Closed transaction · Santa Monica, CA

10th St Preschool

1444 10th St, Santa Monica, CA
SoldBusiness sale

A childcare transaction we closed in Santa Monica.

10th St Preschool at 1444 10th St, Santa Monica, CA was sold by Little Scholars Real Estate — the childcare-only brokerage. We represent owners of daycare centers, preschools, and early-education real estate, and we've closed 80 transactions across 18+ states.

If you own or lease a childcare property in Santa Monica or elsewhere in California, the numbers below are the market context we'd start from in a valuation.

Transaction
Business sale
Status
Sold
City
Santa Monica, CA
Sale price
$725,000
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10th St Preschool — Santa Monica, CA
Market context

What childcare property is worth in California.

Median sold cap rate
6.29%
Median price / SF
$538
California transactions
23
Children under 5 · metro
689,012
Source: Little Scholars sold-comps database — 637 childcare transactions across 41 states, updated September 2026. 17 of the 23 California sales reported a closing cap rate. Demographics: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023).

10th St Preschool — 1444 10th St, Santa Monica, CA childcare property: key figures

Childcare real estate in California trades at a median sold cap rate of 6.29% and a median $538 per square foot, based on 23 CA childcare transactions in the Little Scholars sold-comps database.

In the Los Angeles market, national-brand centers surveyed in 2025 reported median monthly tuition of $2,317 for infants and $1,752 for preschool. Tuition and enrollment figures were received directly from individual schools and are indicative of the market, not audited operator data.

Little Scholars Real Estate is a childcare-only business and real estate brokerage led by Alan Stahl, with 80 transactions closed across 18+ states. 10th St Preschool at 1444 10th St, Santa Monica, CA is part of that track record.

Source: Little Scholars Real Estate sold-comps database — 637 childcare transactions across 41 states, updated September 2026. Tuition: Little Scholars 2025 market survey. Demographics: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023). These figures may be cited or republished with attribution to Little Scholars Real Estate (CC BY 4.0).