Florida's 18th District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $2,723,332 | $12,343,518 | $2,279,773 | $6,994,020 | $12,474,372 | $3,854,085 | $5,576,836 | $2,812,762 | $3,666,825 | $5,820,452 |
| Average discount rate | 82% | 83% | 83% | 83% | 84% | 84% | 85% | 63% | 66% | 72% |
| Service providers | 37 | 36 | 31 | 35 | 39 | 36 | 35 | 45 | 39 | 45 |
| Billed entities | 27 | 27 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 26 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $23K | $63K | $189K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $851K | $2.6M | $500K | $3.9M | $3.0M | $938K | $3.6M | $426K | $872K | $2.6M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $1.9M | $9.8M | $1.8M | $3.1M | $9.5M | $2.9M | $2.0M | $2.4M | $2.7M | $2.9M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | $304 | $883 | $1K | $778 | $3K | $7K | $13K | $1K | — | $122K |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $11K | $4K | $4K | $4K | $4K | $3K | $425 | $9K | $9K | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The School Board Of Polk County, Florida | $325K | $2.4M | $278K | $3.9M | $10.3M | $1.9M | $3.7M | $1.2M | $1.6M | $3.0M | $17.1M | $3.4M |
| Hendry County School District | $8K | $4.7M | $223K | $957K | $211K | $364K | $283K | $170K | $219K | $153K | $6.1M | $1.2M |
| Highlands County School Dist | $544K | $4.0M | $387K | $193K | $377K | $209K | $541K | $370K | $332K | $436K | $5.5M | $1.1M |
| Okeechobee County School Dist | $1.2M | $136K | $124K | $116K | $670K | $171K | $242K | $170K | $347K | $494K | $2.3M | $459K |
| Lake Wales Charter Schools | $228K | $50K | $57K | $1.1M | $303K | $175K | $143K | $318K | $331K | $328K | $1.7M | $347K |
| School Dist Of Desoto County | $76K | $634K | $297K | $30K | $60K | $100K | $54K | $52K | $60K | $77K | $1.1M | $219K |
| Hardee County School Dist 25 | — | $53K | $480K | $95K | $95K | $354K | $83K | $90K | $276K | $404K | $723K | $145K |
| Florida Conference Office Of Education | — | $130K | $48K | $261K | $70K | $205K | — | — | — | — | $509K | $102K |
| Rcma | — | $82K | $159K | $159K | $85K | $70K | $140K | $193K | $122K | $130K | $484K | $97K |
| East Coast Migrant Head Start Project | $60K | $101K | $73K | $34K | $32K | $43K | $41K | $42K | $32K | $52K | $300K | $60K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wanrack LLC | $1.4M | $8.9M | $720K | $978K | $7.6M | $1.1M | — | — | — | — | $19.6M | $3.9M |
| Office Management Systems, Inc. | — | — | — | $2.7M | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2.7M | $542K |
| Office Management Systems, Inc. | $59K | — | — | — | $1.8M | — | — | — | — | $1.2M | $1.8M | $363K |
| Frontier Florida LLC | $61K | $83K | $101K | $551K | $544K | $544K | $545K | $12K | $3K | $6K | $1.3M | $268K |
| Howard Technology Solutions | $659K | $66K | $174K | $152K | $242K | $66K | $58K | $20K | $86K | $112K | $1.3M | $259K |
| United Data Technologies, Inc. | — | $1.2M | — | — | — | $216K | $1.5M | — | $3K | — | $1.2M | $246K |
| CenturyLink-Embarq Florida, Inc. (FKA Embarq) | — | $230K | $270K | $284K | $325K | $300K | $390K | $406K | $558K | $741K | $1.1M | $222K |
| Comcast Business Communications | $163K | $186K | $244K | $282K | $225K | $103K | $66K | $12K | $7K | $6K | $1.1M | $220K |
| Education Networks of America, Inc. | — | — | — | $545K | $403K | $270K | $270K | $132K | — | — | $949K | $190K |
| Bazon-Cox and Associates, Inc. | — | $918K | — | — | — | — | $554K | — | — | — | $918K | $184K |
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.