Kentucky's 5th District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $4,602,452 | $5,652,949 | $4,205,573 | $6,684,854 | $7,020,688 | $5,842,986 | $5,583,482 | $3,966,004 | $6,305,225 | $7,269,860 |
| Average discount rate | 88% | 87% | 87% | 87% | 87% | 86% | 86% | 51% | 58% | 67% |
| Service providers | 42 | 43 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 40 | 46 | 39 | 45 | 45 |
| Billed entities | 74 | 72 | 73 | 72 | 76 | 78 | 79 | 75 | 82 | 85 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $117K | $638K | $1.1M |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $3.4M | $2.1M | $1.2M | $4.0M | $4.2M | $2.8M | $2.5M | $743K | $1.6M | $2.8M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $958K | $3.2M | $2.6M | $2.4M | $2.7M | $2.9M | $3.1M | $3.1M | $4.0M | $3.2M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | — | $1K | — | $11K | $16K | $6K | $24K | $27K | $29K | $88K |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $241K | $298K | $372K | $227K | $88K | $110K | — | — | — | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pike County School District | $10K | $247K | $435K | $892K | $250K | $443K | $167K | $167K | $256K | $1.4M | $1.8M | $367K |
| Pulaski County Schools | $170K | $546K | $182K | $229K | $406K | $398K | $442K | $110K | $134K | $207K | $1.5M | $307K |
| Floyd County School District | $132K | $144K | $181K | $811K | $200K | $243K | $204K | $204K | $240K | $296K | $1.5M | $293K |
| Ashland Indep School District | $25K | $1.2M | $68K | $68K | $68K | $86K | $347K | $79K | $76K | $81K | $1.4M | $283K |
| Carter County School District | $108K | $439K | $362K | $154K | $154K | $333K | $407K | $206K | $206K | $206K | $1.2M | $244K |
| Laurel County School District | $290K | $39K | $42K | $366K | $371K | $40K | $40K | $67K | $176K | $97K | $1.1M | $221K |
| Whitley County School District | $147K | $118K | $143K | $186K | $511K | $192K | $85K | $76K | $154K | $239K | $1.1M | $221K |
| Harlan County School District | $307K | $129K | $126K | $122K | $419K | $148K | $182K | $116K | $121K | $246K | $1.1M | $220K |
| Lincoln County School District | $458K | $140K | $154K | $140K | $140K | $186K | $135K | $132K | $615K | $159K | $1.0M | $206K |
| Wayne County School District | $34K | $83K | $301K | $32K | $511K | $286K | $243K | $85K | $862K | $356K | $961K | $192K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extreme Networks | $96K | $59K | $344K | $3.3M | $3.5M | $2.6M | $2.4M | $673K | $1.4M | $2.7M | $7.2M | $1.4M |
| Step Resources Communication | $646K | $676K | $754K | $207K | $199K | $62K | $10K | — | — | $16K | $2.5M | $496K |
| Windstream Communications, LLC | $187K | $411K | $450K | $512K | $524K | $607K | $710K | $964K | $1.3M | $1.6M | $2.1M | $417K |
| Charter Communications Operating, LLC | $358K | $476K | $486K | $352K | $328K | $340K | $293K | $296K | — | — | $2.0M | $400K |
| Trace3, LLC | $974K | $45K | $51K | $37K | $645K | — | — | — | — | — | $1.8M | $350K |
| BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC | $92K | $414K | $407K | $371K | $307K | $251K | $252K | $274K | $215K | $329K | $1.6M | $318K |
| Thacker-Grigsby Telephone Co., Inc. | — | $322K | $348K | $353K | $353K | $351K | $254K | $345K | $354K | $280K | $1.4M | $275K |
| ConvergeOne, Inc. | $666K | $484K | $15K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $1.2M | $233K |
| Encore Technologies | $439K | $282K | — | $29K | $297K | $41K | — | — | — | — | $1.0M | $209K |
| Gearheart Communications, Inc | $174K | $180K | $180K | $179K | $179K | $229K | $216K | $216K | $221K | $233K | $893K | $179K |
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.