Number of Students at Hogwarts

[Susan Smith]

No: HPFGUIDX 70282

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Kathy Nava <mommiedragon at y...> 
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> <A.G., again>
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> However, I do think the 1000 is high for a student count.  I have 
> chosen to infer that JKR meant total school population, so I like 
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> knock off about 125-150 for faculty, administration and all other 
> hired help from the count.  That leaves me with about 850 students, 
> or four houses of 212 students.  This would mean an average of 30 
> students per year in each house.  
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> In California there are high schools in the San Francisco Bay Area 
that will have anywhere from 400-2000 students depending on whether 
it is a charter school, private or public school. Two of my kids go 
to a high school with 1950 students. Two of my nieces go to a high 
school that also has the same number of students. So for JKR to say 
that there are about 1000 students at Hogwarts sounds like a good 
number to me. That means there are roughly 35 students per house per 
year, which is a normal class size at the high school level here.
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> Kathy N 
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I agree wholeheartedly.

A.G.
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