State School Superintendent Richard Woods has named Wheeler an:

AP Merit School for having at least 20 percent of the total student population taking AP exams and at least 50 percent of all AP exams earning scores of 3 or higher
AP STEM School for having students testing in at least two AP math courses and two AP science courses
AP STEM Achievement School for having students testing in at least two AP math courses and two AP science courses and at least 40 percent of exam scores on AP math and science exams of 3 or higher
AP Humanities School for having students testing in the following AP courses: at least one ELA course; two social science courses, one fine arts course and one world language course