Tennessee's 6th District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $4,641,342 | $12,674,100 | $10,190,563 | $8,751,837 | $11,049,378 | $8,236,021 | $6,252,343 | $6,755,681 | $6,867,196 | $7,938,438 |
| Average discount rate | 82% | 78% | 78% | 81% | 81% | 80% | 81% | 75% | 60% | 62% |
| Service providers | 21 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 24 | 30 |
| Billed entities | 36 | 37 | 37 | 41 | 37 | 37 | 35 | 35 | 37 | 39 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $34K | $265K | $453K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $1.0M | $4.9M | $2.7M | $1.5M | $4.3M | $1.4M | $345K | $846K | $841K | $2.3M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $3.5M | $7.6M | $7.3M | $7.1M | $6.6M | $6.7M | $5.9M | $5.8M | $5.7M | $5.2M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | — | $10K | $21K | — | $20K | $20K | $18K | — | — | — |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $77K | $147K | $160K | $104K | $174K | $141K | $29K | $36K | $29K | $28K |
Top billed entities
| Billed entity | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools | — | $6.4M | $3.9M | $2.9M | $5.2M | $2.6M | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.9M | $1.7M | $18.4M | $3.7M |
| Putnam County School District | $1.2M | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1.1M | $2.1M | $1.3M | $871K | $817K | $797K | $1.7M | $6.4M | $1.3M |
| Sumner County School District | $1.1M | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1.1M | $659K | $798K | $680K | $885K | $769K | $824K | $5.3M | $1.1M |
| Cumberland County School Dist | $339K | $705K | $368K | $805K | $318K | $413K | $364K | $449K | $395K | $526K | $2.5M | $507K |
| Scott County Schools | $270K | $291K | $668K | $293K | $265K | $358K | $292K | $368K | $533K | $370K | $1.8M | $357K |
| White County School District | $237K | $459K | $444K | $330K | $304K | $288K | $306K | $276K | $290K | $205K | $1.8M | $355K |
| De Kalb County School District | $292K | $275K | $275K | $402K | $288K | $358K | $298K | $298K | $357K | $306K | $1.5M | $306K |
| Macon County School District | $201K | $241K | $496K | $215K | $246K | $237K | $232K | $230K | $260K | $240K | $1.4M | $280K |
| Smith County Board Of Education | $195K | $431K | $226K | $231K | $190K | $224K | $194K | $194K | $241K | $200K | $1.3M | $254K |
| Cannon County School District | $144K | $233K | $424K | $195K | $250K | $304K | $228K | $228K | $236K | $476K | $1.2M | $249K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zayo Education, LLC | $2.9M | $7.1M | $6.9M | $6.6M | $6.0M | $6.1M | $5.3M | $5.3M | $5.4M | $4.6M | $29.5M | $5.9M |
| CDW Government LLC | $60K | $3.9M | $1.5M | $115K | $2.7M | $267K | $234K | — | — | $89K | $8.4M | $1.7M |
| Central Knox Inc | $915K | $815K | $523K | $1.1M | $1.5M | $1.0M | $130K | $731K | $158K | $1.6M | $4.9M | $979K |
| Tele-Page, Incorporated | $230K | $242K | $248K | $245K | $216K | $216K | $216K | $216K | $216K | $216K | $1.2M | $236K |
| AT&T Enterprises, LLC | — | $139K | $132K | $187K | $247K | $264K | $266K | $272K | $266K | $458K | $705K | $141K |
| Personal Computer Systems, Inc | $41K | — | $371K | — | $115K | $118K | — | $93K | $329K | $185K | $527K | $105K |
| WrightCore, Inc. | — | — | $9K | $351K | — | — | — | — | $233K | $324K | $360K | $72K |
| Twin Lakes Telephone Cooperative Corporation | — | $79K | $79K | $78K | $83K | $79K | $69K | $83K | $118K | $112K | $319K | $64K |
| United Data Technologies, Inc. | $257K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $257K | $51K |
| Howard Technology Solutions | $96K | $88K | $22K | $26K | — | — | — | — | — | — | $232K | $46K |
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.