Mississippi's 4th District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $3,043,121 | $4,521,913 | $5,017,224 | $4,525,115 | $4,478,382 | $4,505,005 | $4,156,573 | $2,994,235 | $5,042,644 | $4,687,238 |
| Average discount rate | 76% | 78% | 76% | 78% | 80% | 81% | 82% | 67% | 60% | 62% |
| Service providers | 16 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 23 | 18 | 19 | 26 | 25 |
| Billed entities | 48 | 49 | 48 | 46 | 45 | 46 | 39 | 39 | 41 | 41 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $10K | $209K | $455K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $1.5M | $2.3M | $2.7M | $2.3M | $2.2M | $2.1M | $1.8M | $556K | $1.7M | $1.8M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $1.6M | $2.3M | $2.2M | $2.2M | $2.2M | $2.4M | $2.3M | $2.4M | $3.1M | $2.4M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | $5K | $336 | $31K | — | $1K | $3K | $28K | $8K | $8K | — |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | — | $300 | $35K | $32K | $34K | $24K | $2K | $2K | — | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison County School Dist | — | $148K | $421K | $1.1M | $898K | $163K | $307K | $158K | $440K | $426K | $2.6M | $512K |
| Pascagoula-Gautier School District | $529K | $503K | $375K | $202K | $404K | $248K | $722K | $296K | $315K | $319K | $2.0M | $403K |
| Jackson County School District | $169K | $509K | $191K | $722K | $286K | $571K | $172K | $159K | $194K | $68K | $1.9M | $376K |
| Lamar County School District | $388K | $267K | $467K | $391K | $166K | $166K | $620K | $278K | $744K | $273K | $1.7M | $336K |
| Biloxi School District | — | $135K | $294K | $134K | $808K | $210K | $130K | $112K | $231K | $194K | $1.4M | $274K |
| Hancock County School District | $121K | $594K | $58K | $58K | $53K | — | — | $49K | $113K | — | $885K | $177K |
| George County School District | $71K | $82K | $338K | $58K | $334K | $480K | $46K | $43K | $44K | $50K | $882K | $176K |
| Picayune School District | $233K | $246K | $60K | $105K | $145K | $138K | $142K | $72K | $299K | $84K | $788K | $158K |
| Jones County School District | $203K | $236K | $93K | $139K | $67K | $133K | $383K | $155K | $143K | $471K | $738K | $148K |
| Wayne County School District | $100K | $217K | $231K | $74K | $50K | $122K | $186K | $65K | $68K | $394K | $672K | $134K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Light, LLC | $846K | $1.1M | $1.0M | $907K | $916K | $916K | $779K | $671K | $1.3M | $281K | $4.8M | $967K |
| Telepak Networks, Inc. | $800K | $1.1M | $1.0M | $982K | $876K | $133K | $162K | $119K | $203K | $218K | $4.8M | $958K |
| Teklinks, Inc | $173K | $185K | $274K | $948K | $1.0M | $432K | $144K | — | $253K | $238K | $2.6M | $522K |
| Synergetics Diversified Computer Services, Inc | $36K | $326K | $1.3M | $562K | $259K | $647K | $171K | $41K | $142K | $394K | $2.5M | $504K |
| Business Communications, Inc. | $563K | $894K | $13K | $117K | $1K | $388K | $304K | $40K | $213K | $430K | $1.6M | $318K |
| Innovative Software, Inc. | — | $655K | $69K | — | $74K | — | $34K | — | $203K | $78K | $798K | $160K |
| Wescott Technologies LLC | — | — | — | — | $601K | $63K | — | — | — | — | $601K | $120K |
| CDW Government LLC | $251K | $55K | $210K | $27K | $35K | $18K | — | — | $588K | $100K | $577K | $115K |
| CONTACT NETWORK, LLC | — | — | — | $231K | $334K | $352K | $368K | $406K | $389K | $392K | $565K | $113K |
| Howard Technology Solutions | $20K | $5K | $215K | $288K | — | — | $397K | $384K | $8K | $374K | $528K | $106K |
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.