Texas's 7th District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $180,961 | $375,939 | $494,849 | $458,504 | $784,530 | $596,732 | $4,250,854 | $697,350 | $359,299 | $1,406,951 |
| Average discount rate | 80% | 79% | 81% | 80% | 78% | 77% | 80% | 49% | 54% | 72% |
| Service providers | 17 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 18 | 27 | 18 | 22 |
| Billed entities | 13 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 11 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $60K | $99K | $287K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $115K | $51K | $29K | $40K | $280K | $174K | $3.9M | $192K | — | $773K |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $56K | $325K | $462K | $417K | $492K | $416K | $320K | $445K | $260K | $317K |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | $10K | — | — | — | — | $7K | $18K | — | — | $30K |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | — | — | $5K | $2K | $13K | — | — | — | — | — |
Top billed entities
| Billed entity | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw Academy | $81K | $89K | $165K | $150K | $145K | $134K | $40K | $53K | — | $30K | $630K | $126K |
| Alief Indep School District | — | $121K | $121K | $119K | $186K | $169K | $4.0M | $387K | $176K | $957K | $547K | $109K |
| Academy Of Accelerated Learning | $50K | $56K | $56K | $42K | $137K | $139K | $87K | $87K | $97K | $126K | $342K | $68K |
| Ser-Ninos Charter School | — | $30K | $34K | $46K | $155K | $31K | $24K | $26K | $28K | $172K | $265K | $53K |
| Houston Classical Charter School | $11K | $23K | $40K | $17K | $20K | $32K | — | — | — | — | $111K | $22K |
| Amigos Por Vida-Friends For Life Charter School | $6K | $40K | $17K | $22K | $17K | $32K | $26K | — | — | — | $102K | $20K |
| Southwest School | — | — | $38K | — | $46K | $16K | $29K | $44K | $49K | $107K | $85K | $17K |
| Etoile Academy, Inc. | — | — | — | $35K | $29K | $17K | $14K | $34K | — | — | $64K | $13K |
| Bellaire City Library | $7K | $8K | $8K | $8K | $12K | $8K | — | — | — | — | $42K | $8K |
| Alief Montessori Community School | — | — | $6K | $9K | $19K | $7K | — | $45K | $1K | $5K | $34K | $7K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AmTel Communications Co. | — | — | $132K | $132K | $127K | $98K | $40K | $39K | — | $30K | $391K | $78K |
| PS LIGHTWAVE, LLC | $9K | $74K | $72K | $72K | $139K | $115K | $57K | $137K | $93K | $87K | $367K | $73K |
| Advanced Networks of Texas | $15K | $40K | $33K | $38K | $155K | $51K | — | $20K | — | $115K | $281K | $56K |
| Windstream Communications, LLC | $23K | $56K | $56K | $42K | $56K | $71K | $87K | $87K | $97K | $96K | $234K | $47K |
| Phonoscope, Inc. | — | $58K | $58K | $56K | $56K | $56K | $56K | $47K | — | — | $230K | $46K |
| AT&T Enterprises, LLC | — | $91K | $52K | $33K | $33K | $33K | — | $2K | $9K | $14K | $209K | $42K |
| Comcast Business Communications | $4K | $30K | $43K | $69K | $19K | $14K | $39K | $38K | $2K | $3K | $165K | $33K |
| Megabytes | $22K | — | — | — | $82K | $68K | — | — | — | $30K | $104K | $21K |
| Southwestern Bell Telephone Company | — | — | $38K | — | $46K | $16K | $29K | $88K | $85K | $242K | $85K | $17K |
| Brighten Technologies LLC | $81K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $81K | $16K |
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.