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

Ciena equipment appears on 115 Form 471 line items from 10 schools and libraries in FY2024-2026, $3.9M requested in all. 4 of those applicants have Category 2 budget left in the FY2026-2030 cycle.

6 states · updated nightly from USAC open data

For channel managers and resellersWhat the Ciena installed base means for you

10applicants

Running Ciena today

Schools and libraries with Ciena on a funded request since FY2024, across 6 states.

Most in Texas

$16.4MC2 unspent

Budget left at those applicants

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

Largest: $9.1M at one applicant

$9,157median

What districts paid for the 80M-6500-HWM

The median unit price applicants entered for the most requested model, from 7 line items.

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Selling Ciena? Those applicants with budget left are the ones to call before the refresh.Selling against it? The same list shows where the incumbent kit is ageing out.

Function	Line items	Units	Requested
Other	75	681	$2,561,664
Switches	19	160	$391,809
Routers	12	96	$933,753
Cabinets	3	32	$9,997
Cabling	3	152	$18,654
Connectors/Couplers	3	18	$2,947

Model	Line items	Units	Median unit price
80M-6500-HWM	7	7	$9,157
80M-6500-NBS	7	7	–
80M-6500-SSP-COM	7	7	$22,023
80M-WSAI-HWM	3	3	$814
NTK553RA	3	38	$14,258

Applicants running Ciena with Category 2 budget left

Applicant	State	Budget	Left	Status
ROUND ROCK INDEP SCHOOL DIST	TX	$9,253,272	$9,106,122	Confirmed
DENTON INDEP SCHOOL DISTRICT	TX	$6,624,396	$6,624,396	Forecast
BERNALILLO PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NM	$578,728	$529,332	Confirmed
POLO COMM UNIT SCH DIST 222	IL	$123,562	$123,328	Confirmed

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Compiled from public records and refreshed nightly; last updated Oct 26, 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.