E-Rate Funding in Iowa
Data updated Sep 4, 2026 · from USAC open data
Schools and libraries in Iowa have received $207,622,995 in committed E-Rate funding across 13,116 funding requests from 685 applicants. The largest provider by committed dollars is State of Iowa, Iowa Telecommunication & Technology Commissio.
See also Rural Health Care (RHC) funding in Iowa.
Schools and libraries in Iowa account for 1% of all committed E-Rate funding nationwide. Category 2 equipment makes up 47% of that funding, with Category 1 services accounting for the rest. Annual committed funding was highest in FY2023 at $22.7M.
Committed (all years)
$207.6M
Funding requests
13,116
Applicants
685
Top E-Rate providers in Iowa, ranked by funding
| Provider | Committed | FRNs |
|---|---|---|
| State of Iowa, Iowa Telecommunication & Technology Commissio | $49M | 2371 |
| AMCO HBS Holdings LP | $13.8M | 211 |
| Riverside Technologies, Inc. | $12.8M | 548 |
| Aercor Wireless, Inc. | $12.6M | 304 |
| MCC Telephony, LLC | $11.3M | 853 |
| Communication Innovators Inc. | $5.7M | 165 |
| Infrastructure Technology Solutions | $5.5M | 434 |
| CDW Government LLC | $5.4M | 253 |
| Unite Private Networks, LLC | $4.9M | 234 |
| Windstream Communications, LLC | $4.5M | 573 |
E-Rate funding in Iowa by year
| Funding year | Committed | FRNs |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $19.4M | 1125 |
| 2025 | $18M | 1057 |
| 2024 | $20.3M | 982 |
| 2023 | $22.7M | 989 |
| 2022 | $18.3M | 985 |
| 2021 | $17M | 1010 |
| 2020 | $17.1M | 1154 |
| 2019 | $18.8M | 1139 |
| 2018 | $16M | 1035 |
| 2017 | $19.5M | 1575 |
| 2016 | $20.5M | 2065 |
Largest E-Rate applicants in Iowa
- Iowa Department Of Education$23.1M
- Des Moines Indep School Dist$9.3M
- Davenport Community School District$6.6M
- Sioux City Comm School Dist$6M
- Council Bluffs Community School District$5.5M
- Waterloo Comm School District$3.9M
- Cedar Rapids Comm School Dist$3.4M
- Iowa City Comm School District$3M
- Marshalltown Comm Sch District$3M
- Burlington Comm School Dist$2.9M
- Muscatine Comm School District$2.7M
- Ottumwa Comm School District$2.5M
- Waukee Community School District$2.4M
- Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency$2.3M
- Clinton Comm School District$2.1M
All 195 qualifying E-Rate applicants in Iowa
- Dubuque Comm School District
- Newton Community School District
- Fort Dodge Comm School Dist
- Ankeny Community School Dist
- Southeast Polk Comm Sch Dist
- Cedar Falls Comm School Dist
- Decorah Community School District
- Great Prairie Aea Consortium
- Linn-Mar Community School Dist
- Johnston Comm School District
- Red Oak Comm School District
- Ames Comm School District
- West Des Moines Comm Sch Dist
- Mason City Comm School Dist
- Western Dubuque Comm Sch Dist
- Carlisle Comm School District
- Clarke Community School Dist
- Atlantic Comm School District
- Clear Creek-Amana Comm S D
- College Comm School District
- Storm Lake Comm School Dist
- Glenwood Community School Dist
- North Scott Comm School Dist
- Dallas Center-Grimes Sch Dist
- Heartland Area Ed Agency 11
- Lewis Central Comm School Dist
- Urbandale Comm School District
- Hampton-Dumont Comm Sch Dist
- Keystone Aea1 Internet Access Consortium
- Keokuk Community School Dist
- Denison Community School Dist
- Grinnell-Newburg School Dist
- Creston Comm Schools
- Washington Comm School Dist
- Lemars Community School District
- Heartland Area Education Agency 11
- Boone Community School Dist
- Eddyville Blakesburg Fremont Csd
- Sioux Center Community School District
- Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools
- Mount Pleasant Comm Sch Dist
- Howard-Winneshiek Comm Sch Dic
- North Polk Community Sch Dist
- Spencer Comm School District
- Clarinda Comm School District
- Van Buren County Csd
- Adel-Desoto-Minburn Comm Schs
- Orchard Place School
- Anamosa Community School Dist
- Winterset Comm School District
- Maquoketa Comm School District
- West Central Valley Community School District
- Monticello Comm School Dist
- West Liberty School District
- Iowa Falls Comm School Dist
- Harlan Community School Dist
- Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency
- Bettendorf Comm School Dist
- Indianola Comm School District
- Fort Madison Comm School Dist
- Central Lee Comm School Dist
- Oskaloosa Comm School District
- Okoboji Community School Dist
- Postville Comm School District
- Waverly-Shell Rock Community Sch District
- Mid-Prairie Comm School Dist
- Grant Wood Aea Consortium
- Knoxville Comm School District
- M O C-Floyd Valley School Dist
- Davis County Community School District
- Audubon Community School Dist
- Mount Vernon Comm School Dist
- Webster City Comm School Dist
- Independence Comm School Dist
- Saydel Community School District
- Eagle Grove Community Sch Dist
- Perry Community School Dist
- West Branch Community School
- Marion Independent School District
- Charles City Comm School Dist
- Benton Community School Dist
- West Monona Comm School Dist
- Maple Valley Anthon-Oto School Dist
- Fairfield Comm School District
- Shenandoah Comm School Dist
- Ballard Community School District
- Rock Valley Comm School Dist
- Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Community School District
- West Sioux Community School District
- Humboldt Comm School District
- Pleasant Valley Community School District
- Centerville Comm School Dist
- Central Dewitt Comm Sch Dist
- North Fayette Valley Comm School Dist
- Clarion-Goldfield Dows Community Schools
- Chariton Comm School District
- Sheldon Community School Dist
- Prairie Lakes Area Ed Agency 08
- Cherokee Comm School District
- Vinton-Shellsburg Comm Sch Dst
- Allamakee Comm School Dist
- Pocahontas Area Comm Sch Dist
- Maquoketa Valley Community School Dist.
