The Learning Experience
A childcare lease we placed in Bakersfield.
The Learning Experience at 2800 Calloway Dr, Bakersfield, CA was leased 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 Bakersfield or elsewhere in California, the numbers below are the market context we'd start from in a valuation.
What childcare property is worth in California.
The Learning Experience — 2800 Calloway Dr, Bakersfield, 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.
The Learning Experience locations nationally trade at a median sold cap rate of 7.00% across 72 recorded sales, at a median of $460 per square foot. The Learning Experience is a national brand; corporate-guaranteed tenants generally trade at lower cap rates than independent operators.
Little Scholars Real Estate is a childcare-only business and real estate brokerage led by Alan Stahl, with 80 transactions closed across 18+ states. The Learning Experience at 2800 Calloway Dr, Bakersfield, 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).