Plains School District 1 A.K.A. Plains Public Schools

Billed Entity 135144 · Montana

Overview

Indicator2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Total E-Rate subsidies$44K$21K$20K$49K$19K$27K$26K$21K$25K$33K$35K$29K$22K$23K$17K$18K$18K$17K$18K$16K$15K$9K$5K$4K$5K$9K
Average discount rate80%80%70%80%80%80%80%80%50%70%74%80%80%80%76%80%80%76%76%76%74%76%70%76%75%76%77%
Schools & libraries (in this area)4444444333
Service providers212222212333332222211122233
Avg download speed (Mbps)7755885885881941941941385577
Avg upload speed (Mbps)7635755755751881881881275577

Subsidies by E-Rate service type

Service type2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Voice$1K$3K$4K
Telecomm Services$9K$9K$9K$9K$9K$5K$6K$7K$6K$5K$9K$4K$4K$5K$5K
Internal Connections$25K$2K$30K$2K$10K$9K$4K$4K$9K$2K
Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$19K$21K$18K$19K$17K$17K$17K$17K$23K$24K$21K$20K$12K$13K$8K$9K$12K$11K$11K$11K$10K$445$1K$1K
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections
Managed Internal Broadband Services$3K

Back of Envelope Estimate of Equal Distribution

Recipient2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
District Office$2K$2K$1K$2K$1K$1K$1K
Plains 7-8$15K$6K$6K$16K$7K$9K$8K$7K$8K$11K
Plains Elementary School$15K$6K$6K$16K$7K$9K$8K$7K$8K$11K
Plains High School$15K$6K$6K$16K$7K$9K$9K$7K$8K$12K

Recipient demographics

RecipientCityDiscount RateStudentsNSLPDown MbpsUp MbpsUrban/Rural
District OfficePlains90%10050
Plains 7-8Plains90%1221011,0001,000Rural
Plains Elementary SchoolPlains90%2271851,0001,000Rural
Plains High SchoolPlains90%81461,0001,000Rural

Subsidies by service provider (top 10)

Service provider2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc.$19K$21K$18K$19K$17K$17K$17K$21K$25K$26K$25K$24K$17K$17K$14K$15K$17K$17K$17K$16K$15K$9K$5K$3K$5K$5K
NetDiverse LLC$25K$2K$30K$2K$10K$9K
Verizon Wireless (Cellco Partnership)$112$224$419$4K$4K$4K$3K$3K$641$517$556
GHA Technologies, Inc$9K
The Computer Shoppe, Inc.$7K
Edline, LLC$2K$457$1K
Touch America, Inc.$976$1K
Avaya Inc.$2K
CDW Computer Centers, Inc.

Overview and provider figures are the entity’s total authorized disbursements (entity-wide, FCC Form 471 FRN Status). Per-recipient figures are a back-of-envelope estimate: each funding request line item’s post-discount cost divided equally among the line’s recipients. FY2010–2015 figures are from USAC legacy data (BEN level). FY2026 omitted (funding year in progress). Note: the last year or two in any disbursement series always looks artificially low (FY2025 invoices are still being paid), which is why figures dip at the end — that’s the real state of USAC’s data, not an error. Source: USAC Open Data, retrieved 2026-06-10.