Hogwarts students, number of

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From: harry_potter00
Subject: Hogwarts students, number of
Date: 8/16/00 11:02 pm  (ET)

Ooops I meant "write".....

Well I have read a LOT about the number of students who atend Hogwarts
and here's my take...

In the stories we hear mostly about Slytherins and Gryffindors. There is,
at best evidence, 8 students in Harry's House and year. If the Sorting
Hat simply goes by traits and not numbers then we *could* assume that
simply a small amount of students are cunning or brave and therefore in
Gry./Sly. Which brings me to the conclusion that there are 400 to 600
people attending Hogwarts.

I attend a school of about 700 students, which is a rather small size
for High Schools. If we said there was oh say, 525 students at Hogwarts,
there would be app. 131 stud. in each house and 18 in each year. This
is pushing it, I admit.

If one year, like Harry's was larger, than say the new first years,
this would explain things....

If we were to say that there was an estimate of 10,000 wizards in the
British Isles, and each family had 2-3 children, with a possible decline
during the Lord V. years, and 40% (I'm guessing is children) most the
numbers, I, and others mention would be feasible.

Scott