Per the 2022 to 2023 approved operating budget, Frederick County Public Schools total budget is $822,836,251. The funds are provided by the Frederick County, in the amount of $365.3 million; the State of Maryland in the amount of $365.7 million; the Federal Government in the amount of $71.2 million; plus addition funds (including unspent prior year funds) in the amount of $20.6 million. The county had expenditures or costs of $59,215,000 or $4,545 per student on average for the 2013-14 FY. Expenditure spending is spread around to Current Expenditures, Total Capital Outlay, Total Non- El-Sec Education, and to Interest on Debt owed by the county. Current expenditures cost in total $521,143,000 and of those costs most are spent on students and staff which are marked as Instructional Expenditures and totaled $327,061,000 or about 63% of the Current Expenditure total. Student and Staff support made up $58,314,000 while Administration costs made up $48,858,000 of the Current Expenditure budget. Food Services/Operations cost $86,910,000 and is a part of the Current Expenditures budget. Total Capital Outlay cost $51,559,000. From that amount, $45,421,000 was used in construction cost such as for building new schools. Total Non-El-Sec education and others cost $1,053,000. Interest on debt owed by the school district cost $71,000 in the 3093-11 FY. Demographics The demographics of Frederick County Public Schools student population as of the 2016–2017 school year were 41,317 students in the entire district spread throughout grades PreK – 12. On a racial breakdown of the student population, out of 41,317 students there were 25,552 Caucasian students. 2,203 Asian students in the district, 4,914 African American students, 6,383 Latino students, 207 Alaskan Native/American Indian/Pacific Islanders, and 2,038 students of two or more races in the district. On a breakdown by gender, 21,199 out of 41,317 students were male and 20,118 students were female in the district. Attendance rates in the district also varied but were mostly high with 95.6% average of elementary students, 95.4% average of middle school students, and 94.2% average of high school students attending classes on a regular basis. The county has an overall graduation rate of 92% of all its students making it through to graduation and a dropout rate of 4.7%. Initial enrollment for the 2017- 2018 school year was up by 826 students over the prior year to 42,204 students. Eleven thousand students in the FCPS were eligible for free or reduced-price meals or