Number of Students, was Re: Hogwarts' Dorms

[fawkes970]

No: HPFGUIDX 79506

Boris the Bewildered <jones.r.h.j at w...> wrote:
> Also, if the school had to admit exactly five boys and five girls 
for each class they would have to find them during the admission 
process before the school year began, and so what would the Sorting 
Hat have to do?  The students' houses would already have been 
determined before they got to the Sorting Hat.  Also, it would odd 
to say "There is a muggle boy in Cornwall who would be perfect for 
Gryffindor, but we have already determined our five for this year, so 
we will have to skip him." >>>


I think it's quite simple: there are plenty of people in each class,
not just a certain number. I think that it depends on how many are 
magically ready for Hogwarts at the age of 12...I think there's some 
sort of detector...fawkes