In Deathly Hallows, the Ministry made it mandatory for every wizarding child of school-going age to attend Hogwarts.
I’d forgotten about that; but then again, I formed most of my opinions regarding Potter canon when I was a teenager reading books 3 and 4. I was an adult by the time I got to Deathly Hallows, and I didn’t read it too closely.
I suppose Goblet of Fire could be said to imply wizarding schools are fairly rare, though; it never mentions any continental schools besides Durmstrang and Beauxbatons. The movies seem to imply that those are all-male and all-female respectively, which might in turn suggest more schools offscreen, but I don’t think the books do.
I don’t think the books directly suggest that there are Durmstrang girls (although they never claim that it’s a unisex school), but Beauxbatons boys are mentioned, particularly in the context of the Yule Ball.
I could be wrong here, but I definitely remember someone, maybe Hagrid, claiming early on that Hogwarts was, “the best school in magical Britain.”
That implies others. It’s entirely possible that newer magical schools without a history of legendary wizards and a past alliance with two other prestigious schools would go largely unmentioned in the original Harry Potter.
I’d forgotten about that; but then again, I formed most of my opinions regarding Potter canon when I was a teenager reading books 3 and 4. I was an adult by the time I got to Deathly Hallows, and I didn’t read it too closely.
I suppose Goblet of Fire could be said to imply wizarding schools are fairly rare, though; it never mentions any continental schools besides Durmstrang and Beauxbatons. The movies seem to imply that those are all-male and all-female respectively, which might in turn suggest more schools offscreen, but I don’t think the books do.
I don’t think the books directly suggest that there are Durmstrang girls (although they never claim that it’s a unisex school), but Beauxbatons boys are mentioned, particularly in the context of the Yule Ball.
According to this, Durmstrang has girls as well.
I could be wrong here, but I definitely remember someone, maybe Hagrid, claiming early on that Hogwarts was, “the best school in magical Britain.” That implies others. It’s entirely possible that newer magical schools without a history of legendary wizards and a past alliance with two other prestigious schools would go largely unmentioned in the original Harry Potter.