When the David Hale Fanning Trade School (commonly called "Girls' Trade" or DHFTS) in Worcester closed its Chatham Street premises some years later, the curriculum, staff and student body transferred to WVTHS.

In 2014, President Barack Obama gave a speech for the school's Commencement Ceremony.

[6] Worcester Technical High School has 22 different trades from which students can choose, from the 4 different Academies – Alden Design and Engineering (Alden), Allied Health and Human Services (A.H./service), Coghlin Construction Academy (construction), Information Technology and Business Service (I.T.)

Students run a restaurant, salon, automotive service center, graphic print shop, and preschool, as well as a veterinary clinic in partnership with Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine.

Worcester Tech offers 22 trade specialties grouped into 4 academies.