[HPforGrownups] Prefects

[Jordan Abel]

No: HPFGUIDX 156898

Dreadnought:
> In terms of numbers of chiefs to numbers of Indians, it really depends on how
> big the school is. Estimates of the school size tend to range from just under 300
> to somewhere around 1000, depending on which evidence people decide to give
> credence to.
>
> From my perspective, 24 prefects out of 280 students would seem on the high
> side - but not ridiculously so - I am aware of schools that have had ratios at that
> level. 24 out of 1000 would be entirely reasonable.

If you accept the idea that student numbers are depressed due to being
a decade or so after VoldWar1, and the system hasn't been adapted,
it's reasonable. My theory is that Harry's class, and those older than
(and one year younger) are probably significantly smaller than the
years entering school in POA and later.

Hmm... that would make the class size 280 in PS and COS, and with each
graduating class being about 40 and each incoming class being, say,
140, we've got 100 more each year to stabilize back at 980, in other
words about 1000 (well, assuming there weren't another war. It'll
probably take substantially longer for the numbers to recover)

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Random832