William Frantz Elementary School is an American elementary school located at 3811 North Galvez Street,New Orleans, Louisiana, 70117. Along with McDonogh No. 19 Elementary School, it was involved in the New Orleans school desegregation crisis during 1960. The school was built in 1937. It was designed in understated Art Deco style by the school board's architect E.A. Christy. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005 as William Frantz School. In 2014, a statue of Ruby Bridges was unveiled in the courtyard of William Frantz Elementary School.