Illinois's 8th District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $2,781,143 | $3,127,629 | $5,021,483 | $3,743,499 | $2,799,477 | $4,016,563 | $3,689,684 | $3,349,307 | $3,580,495 | $4,361,201 |
| Average discount rate | 69% | 63% | 60% | 56% | 62% | 66% | 56% | 60% | 53% | 55% |
| Service providers | 23 | 17 | 22 | 18 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 24 | 32 | 32 |
| Billed entities | 18 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 30 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $6K | $150K | $453K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $2.4M | $1.8M | $1.4M | $2.2M | $794K | $2.0M | $1.6M | $1.2M | $866K | $1.3M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $329K | $1.3M | $3.6M | $1.5M | $2.0M | $2.0M | $2.0M | $2.1M | $2.5M | $2.6M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | $14K | $30K | $10K | $10K | $20K | $16K | $34K | $52K | $53K | $37K |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $14K | — | — | $12K | $2K | $18K | $12K | — | — | — |
| Wi-Fi Hotspots Services and Equipment | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Top billed entities
| Billed entity | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School District Unit 46 | $1.7M | $765K | $745K | $1.8M | $703K | $1.3M | $1.1M | $1.3M | $742K | $1.1M | $5.6M | $1.1M |
| Schaumburg School District 54 | — | $542K | $2.2M | $291K | $272K | $354K | $317K | $116K | $286K | $440K | $3.3M | $663K |
| Township High School Dist 214 | — | $163K | $642K | $422K | $165K | $512K | $573K | $180K | $239K | $276K | $1.4M | $278K |
| Des Plaines School District 62 | $76K | $495K | $182K | $102K | $422K | $280K | $213K | $250K | $622K | $395K | $1.3M | $255K |
| Community Consolidated School District 59 | — | $245K | $356K | $359K | $115K | $255K | $151K | $105K | $298K | $256K | $1.1M | $215K |
| Marquardt School District 15 | $239K | $271K | $124K | $121K | $299K | $261K | $230K | $405K | $292K | $339K | $1.1M | $211K |
| Community Unit School Dist 300 | $388K | $235K | $59K | $179K | $192K | $511K | $498K | $349K | $261K | $761K | $1.1M | $211K |
| Du Page High Sch District 88 | $325K | $17K | $203K | $40K | $41K | $22K | $25K | $30K | $286K | $48K | $626K | $125K |
| Community Cons School Dist 093 | $3K | $170K | $144K | $135K | $87K | $110K | $179K | $200K | $153K | $204K | $538K | $108K |
| Wood Dale School District 7 | — | $34K | $42K | $63K | $194K | $86K | $60K | $62K | $66K | $93K | $333K | $67K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDW Government LLC | $709K | $974K | $544K | $335K | $276K | $678K | $803K | $261K | $345K | $329K | $2.8M | $567K |
| Comcast Phone, LLC | — | $188K | $747K | $625K | $745K | $548K | $562K | $476K | — | — | $2.3M | $461K |
| Sentinel Technologies, Inc. | $396K | $296K | — | $1.2M | $17K | $677K | $409K | $124K | $28K | $20K | $1.9M | $388K |
| Wanrack LLC | — | — | $1.8M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $1.8M | $369K |
| Comcast Business Communications | $129K | $239K | $370K | $414K | $455K | $835K | $653K | $686K | $1.0M | $1.1M | $1.6M | $321K |
| Illinois Bell Telephone Company, LLC | $57K | $198K | $228K | $186K | $389K | $419K | $445K | $509K | $587K | $804K | $1.1M | $212K |
| Low Voltage Solutions, Inc. | $449K | — | $515K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $964K | $193K |
| Metro Fibernet LLC | — | $440K | $92K | — | $50K | $32K | $29K | — | — | — | $583K | $117K |
| Unite Private Networks, LLC-Illinois | — | $144K | $142K | $142K | $142K | $143K | $113K | $113K | $141K | $141K | $570K | $114K |
| DSN Group | — | — | $235K | $239K | $94K | — | — | — | — | — | $568K | $114K |
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.