How they both seem to be represented as single-gender schools, which is just silly and unrealistic. If we're to assume that most people aren't magic, and so there's roughly one school per country, it doesn't seem like any wouldn't be co-ed.
shareWhile I am unsure of Drumstrang, I remember Beauxbatons, the school Fleur hails from, being co-ed in the novel because when Harry and Ron continue to ignore their Yule Ball dates, the two girls, I believe it was the Patil twins, go off with a pair of male Beauxbatons students. Imo, it was kind of lazy, but, it wasn't plot altering so I wasn't too bothered by it.
shareYes, just been rereading the books, and it is explicitly mentioned that the schools are co-ed. Sure, it didn't change the plot, but the presentation of the schools was pathetic with the sighing girls and the acrobatic boys.
sharebelieve it or not, there are all-boys and all-girls schools, especially boarding schools. it's not completely unrealistic
sharebelieve it or not, there are all-boys and all-girls schools, especially boarding schools. it's not completely unrealistic
It's just a film error. In the books, there were male and female students from both schools.
shareI understand what you're saying, but think about it like this ... We aren't seeing the entire population of each school. My takeaway from this is that there was some kind of decision made at each school, and only a certain portion of the classes made the trip to Hogwarts.
In Harry's year, there are five girls and five boys who make it into his House. That makes it around 40 kids each year, if we assume the population stays roughly the same. We didn't see 40 kids from either of the visiting schools, so it stands to reason, just a portion. Since it's not revealed in the film how those decisions were made, we just have to accept it.