Mexico High School (New York)

Mexico High School
Mexico High School
Address
	3338 Main St; Mexico, New York 13114; United States
Coordinates	43°27′37″N 76°14′05″W / 43.4603°N 76.2346°W
Information
Type	Public
Established	1826
School district	Mexico Central School District
NCES School ID	361917001732
Principal	Donald A. Root
Teaching staff	47.50 (on an FTE basis)
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	579 (2021-2022)
Student to teacher ratio	12.19
Campus	Rural: Distant
Color(s)	Black and Orange;
Mascot	Tigers
Newspaper	The Talkative
Yearbook	The Mexiconian
Website	www.mexicocsd.org/domain/43
	Mexico Academy and Central School
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Area	7 acres (2.8 ha)
Built	1938
Architect	Harold O. Fullerton
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival
MPS	Mexico MPS
NRHP reference No.	91001633
Added to NRHP	November 14, 1991

Mexico High School is a historic school building located in Mexico, Oswego County, New York. It is part of the Mexico Central School District. It was built in 1938 after a previous 1927 building was damaged by fire in 1937. It is a two-story, Georgian Revival style brick building in a U-shaped plan. It features a distinctive tower that contains an 1828 bell from an earlier building. The entry is distinguished by a two-story, five-bay portico supported by six Ionic columns and crowned by a Chippendale patterned balustrade.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Mexico Academy and Central School in 1991.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Search for Public Schools - MEXICO HIGH SCHOOL (361917001732)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Kathleen LaFrank (March 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mexico Academy and Central School". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-11-10. See also: "Accompanying five photos".

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[NCES-1] "Search for Public Schools - MEXICO HIGH SCHOOL (361917001732)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved October 3, 2023.

[nris-2] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[nrhpinv_ny-3] Kathleen LaFrank (March 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mexico Academy and Central School". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-11-10. See also: "Accompanying five photos".

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