[HPFGU-Movie] number of students at Hogwarts

[artsylynda at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/25/2004 8:56:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com writes:

So,  although she mentions so few students in the books and it would seem 
that  
only Harry, Seamus, Ron, Neville and Dean are the only Gryffindors in the  
same year, it would be impossible given the total number of students she  
claims 
is in the school ;-)
Let's calculate based on 5 Gryffindor boys  in 6th year - Harry's year coming 
up. If that was the same for the four  houses, that would mean a total of 20 
boys in 6th year in the whole  school. If there are an equal # of girls, then 
that makes a total of 40  students in 6th year. If that is the same number 
for 
each level, then that  makes 280 students in all of Hogwarts. Something 
doesn't 
add up ;-)  
I'll look for that particular interview of hers, but if someone else finds  
it, please post the quote (if it exists - maybe I'm imagining the whole  
thing, 
lol!). I just tried to access the Lexicon, but it won't load. Maybe  the page 
is 
down for some reason?
I did find one page of message board  comments on Diagon Alley where someone 
quoted JKR by saying she answered a  direct question as to the number of 
students as 'about a thousand'. Oh  well...
Cindy



I remember reading that "1000" figure too.  I think  there are loads of other 
teachers we have not heard about (that would explain  all the strange faces 
at the teachers' table in the PoA movie, right?) and many  other classes we 
haven't heard about as well.  You'd think there'd be more  than one dorm room for 
each year's students if there are more than five per year  (boys/girls), but 
we're only told in canon that Harry's dorm room is for  "Fifth Years" -- so if 
there are two dorm rooms for Fifth Years, for instance,  they'd be "Fifth 
Years A-K" and "Fifth Years L-Z" or "Fifth Years 1" and Fifth  Years 2" or 
something like that.  I think this is just one of those places  where JKR has an 
idea in her head (1000 students) and hasn't worked it out in  print.  

Lynda

"The cat's among the pixies now." Mrs. Figg,  OoP



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