It’s reading, writing and rancor inside the nation’s public schools.

A national survey of school leaders revealed growing fatigue with having to manage political crises — and that half of respondents might want out in the coming years.

Of 141 polled superintendents across 32 states, 80 percent said navigating flashpoint issues like race and mask mandates is now the most draining part of their job.

A startling 46 percent of respondents said they were mulling an exit from their current positions in the next two to three years.

The survey was conducted by the EAB educational consulting firm and presented at a national conference of superintendents.

“Superintendents are tired of mediating disputes fueled in large part by America’s deepening political divide,” said EAB director of K-12 research Ben Court. “EAB’s new survey shows that school superintendents have reached a breaking point, and up to half may be looking for a way out.”

Many superintendents said the intense politicization of education has monopolized their time and detracted from educational priorities.

The survey found that school leaders find themselves having to mediate unrelenting disputes between “communities with opposing opinions on nearly every decision.”

“For many, these disagreements are stalling the initiatives they care about most,” according to the report. “Eighty-three percent of those who ‘strongly agree’ with the statement also agree that ‘equity’ has become a divisive term in their communities.”

Superintendents also decried constantly shifting guidance from both local and national authorities through the course of the pandemic.

If schools remain immersed in political fights, superintendents warned of further flight out of the nation’s public schools.

“Amid rising competition from charter schools and homeschooling, more than 90 percent of superintendents also now believe that districts should more actively market their schools to the local communities,” the study found.

The “vast majority” of those surveyed said there is an “urgent need to rebuild faith in public education.”

Despite growing dissatisfaction, 67 percent of respondents said additional supports — and more time spent with kids rather than crises — could improve their future prospects.

“Expressions of optimism from survey respondents suggest that many superintendents could be convinced to stay if given more opportunities to collaborate, support, and learn from one another,” Court said.