How many students go to Hogwarts?

[jferer]

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From: jferer
Subject: Re: How many students go to Hogwarts?
Reply To: [Yahoo! #6174] Re: How many students go to Hogwarts?
Date: 8/8/00 2:32 pm  (ET)

I believe there are *two* acceptable sources for FAQ's and essays: the
books themselves (as you say) *and* things JKR has said (in interviews,
for example). It was from one of these interviews that I got the "magical
quill" that registers the birth of a magical baby.

My premise is that the number of students per house per year is
somewhat random. It can't be that there is the same number per
gender/house/year. And I think 280 is too low a number. I don't know
of JKR specifying a number, and the number I came up with (467, +/-)
is still a small school.