Earnings Per Share (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Computation of Basic Earnings per Share Reconciled to Diluted Earnings per Share

The computation of basic earnings per share reconciled to diluted earnings per share follows:

	Three months ended January 31,					Six months ended January 31
	2013		2012			2013		2012
Total income available to Ecology and Environment, Inc.	$	1,911,086	$	503,504		$	2,153,613	$	1,663,281
Dividend declared		1,018,540		1,017,776			1,018,540		1,017,776
Undistributed earnings	$	892,546	$	(514,272	)	$	1,135,073	$	645,505
Weighted-average common shares outstanding (basic)		4,246,371		4,242,108			4,245,191		4,222,776
Distributed earnings per share	$	.24	$	.24		$	.24	$	.24
Undistributed earnings per share		.21		(.12	)		.27		.15
Total earnings per share	$	.45	$	.12		$	.51	$	.39