Locations to consider:

1. Des Moines (30k)/Ankeny (13k) = 43k

2. Iowa City (14k)/Cedar Rapids (16k) = 30k

3. Springfield (24k)/Little Rock (22k) = 46k

4. Columbia (18k)

5. Wichita (50k)/Olathe (30k) = 80k
   

Springfield MO (24k), 35 elementary, 9 middle, 5 high schools -

Des Moines (30k)= 60 schools - 38 elementary (15k), middle 10 (7k), high 5 (8.5k)

Missouri

1. Kansas City 509,297

2. St. Louis 286,578

3. Springfield 170,067 (24k)

4. Columbia 128,555 (18k)

5. Independence 121,202 (14k)

6. Lee's Summit 103,465 (18k)
   

Iowa

1. Des Moines 211,034 (30k)

2. Cedar Rapids 136,429 (16k)

3. Davenport 100,486 (15k)

4. Sioux City 85,497 (15k)

5. Iowa City 75,233 (14k)

6. Ankeny 72,222 (13k)

7. West Des Moines 70,741 (9k)
   

Arkansas

1. Little Rock 202,864 (22k)

2. Fayetteville 99,285 (11k)

3. Fort Smith 89,992 (14k)
   

KANSAS

1. Wichita 396,192 (50k)

2. Overland Park 197,726 (22k)

3. Kansas City 153,345 (22k)

4. Olathe 145,616 (30k)

5. Topeka 125,449 (12.5k)
   

Nebraska

1. Omaha 485,153 (52k)

2. Lincoln 292,627 (42k)
   

Illinois

1. Chicago 2,665,039

2. Aurora 177,866 (13k)

3. Joliet 150,033 (10k)

4. Naperville 149,936 (16k)

5. Rockford 146,713 (28k)

6. Springfield 113,273 (13k)
   

TN

1. Nashville-Davidson 708,144

2. Memphis 621,056

3. Knoxville 195,889 (60k)

4. Chattanooga 184,086 (45k)

5. Clarksville 176,974 (38k)