Wheeler is a magnet for STEM; the magnet school is ranked top 50 nationally. We once considered a move to that county and my D tested into the program so I’m fairly familiar with it from that time about 9 years ago. The magnet school is only a small portion of the student population which is one reason we decided against it.
I may have missed it, but I didn’t see in the article whether this student is in the magnet school or not. Based on her hometown I would typically assume she was part of the magnet since she is out of district, however, her mother works at the school so there may be provisions for the kids of employees to attend. If she did test into the magnet program, that is an accomplishment worth noting.