Number of Students at Hogwarts

[losangelis]

No: HPFGUIDX 75532

Hey all,

I was thinking about the past conversation about the discrepency 
between the number of students per class and JKR's claim there was 
1000 students at Hogwarts.  I came across an interesting website that 
compares the houses to personality temperaments.

The site is located at http://keirsey.com/sortinghat.html , and 
determines based on the traits of each house, a personality type that 
would parallel the house.

In it, Gryffindor's parallel, the "Idealists", make up only 8-10% of 
the general population.  This means that the other three personality 
types (or three houses), would make up 90-92% of the population.

In other words, assuming that there are 10 students in Harry's class 
(the two unnamed girls, as has been theorized), there should be 90-92 
more students total in Harry's year, give or take a few, for a total 
of around 100.

Multiply those 100 students times the seven years, and you have 700.  
Now, factor in that Harry's year (and the ones preceding) are perhaps 
a bit "light" due to the number of deaths at the time of LV and the 
DE's, and now the idea of 1000 students at Hogwarts isn't quite so 
far fetched.

It would mean, however, that Gryffindors are quite rare.

Here is a breakdown, based on the website I listed above.

Ravenclaw - "Rationals" (NT) - 5-7% of the population, thus around 6 
students sorted in Harry's year.
Gryffindor - "Idealists" (NF) - 8-10% of the population, thus the 8-
10 students sorted in Harry's year.
Slytherin - "Artisans" (SP) - 35 - 40% of the populations, so figure 
around 37 Slytherins in Harry's year.
Hufflepuff - "Guardians" (SJ) - 40-45% of the populaton, so figure 
around 42 Hufflepuffs in Harry's year.

It is interesting, that as Helga Hufflepuff said she would 
basically "take the leftovers" after the other three houses picked 
out those with the traits they felt were desirable, that Hufflepuff's 
numbers would still be most prevelent.

I also think it is a little scary to see that Slytherins are nearly 
half the population, according to this theory.

Wiley o' Ravenclaw