Case Study: McMinn County School System achieves 97% fewer Wi-Fi issues and 70% higher throughput with Extreme Networks

McMinn County School System Reduced Network Complexity and Total Cost of Ownership

McMinn County School System, serving 5,600 students across nine schools, struggled with an outdated wired and wireless network that could not reliably support BYOD and a planned 1:1 rollout. Frequent connection drops, limited bandwidth—especially at the high schools—and a small IT team of five drove the district to issue an open E-Rate RFP and select Extreme Networks to modernize their infrastructure.

Extreme Networks delivered a full “all purple” solution—ExtremeWireless, ExtremeSwitching, ExtremeManagement, ExtremeControl and ExtremeAnalytics—replacing switches, adding a secondary Wi‑Fi controller and stackable switches for resiliency. The Extreme Networks deployment reduced wireless issues by 97%, saved $15–20K in summer labor, increased throughput and access by about 70%, lowered total cost of ownership, enabled AP consolidation (four old APs to one Extreme AP in one room), and provides redundancy to restore service within 30 minutes.

McMinn County School System

Jill Pierce

Chief Technology Officer