
- Test both the main and backup journey during the actual school-day window.
- Record each travel and immigration segment rather than estimating time from pupil counts.
- Agree who will collect the child and how the school will be notified if transport is disrupted.
What this tells you
The data shows published cross-boundary pupil distribution by school level and control point, helping families prepare questions and route tests.
What this cannot tell you
It cannot measure congestion, journey time, queues, service reliability, school-net competition or an individual school’s admission chance.
Questions parents often ask
Can control-point counts show immigration or travel time?
No. The file has no queue, journey, transport-service or reliability field.
Can cross-boundary totals show POA net competition?
No. These are enrolled pupils, not Primary One applications, choices or allocation outcomes.
How should a family use the control-point distribution?
Use it to prepare transport questions, then verify current routes with the school and operator and test them during the school-day window.
The number of cross-boundary students in kindergartens, primary and secondary schools
- Data period
- See source table
- Retrieved
- 2026-07-26
- Provider
- Education Bureau
What this tells you
Cross-boundary student counts by year and school level.
What this cannot tell you
The totals do not establish competition within any school net.
The number of cross-boundary students (CBS) using various land-based boundary control points, with a breakdown by class level
- Data period
- See source table
- Retrieved
- 2026-07-26
- Provider
- Education Bureau
What this tells you
Cross-boundary student counts by class and land control point.
What this cannot tell you
Control-point patterns do not predict admission outcomes.
How to use these figures
Contains information provided by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the named provider through DATA.GOV.HK. Figures retain their official data period; retrieval date is shown separately.
Enrolment, class size, staff, fees, facilities and SEN reporting are context. They are never converted into a quality score, popularity label, ranking or admission probability.