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HTML

<select id="select1" name="select" class="drop">
   <option name="option" value="Option 1"></option>
</select>

<select id="select2" name="select" class="drop">
   <option name="option" value="Option 1"></option>
   <option name="option" value="Option 2"></option>
   <option name="option" value="Option 3"></option>
</select>

<span class="date_number"/>

JavaScript

$(function() {
  $(".date_number").text($("#select2 option").length + " items")
});