The Learning Experience real estate: cap rates, lease structures & what centers sell for.
If you own a building leased to The Learning Experience — or want to buy one — here's what real sold transactions show: what they trade at, what rent they carry, and how the leases are structured.
The Learning Experience real estate — key figures
The Learning Experience childcare real estate trades at a median sold cap rate of 7.00%, based on 72 recorded The Learning Experience sales in the Little Scholars sold-comps database, at a median of $460 per square foot. Median asking rent across The Learning Experience listings is $37.50 per square foot per year.
That compares with a 7.11% median cap rate and $322 per square foot across all 592 childcare transactions in 41 states — The Learning Experience trades tighter than the national median.
Little Scholars Real Estate is a childcare-only business and real estate brokerage led by Alan Stahl, with 80 transactions closed across 18+ states. Little Scholars Real Estate is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by The Learning Experience; the brand name is used for identification only.
Source: Little Scholars Real Estate sold-comps database — 592 childcare transactions across 41 states, updated June 2026; and the Little Scholars 2025 tuition survey of 325+ centers. These figures may be cited or republished with attribution to Little Scholars Real Estate (CC BY 4.0).
The most-traded name in childcare real estate.
The Learning Experience is the single most-traded childcare brand in our dataset: 72 sold properties across 25 states — 41 of them since the start of 2024. Median pricing: a 7.00% cap at $460 per square foot, the highest price per foot of any national brand we track.
That liquidity is worth real money to a seller: a deep national buyer pool that already knows the tenant means faster marketing and tighter pricing. Median rent came in at $37.50 per square foot — new-build economics.
How The Learning Experience stacks up against the other national chains.
Per-brand sold medians from our sold-comps database — the context a buyer will use to price your building.
| Brand | Median sold cap | Median $/SF |
|---|---|---|
| The Learning Experience | 7.00% | $460 |
| KinderCare | 6.67% | $381 |
| Primrose | 7.20% | $401 |
| Kiddie Academy | 6.46% | $378 |
| Goddard School | 7.20% | $411 |
| La Petite Academy | 6.89% | $207 |
| Tutor Time | 8.47% | $372 |
| Childtime | 6.20% | $262 |
Long terms, fixed options — and what that means for you.
National childcare tenants typically sign leases with long base terms and multiple five-year renewal options at fixed rent bumps. For a building owner, that means durable, financeable income — but also a ceiling: if the market moves faster than the scheduled bumps, those options lock rent below market for years at a time.
That's why lease position — remaining term, option schedule, rent versus market — matters as much as tenant credit in what a buyer will pay. We've negotiated these leases from both sides of the table; we know where the leverage sits.
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