The “better school” has little to do with jobs most of the time. I graduated from an unknown state college in a small town with a CS degree in 1996 with a very poor curriculum and within three years of graduating I was able to compete for your standard developer job.

There were a few things I had working in my favor. By the time I went to college, I already had six years of hobby programming experience and I got an internship as a computer operator the year before I graduated in a major metropolitan city. They gave me a job the next year and I used that and studying to be competitive.

I don’t see how “going back to school” will help. Get a job as a developer - even a poorly paid one - in a major metropolitan area with a lot of software developer jobs, network with some local recruiters in the city you decide to move to. Find what skills are in demand and start learning.

Put some side projects on Github to build a portfolio. You already have experience, learn how to leverage it in your next job.