[HPforGrownups] Re: Number of Students at Hogwarts

[Robert A. Rosenberg]

No: HPFGUIDX 68972

At 23:22 +0000 on 07/09/2003, joanne0012 wrote about [HPforGrownups] 
Re: Number of Students at Hogwarts:

>--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lynnfaragher78" <
>jamielynncarlson at h...> wrote:
>>
>>
>>  There are 5 identical beds in Harrys room (Harry, Ron, Neville,
>>  Seamus, and Dean)
>>
>>  20 broomsticks for the Slytherins and Gryffindors class....
>>
>>  I then assume that there are 5 boys and 5 girls in each house and in
>>  each year....
>>
>>  40 new students per year, 70 students per house, and 280 students
>>  total.......
>>
>>  Does that sound about right???
>>
>>
>>  "lynnfaragher78"
>
>Yes, it makes sense to me (though there might be slightly different numbers of
>boys/girls in each year in each house, not exactly 5 each).  BUT JKR once
>said in an interview that there were "about 1000" students at Hogwarts.  Other
>approaches (extrapolating from classes, dining hall, etc. etc.) have come up
>with other figures in between these 2.

I can see 14 or more Dorms per house (at least 1 Boys and 1 Girls for 
each year with the Year 7 Dorms becoming the Year 1 Dorms the next 
year and the others getting redesignated so that the students stay in 
the same room for the full 7 years). The Beds and Storage areas get 
arranged during the Welcome Dinner after the Sorting Hat sorts the 
new First Years by House. I would think that the number of students 
per House would vary in a narrow range so the Tables would 
accommodate the maximum number and thus would always have extra room 
at the table.

At 23:18 +0000 07/09/2003, Rebecca D. wrote about [HPforGrownups] Re: 
Number of Students at Hogwarts:
>We don't know if there were only five beds, or if there more beds and
>just five students in Harry's room. Maybe there are different numbers
>of students depending on how many Wizard children were born in a
>particular year - that seems possible to me. Also, in OoP Harry tells
>one of the students that he can switch dorm rooms, so possibly there
>are other boys in Gryffindor that are the same age.  We just don't
>know.  280 students MIGHT be close, but it's not definitive.

There is no reason why he HAS to bunk with others in his "Year" (IOW: 
The student could move in with the 4th Years or into another 5th year 
room {have we gotten all the names for the students in Harry's 
"Class"?). How many students were named during the Sorting Sequence 
in SS/PS?

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Bob Rosenberg