The number of students at Hogwarts, was Re: Questions abo...

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, KuteJCLuvr at a... wrote:
> In a message dated 6/6/2004 7:51:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> alina at d... writes:
> 
> > I think there are about 800 students at Hogwarts. I have just finished
> > rereading a scene in PoA which describes that Gryffindor vs Slytherin
> > Quidditch match. It described 3/4s of the school supporting Gryffindor and
> > 200 Slytherins wearing green cloaks.
> 
> Somewhere in an interview that I can't recall, I beleive JKR said there were 
> over or around 1000 students at Hogwarts.  That would means the houses are 
> probably about 250 or so students each.
> Yuiren
> 
> 
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Sue:

I've heard this before. The only question I have is:  do they have the same number of 
students at each year level? Because if they do, Gryffindor, for example, would only have 
about 70 students spread across seven year levels. There are certainly only 10 students in 
Harry's year - five boys and five girls, no doubt why they have to take classes with other 
Houses. In COS, there are twenty pairs of earmuffs for a joint Gryffindor/ Hufflepuff 
Herbology class, suggesting that there are only about ten Hufflepuffs at that level too. If 
we assume that all the Houses have about the same number of students - and it makes 
sense, since there seems to be a cosy dormitory/common room arrangement that I don't 
think would have space for 250 kids - then there are only about 280 students in the 
school, again making sense in light of the small size of the staff - one potions teacher, 
one transfiguration teacher, etc. Allowing for a small difference between year levels, there 
really shouldn't be more than about 300 -320 kids in the school. But, as you say, there is 
that Quidditch match... I don't know. Editing situation? :-)