Wizard demographics?

[vheggie at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 25429

[snip]
> 
> As for the number of Wizarding schools, I think perhaps there'd be 
fewer
> than a half dozen in North Am.  Consider:  there are three such 
schools for
> all of Europe (if I may be allowed, this once, the common fallacy of
> calling Great Britain European <g>) -- we know this because only 
Hogwarts,
> Beaux Batons and Durmstrang had contestants in the Tri-Wizard 
Tournament.
> Such a regional event should include all schools in the region, 
ergo there
> are only three.
> 
[snip]

There's no reason to believe there are only three - it's not called 
the 'European Cup' after all.  It may be that these are the three 
oldest, or the three most prestigious schools.
After all, only Oxford and Cambridge universities compete in the 
annual university boat race, but there are a lot more than two 
universities in the UK!