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Earnings Per Share (Tables)
 6 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2015
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]  
Computation of Earnings Per Share
The computation of earnings per share is included in the following table.

  
Three Months Ended
January 31,
  
Six Months Ended
January 31,
 
  
2015
  
2014
  
2015
  
2014
 
     
Net (loss) income attributable to Ecology and Environment, Inc.
 
$
(152,331
)
 
$
(784,648
)
 
$
694,829
  
$
(404,257
)
Dividends declared
  
(1,033,071
)
  
(1,033,551
)
  
(1,033,071
)
  
(1,033,551
)
Balance at end of period
 
$
(1,185,402
)
 
$
(1,818,199
)
 
$
(338,242
)
 
$
(1,437,808
)
                 
Weighted-average common shares outstanding (basic and diluted)
  
4,288,371
   
4,290,193
   
4,288,371
   
4,278,694
 
                 
Distributed earnings per share
 
$
0.24
  
$
0.24
  
$
0.24
  
$
0.24
 
Undistributed earnings per share
  
(0.28
)
  
(0.42
)
  
(0.08
)
  
(0.33
)
Total earnings per share
 
$
(0.04
)
 
$
(0.18
)
 
$
0.16
  
$
(0.09
)