Centro Escolar Revolución, Historic school complex in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico

Centro Escolar Revolución is a complex of school buildings designed by architect Antonio Muñoz García, bounded by Arcos de Belén, Niños Héroes, Doctor Río de la Loza and General Gabriel Hernández streets south of Mexico City's historic centre. It holds two primary schools, two secondary schools, childcare centres and public offices, with murals and stained-glass windows from 1937.

The site held the Recogimiento de San Miguel de Bethlem, a home for poor women, from 1683; in 1751 it became the Colegio de las Niñas de San Miguel de Bethlem. The Cárcel de Belén opened there on 22 January 1863 and was demolished in 1933 along with the Palacio de Justicia de Belén. Antonio Muñoz García designed the school, inaugurated on 20 November 1934; classes began on 15 April 1935.

In 1937 the complex received murals and stained-glass windows made by artists of the Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios, among them Aurora Reyes, the first Mexican muralist. The works were part of the school's socialist education programme, and some carry socialist themes. Visitors can look for them in the school spaces.

The complex is accessible from surrounding streets through several entrances serving different areas and functions. Visitors should be aware that active schools operate throughout the site, so access may be restricted during school hours or according to institutional policies.

The school opened on 20 November 1934 under President Abelardo L. Rodríguez, but classes only began on 15 April 1935. Its promoters presented the project as the symbolic conversion of the former Belén Prison into a place of education, and it was announced as the first school in Mexico to offer integral education to both boys and girls, intellectual and physical.