The “AP lites” are: AP Human Geography, AP Psychology, AP Environmental Science, AP Statistics.
All others are considered “tough” for college admission purpose.
In terms of content, all AP history classes are seen as showing particular academic achievement in a subject, as well as Calc BC, Foreign Language, Bio, Chem, Physics C. AP Language is seen as a staple, and AP lit as a good complement like AP Art History or AP CS or AP Econ. AP Lit is definitely strongly recommended for future Humanities majors but isn’t considered differently from other AP classes.
The way your school considers them may not be “typical” or reflect how colleges see them - at some school, AP World History is a sophomore AP, whereas at others, it’s a Senior AP. At some schools AP Gov is a main senior class whereas at other schools it’s an elective that can be taken at any point from 10th till 12th.
Colleges don’t have the time to know which AP is considers which way at your particular school, so outside of he 4 “AP Lites”, all AP classes are considered equivalent. Dual Enrollment can bring a little upside (since the student has to handle the content of an AP class, but compressed into one semester), AICE and IB are also considered most rigorous.
Will your Guidance Counselor consider that 2 AP’s + 2 dual enrolled classes would be “most rigorous”? (Is that even an option or does the local CC only offer remedial, vocational, and first-semester level classes?)