On Wed, 27 December 2000, "Kassie Ostrander" wrote:

> In CoS though, when Griffidore 2nd years have Herbology with the Hufflepuffs, there are about 20 pairs of earmuffs meaning that there are about 20 student with the two groups combined.  

In PS/SS there are also only 20 brooms in the flying lesson.  *I* think that Jo was caught off-guard with the "how many students are there" question, and she just threw out an answer to appease the crowd.  I don't think that she's analyzed the details as much as we have! <g> ;-p

If we go by the clues from the books, it seems to me that there should be no more than 350-400 students in the school.

Jeralyn, the Voicelady
current book: "Winter's Heart" by Robert Jordan
Current CD: the Beatles' 1
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