Tennessee's 8th District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $7,450,335 | $9,744,058 | $9,396,072 | $9,770,006 | $8,457,603 | $8,422,221 | $7,498,126 | $6,797,758 | $7,293,649 | $7,831,222 |
| Average discount rate | 78% | 74% | 75% | 76% | 76% | 77% | 78% | 63% | 52% | 61% |
| Service providers | 24 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 38 | 47 |
| Billed entities | 70 | 75 | 77 | 75 | 74 | 77 | 82 | 81 | 81 | 80 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $33K | $190K | $398K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $1.4M | $2.2M | $2.0M | $2.4M | $1.8M | $1.8M | $932K | $355K | $982K | $1.8M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $6.0M | $7.4M | $7.3M | $7.1M | $6.3M | $6.4M | $6.5M | $6.4M | $6.1M | $5.3M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | — | — | $2K | — | — | — | $8K | — | $1K | $20K |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $102K | $115K | $114K | $266K | $391K | $185K | $43K | $35K | $11K | $281K |
Top billed entities
| Billed entity | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayette County School District | $613K | $716K | $690K | $897K | $331K | $334K | $363K | $368K | $646K | $234K | $3.2M | $649K |
| Jackson-Madison County School System | $261K | $855K | $927K | $446K | $757K | $639K | $416K | $429K | $491K | $432K | $3.2M | $649K |
| Lauderdale County School Dist | $445K | $552K | $599K | $528K | $601K | $258K | $258K | $264K | $285K | $231K | $2.7M | $545K |
| Mcnairy County Board Of Educ | $532K | $734K | $490K | $508K | $450K | $551K | $399K | $403K | $520K | $373K | $2.7M | $543K |
| Haywood County School District | $371K | $445K | $507K | $458K | $465K | $445K | $382K | $356K | $331K | $324K | $2.2M | $449K |
| Weakley County School District | $253K | $813K | $304K | $304K | $304K | $399K | $473K | $318K | $321K | $427K | $2.0M | $396K |
| Hardeman County School District | $261K | $643K | $407K | $314K | $278K | $270K | $400K | $244K | $409K | $249K | $1.9M | $380K |
| Hardin County School District | $272K | $282K | $727K | $282K | $225K | $568K | $255K | $246K | $250K | $444K | $1.8M | $358K |
| Henderson County School District | — | $325K | $324K | $813K | $309K | $323K | $328K | $328K | $322K | $246K | $1.8M | $354K |
| Dyersburg City School District | $221K | $317K | $312K | $547K | $292K | $315K | $282K | $290K | $298K | $527K | $1.7M | $338K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zayo Education, LLC | $5.1M | $6.9M | $6.7M | $6.5M | $5.7M | $5.8M | $5.9M | $5.7M | $5.5M | $4.9M | $30.9M | $6.2M |
| Central Knox Inc | $591K | $726K | $692K | $2.0M | $1.2M | $896K | $522K | $373K | $572K | $1.1M | $5.1M | $1.0M |
| CDW Government LLC | $117K | $577K | $1.0M | $20K | $331K | $635K | $50K | — | $49K | $308K | $2.1M | $411K |
| Personal Computer Systems, Inc | $63K | $531K | $187K | $611K | $544K | $315K | $208K | — | — | $110K | $1.9M | $387K |
| Jackson Energy Authority | $262K | $285K | $311K | $432K | $433K | $426K | $373K | $438K | $452K | $445K | $1.7M | $345K |
| EduTech, Inc. | $500K | — | $176K | — | $34K | — | — | — | $7K | $24K | $710K | $142K |
| Gibson Connect, LLC | $242K | $121K | $103K | $101K | $101K | — | — | — | — | — | $668K | $134K |
| Presidio Networked Solutions, Inc | $209K | $149K | — | — | — | — | $5K | — | — | $255K | $357K | $71K |
| Teklinks, Inc | — | $291K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $291K | $58K |
| United Data Technologies, Inc. | $233K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $233K | $47K |
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.