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

HPE Aruba equipment appears on 37,794 Form 471 line items from 3,533 schools and libraries in FY2024-2026, $748.7M requested in all. 3,428 of those applicants have Category 2 budget left in the FY2026-2030 cycle.

51 states · updated nightly from USAC open data
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3,533applicants

Running HPE Aruba today

Schools and libraries with HPE Aruba on a funded request since FY2024, across 51 states.

Most in Texas
$1.9BC2 unspent

Budget left at those applicants

3,428 of them still have Category 2 money in the FY2026-2030 cycle. Those are the refresh and expansion deals.

Largest: $50M at one applicant
$199median

What districts paid for the Q9Y60AAE

The median unit price applicants entered for the most requested model, from 952 line items.

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37,794
line items
3,533
applicants
$748.7M
requested
$1.9B
C2 budget left at those applicants

What districts buy

FunctionLine itemsUnitsRequested
Wireless Data Distribution9,470440,220$210,561,116
Data Distribution8,73489,860$329,216,624
License7,274560,021$107,231,824
Module4,44976,620$59,523,174
Cabling/Connectors3,66588,821$5,687,099
Transceiver2,71748,108$21,739,448
Racks74023,567$1,205,207
Other2112,659$3,897,673
Software1702,970$965,260
Switches1331,342$7,426,456

Most requested models

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

ModelLine itemsUnitsMedian unit price
Q9Y60AAE952171,783$199
R7J28A75996,308$580
J9281D74314,315$56.62
Q9Y75AAE55915,387$586
J9150D49511,783$463
JL087A46620,919$532
J9283D4653,660$72.00
Q9Y80AAE4097,300$913
R7J50A38019,562$446
Q9G69A3625,950$90.95
JL658A3551,123$7,330
JL087A#ABA32813,829$547
R3J18A32521,432$12.88
R7J39A32315,366$751
R3J16A32018,300$12.05

By state

Texas 3,254California 2,983New York 2,037Florida 1,916Illinois 1,897Pennsylvania 1,774Missouri 1,646Ohio 1,526Michigan 1,503Wisconsin 1,390Indiana 1,214Arkansas 1,138Tennessee 1,130Massachusetts 1,105Minnesota 1,103South Carolina 943Connecticut 926Iowa 861Georgia 810New Jersey 786Washington 768Colorado 728Nebraska 639Oklahoma 549Louisiana 534North Carolina 426Kansas 352New Hampshire 339Maine 307PR 297

Applicants running HPE Aruba with Category 2 budget left

ApplicantStateBudgetLeftStatus
127722 - MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLSFL$49,952,674$49,952,674Forecast
LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTCA$83,340,527$36,389,025Confirmed
THE SCHOOL BOARD OF BROWARD COUNTY, FL.FL$37,393,855$29,149,305Confirmed
CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISDTX$23,818,116$22,516,647Preliminary
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY SCHOOLSMD$26,522,782$21,133,011Preliminary
NORTHSIDE INDEP SCHOOL DISTTX$20,720,993$20,015,024Preliminary
THE SCHOOL BOARD OF POLK COUNTY, FLORIDAFL$18,738,955$18,363,243Confirmed
ALPINE SCHOOL DISTRICTUT$17,510,184$16,713,912Confirmed
METROPOLITAN NASHVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLSTN$13,696,480$13,696,480Forecast
FORT WORTH INDEP SCH DISTRICTTX$16,713,177$13,631,118Preliminary
DAVIS SCHOOL DISTRICTUT$13,904,500$12,000,181Confirmed
CHARTER SCHOOLS USAFL$16,688,182$11,965,175Preliminary
SEMINOLE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTFL$12,256,262$11,265,010Confirmed
ST JOHNS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTFL$11,107,515$10,821,039Confirmed
KLEIN ISDTX$10,335,905$10,335,905Forecast
ALBUQUERQUE SCHOOL DISTRICTNM$16,437,227$10,312,557Preliminary
GRANITE SCHOOL DISTRICTUT$11,309,891$10,109,162Confirmed
JORDAN SCHOOL DISTRICTUT$11,106,305$9,964,199Confirmed
FULTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTGA$16,145,959$9,556,766Preliminary
HORRY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTSC$9,511,484$9,511,484Forecast
HOWARD CO. PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMMD$11,521,540$9,459,984Confirmed
ELK GROVE UNIF SCHOOL DISTRICTCA$12,970,626$9,339,614Confirmed
ROUND ROCK INDEP SCHOOL DISTTX$9,253,272$9,106,122Confirmed
RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTTN$10,304,863$8,521,594Preliminary
LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTNE$8,130,124$7,848,315Preliminary

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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.