The Learning Experience
A childcare lease we placed in Rio Rancho.
The Learning Experience at 1510 Unser Blvd SE, Rio Rancho, NM 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 Rio Rancho or elsewhere in New Mexico, the numbers below are the market context we'd start from in a valuation.

What childcare property is worth in New Mexico.
The Learning Experience — 1510 Unser Blvd SE, Rio Rancho, NM childcare property: key figures
Childcare real estate in New Mexico trades at a median sold cap rate of 6.88% and a median — per square foot, based on 2 NM 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.
In the Albuquerque market, national-brand centers surveyed in 2025 reported median monthly tuition of $1,416 for infants and $1,267 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. The Learning Experience at 1510 Unser Blvd SE, Rio Rancho, NM 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).
Albuquerque childcare market
Cap rates, 2025 tuition rates, and demand demographics for this metro.
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