Editing Mexico, Missouri (section)

==Education==
Mexico was the location of [[Hardin College and Conservatory of Music]], a [[Baptist]] college established in 1873 for young women, an institution founded and endowed by [[Charles H. Hardin]], governor of the state from 1872 to 1874. It closed during the [[Great Depression]] and never reopened. Its 1,200-seat auditorium has been painstakingly restored and is now used for community theater and concerts. The remainder of the college houses the Mexico Public Schools administrative offices on South Jefferson Street. Its mascot is a bulldog.

It is served by the [[Mexico Public Schools]]. Public schools in the city include [[Mexico Senior High School]], Mexico Middle School, Hawthorne Elementary School, Eugene Field Elementary School, and McMillan Early Learning Center. Private schools include St. Brendan's Catholic School. The Mexico Area Vocational-Technical School, the Advanced Technology Center and the Missouri Military Academy are also located in the city.

Mexico has a lending library, a branch of the Mexico-Audrain Library District.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mexico-audrain.lib.mo.us/mexico-audrain/directory.asp |title=Directory |publisher=Mexico-Audrain Library District |access-date=June 1, 2019}}</ref>