Ohio's 8th District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $2,885,037 | $3,659,483 | $4,642,422 | $3,304,158 | $3,040,788 | $3,056,367 | $3,914,972 | $2,697,091 | $3,700,786 | $3,819,494 |
| Average discount rate | 65% | 66% | 64% | 63% | 62% | 65% | 61% | 56% | 48% | 49% |
| Service providers | 28 | 23 | 26 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 44 | 45 |
| Billed entities | 65 | 65 | 67 | 66 | 68 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 73 | 76 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $26K | $191K | $598K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $1.8M | $1.4M | $2.3M | $1.1M | $800K | $964K | $2.0M | $657K | $1.2M | $1.4M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $918K | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.8M | $1.6M | $1.8M | $2.1M | $1.7M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | $23K | $68K | $88K | $80K | $66K | $110K | $64K | $38K | $30K | $33K |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $133K | $320K | $483K | $427K | $461K | $225K | $207K | $137K | $143K | $119K |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton City School District | $61K | $379K | $761K | $432K | $188K | $162K | $653K | $129K | $251K | $638K | $1.8M | $364K |
| Middletown City Schools | $120K | $548K | $368K | $354K | $136K | $323K | $129K | $320K | $587K | $198K | $1.5M | $305K |
| Princeton City School District | $64K | $450K | $327K | $163K | $163K | $258K | $355K | $175K | $208K | $606K | $1.2M | $233K |
| Northwest Local School Dist | $32K | $170K | $356K | $130K | $260K | $132K | $144K | $282K | $239K | $193K | $947K | $189K |
| Fairfield City School District | $221K | $163K | $124K | $123K | $158K | $130K | $120K | $130K | $306K | $92K | $788K | $158K |
| Winton Woods City Sch District | $51K | $61K | $267K | $56K | $302K | $140K | $238K | $41K | $237K | $11K | $736K | $147K |
| Mount Healthy City School Dist | $135K | $152K | $152K | $144K | $148K | $289K | $73K | $65K | $393K | $99K | $732K | $146K |
| Southwest Local School Dist | $25K | $71K | $177K | $209K | $247K | $67K | $60K | $72K | $74K | $80K | $729K | $146K |
| Lakota Local School District | $144K | $137K | $115K | $152K | $101K | $65K | $198K | $145K | $90K | $177K | $650K | $130K |
| Oak Hills Local School Dist | $314K | $86K | $72K | $72K | $72K | $63K | $145K | $85K | $208K | $68K | $615K | $123K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SouthWest Ohio Computer Association | $870K | $1.3M | $1.8M | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.2M | $1.7M | $1.2M | $1.7M | $1.5M | $7.1M | $1.4M |
| Forward Edge, LLC | $555K | $701K | $1.3M | $457K | $521K | $591K | $683K | $296K | $228K | $687K | $3.5M | $702K |
| Hamilton Clermont Cooperative Association | $281K | $418K | $413K | $409K | $399K | $603K | $382K | $365K | $701K | $374K | $1.9M | $384K |
| Xerox IT Solutions LLC | $85K | $435K | $229K | $212K | $33K | $157K | $13K | — | $5K | $10K | $994K | $199K |
| Metropolitan Educational Technology Association | $172K | $152K | $318K | $189K | $142K | $170K | $147K | $174K | $88K | $57K | $972K | $194K |
| Charter Communications Operating, LLC | $115K | $101K | $96K | $81K | $58K | $119K | $34K | $17K | — | — | $451K | $90K |
| Cincinnati Bell Telephone LLC (OH) | $2K | $85K | $79K | $85K | $76K | $72K | $80K | $67K | $145K | $276K | $327K | $65K |
| Dayton Cincinnati Technology Services LLC | $28K | $34K | $253K | — | — | — | $28K | — | — | — | $315K | $63K |
| CDW Government LLC | $288K | $11K | $15K | — | $489 | — | $8K | $651 | — | $133K | $314K | $63K |
| Xtek Partners, Inc | — | $150K | $22K | $131K | $6K | $7K | $119K | $36K | — | $38K | $309K | $62K |
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.