Arkansas's 3rd District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $3,620,517 | $2,963,813 | $2,623,423 | $5,597,187 | $4,700,553 | $4,426,214 | $3,203,809 | $2,603,180 | $3,019,712 | $4,140,571 |
| Average discount rate | 74% | 74% | 70% | 74% | 75% | 74% | 75% | 67% | 49% | 54% |
| Service providers | 24 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 39 | 40 |
| Billed entities | 40 | 40 | 36 | 39 | 40 | 43 | 39 | 37 | 43 | 49 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $6K | $120K | $337K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $2.0M | $1.1M | $833K | $3.7M | $2.8M | $2.4M | $1.6M | $954K | $1.1M | $1.9M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $1.6M | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.9M | $1.9M | $2.0M | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.8M | $1.9M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | — | — | — | $30K | $8K | $4K | $1K | — | $10K | $1K |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $21K | $14K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Smith Public School | $656K | $829K | $838K | $1.0M | $762K | $737K | $393K | $430K | $875K | $561K | $4.1M | $818K |
| Rogers Public School Dist 30 | $350K | $477K | $373K | $771K | $1.9M | $693K | $376K | $719K | $350K | $951K | $3.9M | $776K |
| Springdale Public Schools | $252K | $319K | $230K | $2.1M | $259K | $800K | $647K | $498K | $445K | $867K | $3.2M | $635K |
| Fayetteville School District # 1 | $579K | $97K | $310K | $128K | $97K | $338K | $326K | $97K | — | $74K | $1.2M | $242K |
| Bentonville Public Schools | $450K | $158K | $158K | $182K | $234K | $629K | $171K | $21K | $102K | $256K | $1.2M | $237K |
| Van Buren School District 42 | $77K | $84K | $72K | $137K | $340K | — | $77K | $159K | $147K | $181K | $710K | $142K |
| Alma Public School Dist 30 | $173K | $16K | $16K | $281K | $26K | $48K | $40K | — | $41K | $46K | $513K | $103K |
| Greenwood School District 25 | $153K | $20K | $72K | $91K | $27K | $39K | $183K | $78K | $239K | $183K | $362K | $72K |
| Pea Ridge School District 109 | $73K | $46K | $88K | $105K | $22K | $70K | $20K | $57K | $23K | $24K | $334K | $67K |
| Farmington School District | $29K | $16K | — | $152K | $54K | $6K | $16K | $6K | $73K | $86K | $250K | $50K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cox Arkansas Telecom, LLC | $1.3M | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1.1M | $1.0M | $1.3M | $7.2M | $1.4M |
| JSK Company, Inc | $178K | $287K | $74K | $250K | $1.7M | $468K | — | $19K | $151K | $16K | $2.5M | $490K |
| Arkansas K12 LLC | $721K | $296K | $10K | $623K | $455K | $616K | $80K | $29K | $37K | $678K | $2.1M | $421K |
| AMCO HBS Holdings LP | $63K | $26K | — | $1.9M | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2.0M | $404K |
| Next Step Group, Inc | $199K | $263K | $321K | $520K | $323K | $52K | — | — | — | — | $1.6M | $325K |
| Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, LLC | $252K | $319K | $228K | $233K | $240K | $211K | $240K | $418K | $439K | $469K | $1.3M | $254K |
| Presidio Networked Solutions, Inc | $624K | — | $273K | $69K | $2K | — | $792K | $80K | $36K | $251K | $968K | $194K |
| CDW Government LLC | $47K | $78K | $136K | $180K | $110K | $244K | $121K | $140K | $11K | $23K | $551K | $110K |
| SkyRider Communications, Inc. | $54K | $26K | — | $33K | $109K | $46K | $105K | $97K | $97K | $39K | $221K | $44K |
| Blue Sky Technologies, LLC | $27K | $91K | — | — | $32K | $52K | $45K | — | — | — | $149K | $30K |
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.