[HPforGrownups] Number of students

[Nathan]

No: HPFGUIDX 7968

>It says several times that the other Griffidor boys in Harrys class are 
>Neville, Seamus, Dean, and Ron.  Maybe Hogwarts is set up so that 
>Slytherin 
>and Griffindor are the hardest to get into, and Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw 
>have more students...
>
>In CoS though, when Griffidore 2nd years have Herbology with the 
>Hufflepuffs, there are about 20 pairs of earmuffs meaning that there are 
>about 20 student with the two groups combined.  the 5 griffindor 
>boys, plus 
>the 3 girls that we know about (Lavender Brown, Parvati Patil, and 
>Hermione) 
>equals 7, leaving Hufflepuff with about 12 students in that grade.(prof. 
>Sprout needs earmuffs too.)

Then there are the Potion classes with references to 20 cauldrons. This is 
apparently a Gryffindor-Slytherin combined section.

Nathan