Thoughts on Numbers of Students
Posted to
the Marauder’s Slash List
February
2004
"J.K.
Rowling confirmed in an online chat that there are about 1,000
students at
Hogwarts. [Online Chat with J.K. Rowling, Scholastic,
October 2000
A nice explanation
about halfway down-
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/essays/essay-hogwarts-how-many.html
I was a
bit surprised by that as well considering the current
numbers. Which,
again, could be explained in Harry's year (and those
around his) by
the lack of desire to procreate during the dark
years... but the
full number probably couldn't be sustained by the
size of the
school and class schedule. My guess is that she simply
estimated on the
spot in the interview but it's hard to know anything
for certain when
facts seem to contradict!