 About 11.0% of families and 14.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.5% of those under age 18 and 10.9% of those age 65 or over.Spartanburg County is served by the Spartanburg County School System, which is divided into seven districts.Some of the districts share a vocational school, and also share the McCarthy Teszler School, a special education school.