This study accessed selected social values held by children toward racially different peers within the context of school related experiences. The degree of social acceptance by Black and White children of each other was quantified. Using a modified social distance scale first developed by Park and Borgadus, seven statements were scaled to seek children's willingness to participate in a social relationship with other-race persons. Of the 389 distributed copies of instructions and statements, there were 367 usable responses from 175 girls and 192 boys. In this group, 134 were Black and 233 were White. Means and one-way analysis of variance were reported by race and gender. Black and White children in the lower grades (4-6) reported less social distance by race than did children in higher grades (7-9 and 10-12). Also, the longer children remained in school, the greater the likelihood that social distance will develop between White and Black children. How children construct their knowledge of race is discussed. (Contains 10 tables and 11 figures.)