Mississippi's 1st District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $2,902,446 | $5,108,987 | $6,053,430 | $4,107,125 | $4,026,074 | $5,078,566 | $3,475,975 | $3,400,400 | $3,651,430 | $5,349,582 |
| Average discount rate | 81% | 81% | 80% | 81% | 79% | 81% | 81% | 73% | 60% | 69% |
| Service providers | 20 | 18 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 27 | 30 |
| Billed entities | 51 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 51 | 50 | 47 | 49 | 49 | 52 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $8K | $215K | $470K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $1.2M | $2.5M | $3.6M | $1.6M | $1.8M | $961K | $1.3M | $765K | $788K | $2.2M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $1.7M | $2.4M | $2.3M | $2.3M | $2.1M | $3.9M | $2.1M | $2.6M | $2.6M | $2.6M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | $5K | $5K | — | — | $5K | $21K | $8K | $14K | $13K | $11K |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $33K | $141K | $127K | $177K | $209K | $197K | $67K | $52K | $51K | $65K |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desoto County School District | $767K | $544K | $1.4M | $448K | $332K | $418K | — | $269K | $629K | $453K | $3.5M | $701K |
| Tupelo School District | $14K | $347K | $790K | $217K | $135K | $189K | $182K | $214K | $266K | $417K | $1.5M | $301K |
| Lowndes County Schools | — | $86K | $778K | $84K | $77K | $76K | $74K | $117K | $133K | $133K | $1.0M | $205K |
| Prentiss County School Dist | $115K | $310K | $188K | $179K | $60K | $73K | $204K | $60K | $175K | $157K | $852K | $170K |
| Tishomingo Co School District | $95K | $490K | $61K | $64K | $65K | $145K | $234K | $156K | $138K | $156K | $775K | $155K |
| West Point Consolidated School District | $54K | $64K | $64K | $503K | $62K | $181K | $65K | $77K | $78K | $471K | $747K | $149K |
| Corinth School District | $128K | $126K | $168K | $160K | $152K | $122K | $89K | $90K | $97K | $48K | $733K | $147K |
| Pontotoc County School District | $10K | $194K | $245K | $60K | $160K | $263K | $93K | $194K | $47K | $141K | $669K | $134K |
| Alcorn School District | $42K | $50K | $58K | $50K | $467K | $146K | $175K | $48K | $62K | $331K | $667K | $133K |
| Columbus Municipal School District | $99K | $229K | $156K | $92K | $81K | $81K | $80K | $79K | $89K | $101K | $656K | $131K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telepak Networks, Inc. | $1.4M | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.5M | $2.3M | $414K | $653K | $648K | $715K | $8.3M | $1.7M |
| Synergetics Diversified Computer Services, Inc | $95K | $832K | $1.6M | $252K | $877K | $579K | $447K | $203K | $180K | $1.1M | $3.7M | $736K |
| Innovative Software, Inc. | $525K | $1.4M | $341K | $115K | $456K | $331K | $554K | $103K | $163K | $375K | $2.8M | $566K |
| Howard Technology Solutions | $220K | $241K | $384K | $953K | $511K | $113K | $287K | $90K | $8K | $340K | $2.3M | $462K |
| Business Communications, Inc. | $376K | — | $653K | $80K | — | — | — | — | — | — | $1.1M | $222K |
| Zayo Education, LLC | $91K | $134K | $195K | $147K | $49K | $56K | $50K | $48K | — | — | $616K | $123K |
| Southern Light, LLC | $138K | $112K | $112K | $140K | $48K | $153K | — | — | — | — | $549K | $110K |
| Office Management Systems, Inc. | — | — | $498K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $498K | $100K |
| Presidio Networked Solutions LLC | — | — | $72K | $228K | $114K | — | $40K | — | — | — | $414K | $83K |
| BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC | — | $72K | $72K | $88K | $107K | $716K | $728K | $750K | $976K | $1.4M | $338K | $68K |
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.