number of students at Hogwarts

[Severina Amadenna Salem-Snape]

Sassy comments ***According to Steve (hp-lexicon) when he spoke at 
the Ottawa Convention Alley he believed there were be somewhere 
between 300-400 students, because when JKR saw the first film with 
the 300-400 kids she said it was exactly how she imagined it. That is 
how he arrived at how many students attended Hogwarts. Just thought I 
would share!

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, artsylynda at a... wrote:
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>  
> 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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