Tennessee's 9th District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $8,336,967 | $18,000,293 | $10,684,367 | $12,192,540 | $10,201,122 | $5,585,337 | $5,204,386 | $5,364,350 | $5,978,159 | $6,066,729 |
| Average discount rate | 83% | 83% | 82% | 83% | 84% | 81% | 82% | 60% | 62% | 65% |
| Service providers | 23 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 31 | 33 | 34 | 39 | 41 | 52 |
| Billed entities | 37 | 39 | 38 | 38 | 42 | 39 | 35 | 38 | 32 | 35 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $215K | $909K | $702K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $912K | $7.4M | $376K | $2.8M | $3.3M | $770K | $526K | $371K | $305K | $383K |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $7.3M | $10.3M | $10.0M | $9.2M | $6.6M | $4.4M | $4.6M | $4.7M | $4.7M | $5.0M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | $371 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $21K | $12K |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $88K | $300K | $325K | $249K | $364K | $418K | $83K | $62K | $57K | $8K |
Top billed entities
| Billed entity | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby County School District | $6.0M | $13.8M | $7.9M | $9.5M | $6.9M | $2.2M | $2.4M | $2.6M | $3.2M | $2.9M | $44.1M | $8.8M |
| Tipton County School District | $452K | $840K | $473K | $608K | $441K | $483K | $598K | $612K | $561K | $450K | $2.8M | $563K |
| Millington Municipal Schools | $272K | $260K | $528K | $258K | $257K | $343K | $293K | $269K | $283K | $185K | $1.6M | $315K |
| Memphis Main Public Library | — | $944K | — | $156K | $222K | $264K | $222K | $217K | $355K | $464K | $1.3M | $264K |
| Iota Community Schools | $315K | $139K | $191K | $179K | — | — | — | — | — | — | $823K | $165K |
| Capstone Education Group | $197K | $158K | $158K | $153K | $129K | $161K | $77K | $78K | $85K | $87K | $796K | $159K |
| Journey Community Schools | $135K | $241K | $115K | $170K | $87K | — | — | — | — | — | $749K | $150K |
| Freedom Preparatory Academy | $126K | $228K | $126K | — | $221K | $181K | $209K | $151K | $147K | $80K | $701K | $140K |
| Kipp Memphis Consortium | $4K | $129K | $139K | $184K | $166K | $379K | $120K | $112K | $139K | — | $621K | $124K |
| Memphis Business Academy | $127K | $121K | $103K | $135K | $131K | — | — | — | — | — | $616K | $123K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zayo Education, LLC | $6.8M | $15.2M | $9.3M | $8.3M | $5.6M | $3.5M | $3.8M | $4.0M | $4.4M | $4.0M | $45.2M | $9.0M |
| Oteka Technologies, LLC | — | — | — | $2.5M | $2.5M | — | — | — | — | — | $5.0M | $1.0M |
| Comcast Business Communications | $340K | $537K | $233K | $320K | $381K | $402K | $294K | $237K | $23K | $22K | $1.8M | $362K |
| Central Knox Inc | $616K | $389K | $324K | $161K | $148K | $220K | $198K | — | $137K | $31K | $1.6M | $327K |
| AT&T Enterprises, LLC | $104K | $204K | $264K | $314K | $313K | $197K | $263K | $194K | $532K | $722K | $1.2M | $240K |
| TechnologyLab, LLC | $69K | $241K | $139K | $229K | $165K | — | — | — | — | — | $844K | $169K |
| Thomas Consultants, Inc. | — | $788K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $788K | $158K |
| Network Innovations, LLC | $9K | $88K | $138K | $113K | $33K | — | — | — | — | — | $380K | $76K |
| Modern Services LLC | $58K | $257K | $31K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $345K | $69K |
| TechnoLogyx, Inc. | — | $138K | $122K | — | $77K | $57K | $57K | — | — | — | $336K | $67K |
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.