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

Cisco equipment appears on 42,604 Form 471 line items from 3,735 schools and libraries in FY2024-2026, $1.3B requested in all. 3,575 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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3,735applicants

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

3,575 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 815 line items.

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42,604
line items
3,735
applicants
$1.3B
requested
$2.9B
C2 budget left at those applicants

What districts buy

FunctionLine itemsUnitsRequested
License11,341831,570$231,721,227
Data Distribution8,998140,071$595,665,634
Module8,134135,993$110,437,783
Cabling/Connectors5,754181,782$7,685,264
Wireless Data Distribution4,528457,763$322,205,055
Transceiver1,79957,442$17,182,503
Other6269,624$18,083,985
Data Protection5342,684$23,135,823
Switches3463,921$17,194,305
Racks1833,448$792,253

Most requested models

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

ModelLine itemsUnitsMedian unit price
STACK-T1-50CM81516,960$43.77
C9200L-DNA-E-48-3Y70514,525$504
CAB-SPWR-30CM66515,201$41.58
C9300-NM-8X6359,036$1,145
LIC-ENT-5YR50869,111$267
C9300-DNA-E-48-3Y48410,260$517
C9200L-STACK-KIT4757,255$598
C9200L-48P-4X-EDU4629,672$3,438
PWR-C1-1100WAC-P/239911,980$813
C9K-PWR-650WAC-R/23942,078$967
C9300-48P-EDU3744,019$4,519
C9500-24Y4C-EDU3151,506$10,022
C9300-DNA-A-48-3Y3122,779$1,692
SFP-10G-SR-S=30617,983$298
PWR-C1-715WAC-P/22802,955$562

By state

Texas 5,935California 4,474New York 3,280Ohio 2,293Michigan 2,205Pennsylvania 1,929New Jersey 1,785Illinois 1,665Arizona 1,475North Carolina 1,403Wisconsin 1,357Indiana 1,226Florida 1,075South Carolina 972Washington 925Minnesota 881Virginia 843Oregon 713Georgia 594Kansas 589Massachusetts 541Oklahoma 538Alabama 535Rhode Island 492Connecticut 474Colorado 438Missouri 411New Mexico 358Mississippi 354Iowa 289

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
ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTFL$41,417,394$30,068,078Preliminary
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
LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLSVA$16,418,683$15,702,242Confirmed
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLSVA$18,079,216$15,395,483Confirmed
KATY INDEP SCHOOL DISTRICTTX$19,208,613$15,033,113Confirmed
PASCO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTFL$14,784,555$14,784,555Forecast
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

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Compiled from public records and refreshed nightly; last updated Oct 31, 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.