- Edgewood-Colesburg Comm S D
- Holy Family Catholic Schools
- Pella Community School
- South Central Calhoun Community School District
- Estherville Lincoln Central Sd
- The Des Moines Region Catholic School Corporation
- Southeast Valley Community School District
- Central Rivers Aea
- Green Hills Aea
- P C M Community School District
- Ackley-Geneva Wellsburg Steamboat Rock School District
- South Winneshiek Community School District
- Greene County Community School
- Albia Community School Dist
- Oelwein Community School Dist
- Midland Community School
- South Tama County Csd
- Nevada Community School Dist
- Central Decatur School Dist
- West Fork Community School District
- Belle Plaine Comm School Dist
- Cardinal Community School Dist
- Mfl Marmac Community School District
- Columbus Community School Dist
- Eastern Allamakee School Dist
- Riceville Community Sch Dist
- Woodward-Granger Comm Sch Dist
- East Mills Comm Sch Dist
- Pekin Community School Dist
- Grundy Center Comm School Dist
- Green Hills Aea
- Mormon Trail Comm School Dist
- Dike-New Hartford School Dist
- Nodaway Valley Csd
- Carroll Comm School District
- Center Point-Urbana Comm Schs
- Aurelia Comm School District
- Mount Ayr Comm School District
- Boyer Valley Comm School Dist
- Manson-Nw Webster Comm Schools
- Spirit Lake Comm School Dist
- Panorama Comm School District
- Norwalk Comm School District
- Williamsburg Comm School Dist
- Sergeant Bluff-Luton Comm School District
- Missouri Valley Comm Sch Dist
- Central Springs Community School District
- East Marshall Comm School Dist
- George-Little Rock Community School District
- Mediapolis Community School District
- Boyden-Hull Comm School Dist
- Ikm Manning Csd
- Calamus-Wheatland School Dist
- North Cedar Comm Sch Dist
- Aplington Parkersburg Community School District
- Clear Lake Community Schools
- Wilton Community School Dist
- Cam Community School Dist
- Sidney Community School Dist
- Starmont Community School Dist
- Riverside Community Sch Dist
- South Hamilton Communtiy School District
- Union Community School Dist
- East Union Community Sch Dist
- East Sac Csd
- West Marshall Comm School Dist
- Belmond-Klemme Comm Sch Dist
- West Delaware Co Comm Sch Dist
- Hillcrest Family Services Consortium
- Northwest Area Education Agency/Sioux City
- Tipton Community School Dist
- Rudd Rockford Marble Rock Community School District
- West Burlington Indep Sch Dist
- Xavier Catholic Schools
- West Lyon Comm School District
- Wayne Community School District
- Iowa Valley Comm School Dist
E-Rate in Iowa: common questions
- How much E-Rate funding has Iowa received?
- Schools and libraries in Iowa have received $207,622,995 in committed E-Rate funding across 13,116 funding requests since FY2016.
- Who are the top E-Rate providers in Iowa?
- Ranked by committed funding, the largest E-Rate service providers in Iowa are State of Iowa, Iowa Telecommunication & Technology Commissio, AMCO HBS Holdings LP, and Riverside Technologies, Inc..
- How many applicants receive E-Rate funding in Iowa?
- 685 schools, libraries, and consortia in Iowa have received committed E-Rate funding.
Contracts on 1,010 funded E-Rate requests in Iowa are set to expire in the next 12 months.
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