 About 13.6% of families and 18.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.0% of those under age 18 and 19.1% of those age 65 or over.Public education in the city of Troup is provided by the Troup Independent School District.Troup High School was the 1995 Texas 2A State Science champion, also winning the individual Texas 2A State Sleeping championship the same year.