Case Study: Huntington Independent School District achieves one of the fastest school networks in Texas with RUCKUS Networks

Small rural school district in Texas builds one of the fastest networks using RUCKUS

Huntington Independent School District, a small rural district in Texas, faced chronic Wi‑Fi failures that crashed the network during heavy use, leaving teachers and students without online learning or reliable communications. Aging 1 Gb switches, separate wired and wireless management, a tiny IT team and slow vendor support made fixes costly and unsustainable.

Huntington rebuilt its network with RUCKUS—deploying ICX stackable multigig switches, Wi‑Fi 6/6E APs, a Virtual SmartZone controller and RUCKUS IoT software—to unify management and boost capacity. The upgrade doubled available bandwidth, delivered rock‑solid high‑density Wi‑Fi, simplified single‑pane management, enabled districtwide testing and distance learning, and provided a clear upgrade path and IoT readiness for improved safety and future savings.

Huntington Independent School District

Jeff Baird

Technical Director