E-rate / Equipment / cat6

cat6 on E-rate: who runs it and who still has budget

cat6 equipment appears on 157 Form 471 line items from 54 schools and libraries in FY2024-2026, $272K requested in all. 52 of those applicants have Category 2 budget left in the FY2026-2030 cycle.

12 states · updated nightly from USAC open data
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54applicants

Running cat6 today

Schools and libraries with cat6 on a funded request since FY2024, across 12 states.

Most in Illinois
$4.7MC2 unspent

Budget left at those applicants

52 of them still have Category 2 money in the FY2026-2030 cycle. Those are the refresh and expansion deals.

Largest: $1.6M at one applicant
$512median

What districts paid for the WCEM58281B

The median unit price applicants entered for the most requested model, from 15 line items.

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157
line items
54
applicants
$272K
requested
$4.7M
C2 budget left at those applicants

What districts buy

FunctionLine itemsUnitsRequested
Cabling/Connectors1578,180$271,768

Most requested models

The median of the unit prices applicants entered on their requests.

ModelLine itemsUnitsMedian unit price
WCEM58281B1590$512
MCCCC6N.K.005F12207$3.44
MCCCC6N.O.003F12256$2.86
cat69769$300
CJ688TGBU, CJ688TGBL8218$10.56
na7402$185
27811641$2.10
31342641$2.54
black310$9.86
blue3206$9.86
plenum322$378

By state

Illinois 105Missouri 20Indiana 9New York 7New Jersey 5Ohio 4Iowa 2Connecticut 1Maryland 1Michigan 1Minnesota 1Pennsylvania 1

Applicants running cat6 with Category 2 budget left

ApplicantStateBudgetLeftStatus
UNITED TALMUDICAL ACADEMYNY$1,994,938$1,585,511Confirmed
AVON GROVE CHARTER SCHOOLPA$395,077$347,879Confirmed
BOND COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 2IL$332,590$313,112Confirmed
MANTUA TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICTNJ$262,243$248,877Confirmed
FRANKFORT SCHOOL DIST 168IL$302,355$219,061Confirmed
REACH ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLNY$181,413$181,413Forecast
SHELBYVILLE COMM UNIT S D 4IL$250,350$154,278Confirmed
ILLINI CENTRAL SCHOOL DIST 189IL$133,036$104,894Confirmed
MIDLAND COUNTY ESAMI$102,196$102,196Forecast
FAIRBANKS LOCAL SCHOOL DISTOH$221,525$95,858Confirmed
NASHVILLE C C SCHOOL DIST 49IL$118,926$85,823Confirmed
BAXTER COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTIA$97,157$84,211Confirmed
ALL SAINTS ACADEMY SCHOOLIL$75,992$75,992Forecast
MEREDOSIA-CHAMBERSBURG S D 11IL$90,525$74,775Confirmed
CARROLLTON CUSD #1IL$85,264$62,869Confirmed
TAYLORVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARYIL$59,730$59,730Forecast
WOODLAWN CUSD 209IL$101,591$51,659Confirmed
MERIDIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT 101IL$69,743$51,485Confirmed
ADAIR CO SCHOOL DISTRICT R 2MO$60,350$51,151Confirmed
FRIENDSHIP ACADEMY OF FINE ARTSMN$49,788$49,788Forecast
PILOT GROVE C-4MO$60,350$46,884Confirmed
NEWBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT R 2MO$60,350$45,683Confirmed
DIETERICH C U SCHOOL DIST 30IL$121,144$41,440Confirmed
NORTH WOODS CAREER PREP HSOH$41,322$41,322Forecast
HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC SCHOOLIL$54,827$39,294Confirmed

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Compiled from public records and refreshed nightly; last updated Oct 18, 2026. Figures are as USAC publishes them; committed amounts are funding commitments, not payments. Contract end dates on June 30 are left out because many applicants enter the funding-year end instead. Check the source before acting. See something wrong? Tell us and we will correct it.