Wheeler Elementary

501 SE 25 Street (Click for Map)

Oklahoma City, OK 73129

(405) 587-7000

Contact Principal Sharon Creager

Serves students in grades Pre-Kindergarten through sixth.

School Mascot: Tigers

Established in 1910

School Named for: Joseph Wheeler, General

What's In a Name:

Joseph Wheeler was born near Augusta, Georgia on September 10, 1836. He graduated from West Point in 1859, but resigned his commission in the U. S. Army to join the Confederate forces in 1861. His skill and energy earned him the rank of Lieutenant General and Commander of the Confederate cavalry in the western theater.

Only 28 at the end of the war, Wheeler became a planter and lawyer in Alabama. From there he was elected for several terms in Congress where he was an outspoken advocate of reconciliation between the North and South.

When the Spanish-American War broke out, he returned to the U. S. Army as a Major-General. He retired in 1901 as a Brigadier-General. Wheeler died on January 25, 1906.

Other School Facts:

Located in Board District 5

US Congressional District 5

State Senate District 46

State House District 94

County Commissioner District 1

City County Ward OKC 7