Mississippi's 3rd District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $4,817,510 | $3,741,971 | $4,507,333 | $3,347,252 | $3,816,597 | $3,988,642 | $4,389,489 | $4,089,138 | $3,835,142 | $5,048,905 |
| Average discount rate | 81% | 80% | 80% | 80% | 81% | 82% | 79% | 68% | 66% | 69% |
| Service providers | 19 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 26 |
| Billed entities | 53 | 53 | 52 | 54 | 53 | 54 | 53 | 52 | 53 | 55 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $40K | $232K | $497K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $3.2M | $1.6M | $2.3M | $1.2M | $1.8M | $1.6M | $1.9M | $1.1M | $629K | $1.8M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $1.6M | $2.0M | $2.2M | $2.0M | $1.9M | $2.2M | $2.3M | $2.8M | $2.9M | $2.6M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | $795 | $2K | — | — | — | $18K | — | $30K | $407 | $16K |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $91K | $71K | $78K | $79K | $71K | $94K | $157K | $119K | $115K | $131K |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison County School District | — | $150K | $1.1M | $174K | $168K | $219K | $478K | $162K | $254K | — | $1.6M | $328K |
| Rankin County School District | $134K | $352K | $429K | $350K | $371K | $119K | $431K | $312K | $386K | $356K | $1.6M | $327K |
| Lauderdale County School District | $118K | $495K | $79K | $79K | $349K | $87K | $84K | $102K | $119K | $817K | $1.1M | $224K |
| Meridian School District | $649K | $61K | $68K | $58K | $41K | $63K | $63K | $70K | $76K | $92K | $877K | $175K |
| Lawrence County School District | $376K | $123K | $123K | $131K | $115K | $114K | $206K | $123K | $132K | $254K | $869K | $174K |
| Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District | $444K | $64K | $61K | $47K | $174K | $138K | $236K | $296K | $124K | $159K | $790K | $158K |
| Pearl Public School District | $428K | $55K | $180K | $55K | $55K | $106K | $118K | $102K | $120K | $50K | $772K | $154K |
| Brookhaven School District | $357K | $80K | $80K | $71K | $71K | $186K | $46K | $46K | $46K | $55K | $659K | $132K |
| Simpson County School District | $327K | $65K | $73K | $73K | $97K | $97K | $103K | $525K | $91K | $153K | $634K | $127K |
| Jefferson Davis County School District | $75K | $83K | $75K | $67K | $309K | $107K | $151K | $107K | $153K | $198K | $610K | $122K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telepak Networks, Inc. | $1.3M | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $495K | $447K | $618K | $646K | $656K | $6.9M | $1.4M |
| Southern Light, LLC | $642K | $712K | $607K | $613K | $563K | $295K | $317K | $85K | $85K | $57K | $3.1M | $627K |
| Synergetics Diversified Computer Services, Inc | $47K | $413K | $1.1M | $353K | $579K | $921K | $550K | $166K | $190K | $68K | $2.5M | $498K |
| Innovative Software, Inc. | $1.2M | $381K | — | $188K | $376K | $340K | — | $514K | $64K | $993K | $2.2M | $433K |
| Howard Technology Solutions | $396K | $17K | — | $479K | $191K | $115K | $368K | — | $19K | $86K | $1.1M | $216K |
| Office Management Systems, Inc. | — | — | $981K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $981K | $196K |
| Business Communications, Inc. | $169K | $146K | $30K | $31K | $240K | $67K | $145K | $70K | $107K | $194K | $617K | $123K |
| CDW Government LLC | $395K | $40K | — | $7K | — | $38K | — | — | — | — | $441K | $88K |
| SHI International Corpo. | $428K | — | — | — | — | $15K | — | — | — | — | $428K | $86K |
| ConvergeOne, Inc. | — | — | $155K | $113K | $141K | $22K | — | — | — | — | $409K | $82K |
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.