The Damián Carmona Boarding School is a historical monument located on the Calzada de Guadalupe "Calzada de Guadalupe (San Luis Potosí)") of the city of San Luis Potosí "San Luis Potosí (San Luis Potosí)"), San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

The boarding school has its antecedents in the Benito Juárez School of Arts and Crafts, which was located in the cloister of the Convent of San Agustín "Templo de San Agustín (San Luis Potosí)") and was inaugurated in 1881 by Governor Carlos Díez Gutiérrez. Between 1883 and 1884, the Military Industrial School was renamed to train technicians and give an industrial approach to education, since it was believed that this promoted the country's progress. General Bernardo Reyes, while in charge of the military zone that included San Luis Potosí, also provided military training in the city's public schools. Other military industrial training schools were soon opened in Mexico City, Nuevo León, Querétaro, Michoacán and Jalisco.[1]​.

In 1907, the building that currently houses the boarding school on the Calzada de Guadalupe "Calzada de Guadalupe (San Luis Potosí)") was built within the Barrio de San Sebastián&action=edit&redlink=1 "Barrio de San Sebastián (San Luis Potosí) (not yet written)"). The engineer Octaviano Cabrera was hired, who also built the Ipiña Building. Originally it was the Potosino Agricultural and Industrial Center. There were workshops dedicated to printing, calligraphy, carpentry, blacksmithing and foundry. In these workshops, the seats of the Peace Theater were created, among other things. In 1910 the government acquired the building to serve as the new headquarters of the Military Industrial School. The back part of the building was given over to be converted into a clinic.[1][2]​.

It was one of the most important institutions during the Porfiriato. The state government granted one of the largest budgets to the city, even more than the important Scientific and Literary Institute. In 1935, President Lázaro Cárdenas announced the creation of a school for the children of members of the Mexican Army. In 1938 the Military Industrial School closed definitively since it had few students, in 1938 there were only 14 students and it was replaced by the Hijos del Army Industrial School. The new school had the same fate as the old one and closed in 1942 and passed into the hands of the Ministry of Public Education. In 1943 it was inaugurated as the Damián Carmona Boarding School, in honor of Damián Carmona, a Republican soldier during the second French intervention in Mexico. Initially it was dedicated to primary training with a socialist approach.[1]​.