South Dakota At-Large
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $1,909,924 | $6,484,806 | $4,940,295 | $4,460,722 | $4,665,718 | $4,640,111 | $5,533,320 | $4,014,195 | $4,683,855 | $6,682,388 |
| Average discount rate | 66% | 65% | 65% | 67% | 68% | 68% | 70% | 55% | 50% | 49% |
| Service providers | 37 | 44 | 43 | 39 | 43 | 44 | 49 | 52 | 52 | 66 |
| Billed entities | 91 | 95 | 88 | 73 | 82 | 92 | 122 | 99 | 127 | 169 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $53K | $212K | $590K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $1.5M | $3.8M | $1.9M | $1.3M | $1.6M | $1.5M | $2.1M | $674K | $1.3M | $3.2M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $313K | $2.6M | $2.9M | $3.0M | $2.9M | $3.1M | $3.4M | $3.3M | $3.1M | $2.8M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | $2K | $3K | $2K | $1K | $34K | $32K | $11K | $19K | $13K | $49K |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $56K | $96K | $123K | $125K | $73K | $51K | $16K | $10K | $21K | $21K |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota State Dept Of Ed | — | $1.6M | $2.1M | $2.1M | $2.1M | $2.3M | $2.2M | $2.3M | $2.2M | $1.8M | $8.0M | $1.6M |
| Sioux Falls School District 49-5 | — | $2.1M | $9K | $9K | — | $429K | $2K | — | — | $2.2M | $2.1M | $421K |
| Rapid City Area School District 51-4 | $147K | $354K | $379K | $429K | $366K | $200K | $198K | $85K | $689K | $239K | $1.7M | $335K |
| Huron School District 2-2 | $87K | $58K | $94K | $87K | $137K | $101K | $66K | $19K | $13K | $18K | $463K | $93K |
| Yankton School District 63-3 | — | $24K | $204K | $96K | $138K | $38K | $88K | $81K | $89K | $81K | $462K | $92K |
| Harrisburg School District 41-2 | — | $182K | $145K | $19K | $68K | $102K | $31K | $31K | $31K | $212K | $415K | $83K |
| Tiospa Zina Tribal School | — | $80K | $69K | $125K | $116K | $101K | $63K | $66K | — | — | $391K | $78K |
| Mitchell School District 17-2 | — | — | $102K | $236K | $49K | $13K | $246K | $6K | — | $8K | $387K | $77K |
| Little Wound Day School | $69K | $75K | $75K | $75K | $73K | $97K | $55K | $58K | $68K | $31K | $367K | $73K |
| Meade School District 46-1 | $44K | $39K | $112K | $42K | $89K | $62K | $38K | $50K | $137K | $46K | $325K | $65K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota Network, LLC | — | $1.7M | $2.0M | $2.1M | $2.0M | $2.0M | $2.0M | $2.2M | $2.1M | $1.8M | $7.8M | $1.6M |
| Riverside Technologies, Inc. | $864K | $927K | $748K | $688K | $817K | $795K | $1.1M | $54K | $839K | $2.6M | $4.0M | $809K |
| Marco Technologies, LLC | $106K | $2.2M | $50K | $66K | $165K | $133K | $102K | $120K | $91K | $49K | $2.6M | $519K |
| Midcontinent Communications | $5K | $434K | $611K | $617K | $603K | $673K | $552K | $422K | $401K | $435K | $2.3M | $454K |
| Golden West Technologies | $166K | $191K | $267K | $77K | $472K | $379K | $607K | $446K | $630K | $639K | $1.2M | $235K |
| Golden West Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc. | $241K | $245K | $161K | $181K | $71K | $13K | $9K | $40K | $103K | $184K | $900K | $180K |
| Twotrees Technologies | $303K | $130K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $433K | $87K |
| High Point Networks, LLC | $20K | $6K | $182K | $59K | $134K | $52K | $73K | $5K | $10K | $86K | $401K | $80K |
| IT Outlet Inc. | $54K | $155K | $46K | $101K | $21K | $49K | $43K | — | — | — | $376K | $75K |
| Santel Communications Cooperative | — | $57K | $69K | $100K | $80K | $28K | $10K | $965 | $11K | $16K | $305K | $61K |
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.