In universe, students are sorted into houses based on their qualities. But when Harry Potter was sorted he was told, "He would do well in Slytherin." The question is why? There doesn't seem to be specific classes or instructors just for the specific houses. While you could assume there would be mentoring or tutoring not in classes within each houses dorms, the fact that those students would have came up in the same house system and not have any different training other than that afforded all students. Also the mentoring or tutoring isn't really acknowledged.
Why would any student develop differently in any house, other then being affected by like personalities and qualities?
Answer
The house system is a British thing and has been used in English boarding schools since at least the mid-18th century.
Like numerous things at Hogwarts, it's presumably copied more or less directly from Rowling's own school experience (For example, the OWLs are obviously an expy of the old Ordinary Level testing) with no real explanation given, as it was written for a British audience, who would already be somewhat familiar with the concepts and thus wouldn't need them explained to them.
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