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

Cisco equipment appears on 41,517 Form 471 line items from 3,676 schools and libraries in FY2024-2026, $1.3B requested in all. 3,518 of those applicants have Category 2 budget left in the FY2026-2030 cycle.

53 states · updated nightly from USAC open data
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3,676applicants

Running Cisco today

Schools and libraries with Cisco on a funded request since FY2024, across 53 states.

Most in Texas
$2.9BC2 unspent

Budget left at those applicants

3,518 of them still have Category 2 money in the FY2026-2030 cycle. Those are the refresh and expansion deals.

Largest: $83M at one applicant
$43.77median

What districts paid for the STACK-T1-50CM

The median unit price applicants entered for the most requested model, from 806 line items.

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41,517
line items
3,676
applicants
$1.3B
requested
$2.9B
C2 budget left at those applicants

What districts buy

FunctionLine itemsUnitsRequested
License10,997804,768$219,518,800
Data Distribution8,806138,083$587,210,578
Module7,919132,993$108,065,936
Cabling/Connectors5,627180,389$7,552,800
Wireless Data Distribution4,407437,029$305,086,818
Transceiver1,76257,038$16,912,125
Other6119,471$17,321,275
Data Protection5152,634$22,687,720
Switches3393,892$16,899,651
Racks1813,360$782,527

Most requested models

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

ModelLine itemsUnitsMedian unit price
STACK-T1-50CM80616,803$43.77
C9200L-DNA-E-48-3Y69214,294$504
CAB-SPWR-30CM65815,066$41.58
C9300-NM-8X6318,960$1,145
LIC-ENT-5YR49866,761$267
C9300-DNA-E-48-3Y48110,064$517
C9200L-STACK-KIT4687,076$598
C9200L-48P-4X-EDU4559,534$3,453
PWR-C1-1100WAC-P/239411,853$815
C9K-PWR-650WAC-R/23842,054$970
C9300-48P-EDU3723,939$4,519
C9300-DNA-A-48-3Y3112,771$1,693
C9500-24Y4C-EDU3051,478$10,149
SFP-10G-SR-S=29817,869$298
PWR-C1-715WAC-P/22762,891$566

By state

Texas 5,747California 4,417New York 3,231Ohio 2,265Michigan 2,113Pennsylvania 1,895New Jersey 1,704Illinois 1,604Arizona 1,430North Carolina 1,403Wisconsin 1,272Indiana 1,213Florida 1,039South Carolina 971Washington 884Minnesota 834Virginia 817Oregon 712Kansas 589Georgia 555Massachusetts 538Alabama 535Oklahoma 532Rhode Island 492Connecticut 474Colorado 427Missouri 407New Mexico 352Mississippi 291Idaho 283

Applicants running Cisco with Category 2 budget left

ApplicantStateBudgetLeftStatus
NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONNY$193,732,354$82,996,617Preliminary
CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLSIL$62,047,681$62,047,681Forecast
LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTCA$83,340,527$36,389,025Confirmed
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, STATE OF HAWAIIHI$33,936,930$33,936,930Forecast
HILLSBOROUGH CO SCHOOL DISTFL$35,587,385$31,756,816Preliminary
THE SCHOOL BOARD OF BROWARD COUNTY, FL.FL$37,393,855$29,149,305Confirmed
FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLSVA$35,426,129$26,614,625Preliminary
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLSMD$31,525,750$26,555,088Preliminary
CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLSNC$28,960,570$25,452,048Preliminary
HOUSTON INDEP SCHOOL DISTRICTTX$33,262,678$24,385,587Confirmed
WAKE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMNC$33,344,919$22,682,989Preliminary
PINELLAS COUNTY SCHOOLSFL$18,931,454$18,931,454Forecast
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLSVA$18,079,216$15,395,483Confirmed
LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLSVA$16,418,683$15,128,802Preliminary
KATY INDEP SCHOOL DISTRICTTX$19,208,613$15,033,113Confirmed
AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTTX$14,567,867$14,567,867Forecast
DALLAS INDEP SCHOOL DISTRICTTX$27,067,626$14,292,210Preliminary
LEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTFL$17,810,725$13,647,438Confirmed
FORT WORTH INDEP SCH DISTRICTTX$16,713,177$13,631,118Preliminary
COBB COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTGA$20,619,603$13,416,878Preliminary
BREVARD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTFL$12,927,490$12,927,490Forecast
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLSVA$13,125,029$12,168,963Confirmed
DAVIS SCHOOL DISTRICTUT$13,904,500$12,000,181Confirmed
CONROE INDEP SCHOOL DISTRICTTX$14,615,438$11,292,852Confirmed
FRISCO INDEP SCHOOL DISTRICTTX$12,639,447$11,205,608Confirmed

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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.