Obtendo um subconjunto de registros junto com a contagem total de registros

Aqui está o que eu fiz (e é tão rápido, não importa quais registros eu retorne):

--Parameters include:
@pageNum int = 1,
@pageSize int = 0,



DECLARE 
    @pageStart int,
    @pageEnd int

SELECT
    @pageStart = @pageSize * @pageNum - (@pageSize - 1),
    @pageEnd = @pageSize * @pageNum;


SET NOCOUNT ON;
WITH tempTable AS (
    SELECT
        ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY FirstName ASC) AS RowNumber,
        FirstName
        , LastName
    FROM People
    WHERE Active = 1
)

SELECT
    (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM tempTable) AS TotalRows,
    *
FROM tempTable
WHERE @pageEnd = 0
OR RowNumber BETWEEN @pageStart AND @pageEnd
ORDER BY RowNumber