Percy and Power + Hogwarts Population..?

[bludger_to_the_head at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 30151

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., australiaquill at y... wrote:
> "Three-quarters of the crowd wore scarlet 
> rosettes, but behind the Slytherin goal-posts 200 people were in 
> green."  Doing the maths, doesn't that mean a pop. of about 800, 
inc. 
> staff?  If anyone has heard anything else, I'd love to know.
> 

1st post!

I think calculating school population by the Quidditch match is 
inexact. After all, what about alumni? Parents? Surely many wizards 
and witches keep track of the House games, especially when rivals 
compete (not to mention novelties, like the youngest seeker in a 
century).