Tennessee's 1st District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $8,503,464 | $9,386,956 | $9,893,329 | $10,112,219 | $8,659,995 | $8,544,790 | $8,961,689 | $7,678,995 | $8,779,629 | $6,504,627 |
| Average discount rate | 82% | 81% | 78% | 80% | 80% | 81% | 81% | 70% | 57% | 63% |
| Service providers | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 23 | 26 |
| Billed entities | 32 | 35 | 36 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 36 | 35 | 37 | 39 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $11K | $287K | $512K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $1.6M | $883K | $2.0M | $2.5M | $2.0M | $1.7M | $1.9M | $871K | $1.8M | $738K |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $6.6M | $8.2M | $7.6M | $7.3M | $6.4M | $6.6M | $6.8M | $6.6M | $6.5M | $5.0M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | $10K | $691 | $2K | $13K | $6K | — | $3K | $7K | — | — |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $279K | $278K | $278K | $278K | $274K | $242K | $212K | $200K | $225K | $235K |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sevier County School System | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1.5M | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1.2M | $887K | $6.3M | $1.3M |
| Hamblen County School District | $678K | $1.0M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $1.1M | $995K | $600K | $543K | $719K | $539K | $5.2M | $1.0M |
| Hawkins County School District | $719K | $804K | $1.2M | $665K | $638K | $597K | $695K | $800K | $916K | $422K | $4.0M | $807K |
| Sullivan County School Dist | $460K | $594K | $648K | $852K | $1.2M | $1.1M | $906K | $738K | $686K | $456K | $3.8M | $756K |
| Kingsport City School District | $729K | $734K | $674K | $650K | $440K | $422K | $838K | $380K | $732K | $265K | $3.2M | $646K |
| Greene County School District | $329K | $390K | $390K | $1.2M | $373K | $420K | $452K | $332K | $350K | $396K | $2.7M | $544K |
| Johnson City School District | $902K | $445K | $704K | $303K | $242K | $240K | $660K | $366K | $492K | $234K | $2.6M | $519K |
| Deanie Grooms | $363K | $564K | $565K | $596K | $485K | $421K | $364K | $396K | $416K | $562K | $2.6M | $515K |
| Carter County School District | $451K | $608K | $610K | $429K | $383K | $460K | $599K | $568K | $583K | $297K | $2.5M | $496K |
| Jefferson County Schools | $367K | $441K | $441K | $619K | $598K | $615K | $662K | $443K | $762K | $394K | $2.5M | $493K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zayo Education, LLC | $5.7M | $8.3M | $7.7M | $7.3M | $6.4M | $6.6M | $6.8M | $6.6M | $6.6M | $5.2M | $35.4M | $7.1M |
| Central Knox Inc | $407K | $479K | $769K | $1.5M | $916K | $1.2M | $631K | $775K | $612K | $205K | $4.0M | $807K |
| Personal Computer Systems, Inc | $878K | $444K | $405K | $888K | $600K | $332K | $908K | $141K | $886K | $753K | $3.2M | $643K |
| SOS Computers, LLC | — | — | $377K | $281K | $602K | $371K | — | — | — | — | $1.3M | $252K |
| United Data Technologies, Inc. | $895K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $895K | $179K |
| Presidio Networked Solutions, Inc | $536K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $74K | — | $536K | $107K |
| Encore Technology Group LLC | — | $30K | $373K | $22K | — | — | — | — | — | — | $425K | $85K |
| Converged Networks, LLC | — | — | $151K | $124K | — | — | — | — | — | — | $276K | $55K |
| Charter Communications Operating, LLC | $26K | $34K | $31K | $29K | $21K | $24K | $29K | $27K | — | — | $141K | $28K |
| NAC RAM Inc | — | — | — | — | $96K | — | — | — | — | — | $96K | $19K |
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.