Tennessee's 5th District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $2,477,461 | $3,486,458 | $3,351,819 | $3,842,838 | $5,048,237 | $2,964,531 | $3,369,054 | $2,960,634 | $2,219,825 | $3,543,680 |
| Average discount rate | 66% | 69% | 64% | 73% | 68% | 68% | 64% | 66% | 56% | 66% |
| Service providers | 20 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 20 |
| Billed entities | 18 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 17 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $4K | $53K | $191K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $676K | $703K | $709K | $1.1M | $2.3M | $168K | $551K | $293K | $264K | $2.1M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $1.8M | $2.7M | $2.6M | $2.7M | $2.7M | $2.8M | $2.8M | $2.7M | $1.9M | $1.3M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | — | $3K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $25K | $92K | $17K | $18K | $18K | $18K | $7K | $7K | — | $33K |
Top billed entities
| Billed entity | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maury County School District | $693K | $996K | $927K | $887K | $2.5M | $929K | $1.0M | $947K | $931K | $1.4M | $6.0M | $1.2M |
| Marshall County Board Of Educ | $382K | $480K | $480K | $1.1M | $571K | $523K | $555K | $465K | $375K | $528K | $3.0M | $593K |
| Wilson County School District | $845K | $530K | $851K | $443K | $281K | $294K | $678K | $319K | $8K | $418K | $2.9M | $590K |
| Lebanon Special School Dist | $262K | $513K | $260K | $336K | $429K | $305K | $267K | $346K | $261K | $442K | $1.8M | $360K |
| Williamson County School Dist | — | $393K | $413K | $401K | $359K | $416K | $400K | $408K | — | $335K | $1.6M | $313K |
| Lewis County School District | $162K | $127K | $149K | $108K | $261K | $110K | $57K | $68K | — | $58K | $807K | $161K |
| Noble Education Initiative | — | $163K | $54K | $54K | $112K | — | — | — | — | — | $383K | $77K |
| Lead Public Schools, Inc. | — | — | — | $313K | $59K | $39K | $74K | $75K | $225K | $36K | $371K | $74K |
| Valor Collegiate Academies | $58K | $145K | $107K | $38K | — | — | — | — | — | — | $349K | $70K |
| Stem Preparatory Consortium | — | — | — | $42K | $164K | $145K | $111K | $111K | $114K | $130K | $205K | $41K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zayo Education, LLC | $1.2M | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.1M | $8.3M | $1.7M |
| Central Knox Inc | $60K | $337K | $119K | $627K | $1.9M | $102K | $69K | $85K | — | $1.1M | $3.1M | $616K |
| AT&T Enterprises, LLC | $252K | $592K | $716K | $469K | $519K | $542K | $564K | $589K | $177K | $160K | $2.5M | $510K |
| CDW Government LLC | $614K | $364K | $582K | $193K | $56K | — | $238K | $67K | $8K | $366K | $1.8M | $362K |
| BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC | $17K | $28K | $28K | $243K | $275K | $270K | $291K | $251K | $1K | $6K | $590K | $118K |
| TechnologyLab, LLC | — | $6K | — | $314K | — | — | — | — | — | — | $320K | $64K |
| United Data Technologies, Inc. | $275K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $275K | $55K |
| EduTech, Inc. | — | — | $21K | — | $163K | — | — | — | — | $58K | $184K | $37K |
| United Data Technologies, Inc. | — | $90K | — | — | $81K | — | — | — | — | — | $171K | $34K |
| Comcast Business Communications | $22K | $32K | $31K | $40K | $35K | $12K | $6K | $8K | $17K | $16K | $159K | $32K |
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.