Become an Yeti

Application to Crosstown High is open to entering 9th, 10th, and 11th-grade students only. We do not accept applicants to the 12th grade. Students must live within the boundaries of the Memphis Shelby County School District to be considered in the lottery. Siblings of XTH students will receive priority in the lottery, but still must go through the full application process in order to be guaranteed a seat. Please note: 10th and 11th grade seats are limited and depend on the number of returning students.

The priority application period for each school year will open in mid-October and run through the end of the calendar year. To be notified about all updates to our application calendar, please sign up for our mailing list in the footer of this site.

The application will ask for basic information that you should have readily available, including one proof of address. The email address you provide must be one you check regularly, as we will communicate primarily via email. Parents or guardians should fill out the application. A student may fill out the application, but only with the permission of the parent/guardian. (Please, we ask that no school representatives or counselors complete the application for a student without their parent/guardian's knowledge.)

We run a random lottery through SchoolMint by mid-January. All applicants are randomly assigned a number by the SchoolMint system. Admission is not first-come, first-served. Eligible students who apply on the last day of our priority application period will have the same chance as those who apply early in the application period.

SchoolMint will immediately notify the families of rising 9th-grade applicants about their status via email. Rising 10th and 11th-grade offers will be made later in the spring when we know how much space we will have. Those who are not granted an offer of admission immediately will be assigned a waitlist number. If a family declines their offer or withdraws their application, the student at the top of the waitlist will be offered the next open seat.

We are unable to notify each family on the waitlist every time they move up on the list. You can easily check your waitlist status by logging in to SchoolMint.

Once a student is offered a seat at Crosstown, they will be offered the opportunity to sign up for a shadow date. We are unfortunately unable to offer shadow experiences before a student is offered a seat.

Once a student has been accepted to Crosstown High, the student's guardian will be asked to complete their registration online, which will include additional proof of residence, transcripts, etc. Failure to complete this registration process by the stated deadlines will result in the offer of admission being revoked.