Size of HW

[terryljames76]

> bboy_mn wrote:
> 
> Conclusions we've reach so far-
> 
> 1.) it's impossible to accurately determine the number of student by
> any means. Believe me, we have approached it from every possible 
angle
> and it simply can not be accurately determined. 


I guess I'll agree with you on this.  I know I seem to have a wildly 
different opinion than everyone else (although I'm getting used to 
that! :) )
> 
> Although, I personally suspect that enrollment tyically ranges for 
600
> to 800, with low end being 400 to 600, and peak enrollment being 800
> to 1,000. 
> 

I could go with that.  When I first read JKR's comment re "about a 
thousand", that tallied with what I had in my head, so I accepted 
it.  But I see in OOP that she has specified, in two separate 
places, "about a hundred" carriages, and later "a hundred" thestrals 
to pull them.  There were at least five people in Harry's carriage, 
unless Neville was there but wasn't speaking, so we could postulate 
that there are 500 people at HW not counting the first years...but we 
don't know if all the carriages were full; we don't know if the 
carriages could seat, perhaps, ten but Harry's was half-empty because 
no one wanted to ride with "that nutter"...I guess we'll never know!


Terry LJ