Ohio's 5th District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $3,906,553 | $6,625,732 | $4,823,089 | $5,169,680 | $4,743,624 | $5,313,093 | $5,082,881 | $4,893,986 | $5,080,290 | $5,721,980 |
| Average discount rate | 69% | 66% | 64% | 65% | 65% | 65% | 65% | 61% | 53% | 52% |
| Service providers | 58 | 54 | 48 | 55 | 61 | 58 | 56 | 56 | 80 | 88 |
| Billed entities | 126 | 120 | 120 | 119 | 120 | 118 | 117 | 120 | 120 | 125 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $13K | $132K | $426K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $1.1M | $2.5M | $991K | $1.4M | $965K | $1.3M | $1.2M | $951K | $655K | $1.4M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $2.5M | $3.8M | $3.6M | $3.5M | $3.5M | $3.6M | $3.7M | $3.8M | $4.1M | $3.7M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | — | $13K | $8K | $21K | $7K | $11K | $14K | $936 | $819 | $15K |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $297K | $328K | $267K | $219K | $276K | $401K | $170K | $179K | $168K | $211K |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Public Library Information Network | $779K | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.4M | $6.5M | $1.3M |
| Elyria City School District | $28K | $121K | $65K | $281K | $285K | $145K | $366K | $175K | $146K | $393K | $779K | $156K |
| Norwalk City School District | $153K | $194K | $218K | $89K | $98K | $89K | $112K | $208K | $173K | $88K | $752K | $150K |
| Findlay City School District | $49K | $584K | $30K | $30K | $56K | $42K | $93K | $27K | $19K | $235K | $749K | $150K |
| Lorain City School District | $98K | $170K | $127K | $133K | $132K | $544K | $110K | $152K | $683K | $270K | $659K | $132K |
| Midview Local School District | $93K | $296K | $51K | $55K | $29K | $53K | $29K | $67K | $21K | $33K | $523K | $105K |
| Amherst Exempt Vlg School Dist | $18K | $226K | $128K | $26K | $27K | $36K | $106K | $30K | $27K | $53K | $425K | $85K |
| Galion City School District | $158K | $34K | $34K | $113K | $65K | $70K | $64K | $63K | $58K | $235K | $405K | $81K |
| Tiffin City School District | $93K | $121K | $36K | $118K | $31K | $26K | $22K | $236K | $37K | $42K | $399K | $80K |
| Avon Local School District | $45K | $153K | $107K | $28K | $29K | $29K | $89K | $44K | $83K | $84K | $362K | $72K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charter Communications Operating, LLC | $549K | $982K | $949K | $873K | $790K | $505K | $403K | $181K | — | — | $4.1M | $829K |
| Northwest Ohio Area Computer Services Cooperative | $359K | $626K | $569K | $523K | $523K | $552K | $567K | $609K | $594K | $566K | $2.6M | $520K |
| Northern Ohio Education Computer Association | $548K | $567K | $497K | $377K | $347K | $345K | $347K | $392K | $399K | $337K | $2.3M | $467K |
| The Northern Buckeye Education Council | $401K | $512K | $350K | $323K | $342K | $452K | $293K | $271K | $277K | $333K | $1.9M | $386K |
| State of Ohio Department of Administrative Services | $237K | $457K | $434K | $409K | $373K | $370K | $380K | $377K | $372K | $360K | $1.9M | $382K |
| Xerox IT Solutions LLC | $387K | $327K | $305K | $389K | $202K | $267K | $352K | $341K | $72K | $227K | $1.6M | $322K |
| Metropolitan Educational Technology Association | $237K | $277K | $255K | $405K | $259K | $262K | $218K | $192K | $200K | $198K | $1.4M | $287K |
| CDW Government LLC | $42K | $470K | $11K | $390K | $287K | $294K | $260K | $33K | $109K | $281K | $1.2M | $240K |
| North Central Ohio Computer Cooperative | $1K | $154K | $179K | $348K | $278K | $268K | $276K | $243K | $245K | $258K | $960K | $192K |
| The Ohio Bell Telephone Company, LLC | $52K | $151K | $153K | $199K | $197K | $242K | $291K | $268K | $304K | $298K | $752K | $150K |
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.