Hillcrest High School is a public high school (grades 9–12), located in

Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County in the southwest part of the state; it is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-mos ...

and is served by the

Green Dot Public Schools Green Dot Public Schools (GDPS) is a non-profit educational organization charter school district headquartered in Downtown Los Angeles, California that operates 18 public schools in Greater Los Angeles, including nine charter high schools, five ...

system. The school has an enrollment of 525 students. The vast majority of students are African American. The school was previously operated by

Memphis City Schools Memphis City Schools (MCS) was the school district operating public schools in the city of Memphis, Tennessee, United States. It was headquartered in the Frances E. Coe Administration Building. On March 8, 2011, residents voted to disband the ci ...

district, after MCS merged with the Shelby County Schools in July 2013.

School colors, mascot, and uniforms

The school colors for Hillcrest High School are

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and

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and the mascot is

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References

External links

Hillcrest High School Website
Public high schools in Tennessee High schools in Memphis, Tennessee {{Tennessee-school-stub