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

Cisco Meraki equipment appears on 31,093 Form 471 line items from 3,794 schools and libraries in FY2024-2026, $422.4M requested in all. 3,637 of those applicants have Category 2 budget left in the FY2026-2030 cycle.

52 states · updated nightly from USAC open data
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3,794applicants

Running Cisco Meraki today

Schools and libraries with Cisco Meraki on a funded request since FY2024, across 52 states.

Most in California
$1.3BC2 unspent

Budget left at those applicants

3,637 of them still have Category 2 money in the FY2026-2030 cycle. Those are the refresh and expansion deals.

Largest: $36.1M at one applicant
$286median

What districts paid for the LIC-ENT-5YR

The median unit price applicants entered for the most requested model, from 2,113 line items.

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31,093
line items
3,794
applicants
$422.4M
requested
$1.3B
C2 budget left at those applicants

What districts buy

FunctionLine itemsUnitsRequested
License15,984813,610$159,479,340
Wireless Data Distribution5,373218,106$140,914,604
Data Distribution4,77830,316$101,928,219
Cabling/Connectors1,84933,149$1,629,716
Data Protection1,0431,737$5,021,682
Module1,0309,747$7,661,530
Transceiver83810,402$4,456,966
Software1151,414$842,860
Racks33295$57,843
Other26184$196,582

Most requested models

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

ModelLine itemsUnitsMedian unit price
LIC-ENT-5YR2,113166,942$286
LIC-ENT-3YR97377,604$189
MR46-HW60231,026$735
MR44-HW44020,865$521
LIC-ENT-1YR43153,422$100
LIC-C9300-48E-5Y3133,565$1,602
MR86-HW3042,858$1,079
LIC-MS225-48FP-5YR2913,941$842
MA-SFP-10GB-SR2753,933$435
MR36-HW2657,569$329
MS225-48FP-HW2652,192$3,382
CW9166I-MR24220,250$934
MR57-HW20817,168$1,071
LIC-MS130-48-5Y2031,502$450
MR56-HW2036,941$980

By state

California 2,853New Jersey 2,011North Carolina 1,923Texas 1,918New York 1,769Pennsylvania 1,462Iowa 1,367Illinois 1,217Alabama 1,178Ohio 1,099Florida 991Michigan 882Indiana 813Georgia 722Louisiana 712Wisconsin 693Arizona 654South Carolina 649Missouri 552Minnesota 523Washington 521Idaho 511Colorado 473Virginia 458New Mexico 410Massachusetts 388Tennessee 377Kansas 363Connecticut 342Mississippi 328

Applicants running Cisco Meraki with Category 2 budget left

ApplicantStateBudgetLeftStatus
PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONPR$46,231,692$36,072,890Preliminary
ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTFL$41,417,394$30,068,078Preliminary
CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLSNC$28,960,570$25,452,048Preliminary
WAKE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMNC$33,344,919$22,682,989Preliminary
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLSVA$18,079,216$15,395,483Confirmed
LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLSVA$16,418,683$15,128,802Preliminary
DALLAS INDEP SCHOOL DISTRICTTX$27,067,626$14,292,210Preliminary
BREVARD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTFL$12,927,490$12,927,490Forecast
WINSTON-SALEM/FORSYTH CO S DNC$10,172,230$9,503,015Confirmed
THE SCHOOL BOARD OF MARION COUNTY, FLORIDAFL$8,787,041$8,787,041Forecast
WASHOE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTNV$11,737,824$8,548,967Preliminary
HENRICO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTVA$10,059,552$8,484,416Preliminary
ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLSGA$7,712,270$7,712,270Forecast
THE CATHOLIC BISHOP OF CHICAGOIL$8,218,614$7,537,800Confirmed
BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLSMA$8,758,216$7,504,719Preliminary
HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLSTX$9,782,192$7,389,938Preliminary
SOCORRO INDEP SCHOOL DISTRICTTX$9,252,869$6,792,536Confirmed
PEORIA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT #11AZ$6,750,378$6,750,378Forecast
JOHNSTON COUNTY SCHOOLSNC$7,521,585$6,604,519Confirmed
IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLSTX$15,330,608$6,275,980Preliminary
CORPUS CHRISTI INDEP SCH DISTTX$6,708,653$5,953,052Confirmed
CHESAPEAKE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLSVA$8,125,085$5,904,345Confirmed
DENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEMCO$6,138,854$5,621,914Preliminary
LIVINGSTON PARISH PUBLIC SCHOOLSLA$5,394,416$5,394,416Forecast
RESPONSIVE EDUCATION SOLUTIONTX$4,992,687$4,992,687Forecast

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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.