Arkansas's 1st District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $3,181,661 | $10,075,122 | $10,599,550 | $10,427,001 | $10,276,497 | $10,770,059 | $10,026,417 | $10,348,109 | $10,863,798 | $11,904,845 |
| Average discount rate | 82% | 82% | 82% | 83% | 83% | 81% | 79% | 64% | 58% | 64% |
| Service providers | 50 | 46 | 43 | 46 | 51 | 52 | 43 | 53 | 64 | 68 |
| Billed entities | 64 | 60 | 64 | 61 | 59 | 66 | 63 | 75 | 97 | 104 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $24K | $389K | $645K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $1.6M | $1.6M | $2.6M | $2.3M | $2.0M | $1.7M | $1.4M | $1.1M | $1.5M | $1.1M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $1.5M | $8.4M | $8.0M | $8.0M | $8.2M | $9.0M | $8.6M | $9.2M | $8.9M | $10.1M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | $9K | $1K | $14K | $10K | $22K | $19K | $3K | $9K | $43K | $6K |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $54K | $58K | $71K | $49K | $33K | $73K | $5K | $51K | $32K | $28K |
| Wi-Fi Hotspots Services and Equipment | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wireless School Bus Services and Equipment | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Top billed entities
| Billed entity | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dis State Of Arkansas | — | $6.2M | $6.1M | $6.2M | $6.3M | $6.7M | $6.4M | $6.8M | $6.5M | $6.8M | $24.9M | $5.0M |
| Great Rivers Educational Cooperative | $702K | $839K | $894K | $858K | $1.8M | — | — | — | — | — | $5.1M | $1.0M |
| Jonesboro School District | $110K | $277K | $493K | $619K | $119K | $239K | $238K | $163K | $387K | $201K | $1.6M | $323K |
| Marion School District | $92K | $90K | $386K | $223K | $143K | $238K | $321K | $72K | $35K | $66K | $933K | $187K |
| Nettleton Public School Dist | $36K | $278K | $342K | $137K | $136K | $149K | $248K | $137K | $77K | $88K | $928K | $186K |
| Cabot Public School District | $20K | $330K | $75K | $210K | $121K | $77K | $117K | $140K | $190K | $196K | $756K | $151K |
| Harrison Public School Dist | $155K | $94K | $71K | $226K | $112K | $119K | $73K | $63K | $77K | $92K | $658K | $132K |
| Newport School District | $173K | $159K | $114K | $88K | $88K | $93K | $53K | $62K | $80K | $193K | $622K | $124K |
| Batesville Public School Dist | $66K | $61K | $342K | $64K | $43K | $120K | $122K | $40K | $212K | $81K | $576K | $115K |
| Mountain Home School District | $41K | $51K | $41K | $279K | $74K | $11K | $64K | $150K | $128K | $112K | $487K | $97K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. Ritter Communications Holdings, LLC. | $303K | $2.4M | $2.3M | $2.4M | $2.4M | $1.8M | $1.8M | $2.1M | $2.0M | $1.8M | $9.8M | $2.0M |
| Windstream Communications, LLC | $702K | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.5M | $2.7M | $2.4M | $2.7M | $2.4M | $2.7M | $6.8M | $1.4M |
| JSK Company, Inc | $662K | $550K | $1.6M | $394K | $1.2M | $1.0M | $182K | $100K | $495K | $338K | $4.4M | $877K |
| AT&T Enterprises, LLC | $2K | $1000K | $1.0M | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1.1M | $2.1M | $4.2M | $843K |
| Arkansas K12 LLC | $474K | $853K | $271K | $1.6M | $231K | $204K | $493K | $457K | $421K | $470K | $3.4M | $682K |
| Cox Arkansas Telecom, LLC | — | $691K | $670K | $652K | $722K | $794K | $703K | $753K | $763K | $676K | $2.7M | $547K |
| CenturyLink Qwest Communications Company, LLC | — | $567K | $662K | $648K | $674K | $831K | $69K | $87K | $75K | $557K | $2.6M | $510K |
| Rasornet, Inc. | — | $438K | $436K | $417K | $416K | $124K | — | — | — | — | $1.7M | $341K |
| Townes Broadband Corporation | — | $227K | $225K | $228K | $212K | $103K | $87K | $96K | $101K | $74K | $893K | $179K |
| CDW Government LLC | $170K | $174K | $258K | $70K | $156K | $227K | $125K | $6K | $145K | $63K | $828K | $166K |
Each billed entity is assigned to the congressional district (119th Congress boundaries, U.S. Census TIGER/Line 2024) containing the largest number of its recipient sites, located by their USAC-reported coordinates; entities without usable coordinates use the district in their USAC profile. Funding totals are total authorized disbursements (FCC Form 471 FRN Status, USAC dataset qdmp-ygft); speeds are from Recipient Details and Commitments (avi8-svp9); pre-2016 history is from USAC legacy data (1998-2015). Note: the last year or two in any disbursement series always looks artificially low (FY2025 invoices are still being paid) — that’s the real state of USAC’s data, not an error.