It looks like a majority of city teachers believes that a reported drop in suspensions from their school is at least partly that — a decline in reporting what the school is actually doing.

That’s one takeaway from a national Thomas B. Fordham Institute study, “Discipline Reform Through the Eyes of Teachers.” Tellingly, New York City teachers were far more likely than teachers nationwide to suspect such “juking” of the stats.

It’s easy to see why: From Mayor Bill de Blasio on down, the pressure’s been intense to reduce suspensions and other disciplinary measures. But administrators also don’t want chaos in the halls, and one way out of the dilemma is to simply not count every suspension.

As David Griffith, the study’s lead author, told Politico: “If the principals are evaluated based on that [suspension] rate — you’re creating a strong incentive to underreport.”

Then again, some teachers in the survey point to a greater tolerance for misconduct to explain the falling suspensions. (And, to be fair, some credit improvements in student behavior.)

But even Chancellor Richard Carranza has all but admitted the underreporting issue — by writing off a rise in suspensions after the 2017 fatal stabbing in a Bronx school as simply the result of teachers reacting by “reporting everything.”

One other notable finding from the report: More than 70% of city teachers believe discipline is “inconsistently enforced” in their schools. That’s a problem that all sides should be able to agree needs fixing.